
Scripted series · NBC
Star Trek
To boldly go where no man has gone before
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Star Trek actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Star Trek reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 79 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
198862 episodes
Special installments of the series.
Best episode · S00E01 The Cage (Original Pilot)

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
196629 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E28 The City on the Edge of Forever

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
196726 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S02E04 Mirror, Mirror

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
196824 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S03E23 All Our Yesterdays
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E28
The City on the Edge of Forever
Kirk and Spock must travel into the past in order to correct a change that will alter history.
- Directed by Joseph Pevney
- Written by Harlan Ellison, D.C. Fontana

S02E04
Mirror, Mirror
A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Terran Empire, an organization as evil as the United Federation of Planets is benevolent.
- Directed by Marc Daniels
- Written by Jerome Bixby

S02E15
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.
- Directed by Joseph Pevney
- Written by David Gerrold

S01E22
Space Seed
The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.
- Directed by Marc Daniels
- Written by Gene L. Coon, Carey Wilber

S01E14
Balance of Terror
Despite the earlier Romulan war, the Romulans have never been seen in person. The Enterprise, in pursuit of a Romulan aggressor, makes a discovery that causes suspicion about a senior crew member.
- Directed by Vincent McEveety
- Written by Paul Schneider

S02E01
Amok Time
First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.
- Directed by Joseph Pevney
- Written by Theodore Sturgeon
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E42
Star Trek Day 2020: The Original Series Panel
S00E48
Swept Up: Snippets from the Cutting Room Floor
S00E46
Star Trek: Revisiting a Classic
S00E44
Inside the Roddenberry Vault (Part 2)
S00E43
Inside the Roddenberry Vault (Part 1)
S00E45
Inside the Roddenberry Vault (Part 3)
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Gene Roddenberry
Showrunner
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Norman Spinrad
Writer
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Boris Sobelman
Writer
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Barry Trivers
Writer
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Rik Vollaerts
Writer
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Jean Lisette Aroeste
Writer
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Robert Sabaroff
Writer
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Robert Hamner
Writer

Robert Bloch
Writer
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Gene L. Coon
Writer
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Judy Burns
Writer
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David P. Harmon
Writer
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Paul Schneider
Writer
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Chet Richards
Writer
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Samuel A. Peeples
Writer
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Steven W. Carabatsos
Writer

George Clayton Johnson
Writer
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Jerry Sohl
Writer
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Art Wallace
Writer
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Lee Erwin
Writer
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Leroy Cronin
Writer
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Meyer Dolinsky
Writer
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Margaret Armen
Writer
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Fredric Brown
Writer
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John T. Dugan
Writer
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Arthur Heinemann
Writer
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Laurence N. Wolfe
Writer
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Max Simon Ehrlich
Writer
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Arthur Singer
Writer

Stanley Adams
Writer
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Shimon Wincelberg
Writer
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John Kneubuhl
Writer
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Don Mankiewicz
Writer

Richard Matheson
Writer
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Joyce Muskat
Writer
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Oliver Crawford
Writer
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Gilbert Ralston
Writer

Stephen Kandel
Writer
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Carey Wilber
Writer
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Jeremy Tarcher
Writer

Theodore Sturgeon
Writer
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Edward J. Lakso
Writer
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Don Ingalls
Writer

Shari Lewis
Writer
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David Gerrold
Writer

Jerome Bixby
Writer

Harlan Ellison
Writer
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John Meredyth Lucas
Writer
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George F. Slavin
Writer
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D.C. Fontana
Writer
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John D. F. Black
Writer
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Adrian Spies
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Fred FreibergerProducer
- Byron HaskinProducer
- Gene L. CoonProducer
- Robert H. JustmanProducer
- Gene RoddenberryExecutive Producer
- Edward K. MilkisProducer
Writing
- Norman SpinradWriter
- Boris SobelmanWriter
- Barry TriversWriter
- Rik VollaertsWriter
- Jean Lisette AroesteWriter
- Robert SabaroffWriter
Direction
- John ErmanDirector
- James GoldstoneDirector
- Herschel DaughertyDirector
- Lawrence DobkinDirector
- Gerd OswaldDirector
- Leo PennDirector
Cinematography
- Gerald Perry FinnermanDirector of Photography
- Keith C. SmithDirector of Photography
- William E. SnyderDirector of Photography
- Ernest HallerDirector of Photography
- Al FrancisDirector of Photography
- Walter M. JefferiesDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 12 nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
No wins yet · 5 nominations
- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series1969
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series1968
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1968
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series1967
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1967
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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- NomineeHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation1968
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- NomineeHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation1967
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Saturn Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeSaturn Award for Best Retro Television Series on DVD2004
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TCA Heritage Award
No wins yet · 4 nominations
- NomineeTCA Heritage Award2014
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- NomineeTCA Heritage Award2013
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- NomineeTCA Heritage Award2012
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- NomineeTCA Heritage Award2009
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