The Animated Star Trek series made its debut early on Saturday morning September 8, 1973. SEE: Note. The show ran one half hour long. Around April 1973, the NBC network gave the green light to Filmation Studios to produce 16 episodes for airing that Fall. After that, six additional episodes were ordered for airing the following year, bringing the total to 22 episodes. Below is a chart that lists these 22 episodes along with television airdate, stardate and Filmation production number. A small thumbnail picture is also shown so that the user can visually identify a particular episode. Each episode name is a link to an individual page devoted to that particular episode. The stardates are links as well, clicking on them will take the user to that particular episode's date in the Timeline page. A common question arises concerning the fact that there is no episode with production number #22012. There was no "lost" animated STAR TREK episode produced. The full answer about the "missing" production number is given on the Questions & Answers page.

BROADCAST HISTORY: First Telecast: NBC Saturday Mornings, September 8, 1973 - August 30, 1975 Original Run: NBC Saturday 10:30 - 11:00 AM Sep. 1973 - Dec. 1973 NBC Saturday 11:00 - 11:30 AM Jan. 1974 - Aug. 1974 NBC Saturday 11:30 AM - Noon Sep. 1974 - Aug. 1975 Syndication: Nickelodeon Saturday 6:30 - 7:00 PM Sep. 1984 - ? 1988 Sci-Fi Channel Sunday 6:30 - 7:00 AM Oct. 1992 - Mar. 1993 Sci-Fi Channel Sunday 9:30 - 10:00 AM Apr. 1993 - Dec. 1993 Sci-Fi Channel Saturday 10:30 - 11:00 AM Jan. 1994 - Mar. 1994 TV Land Saturday 12:30 - 1:00 PM April 1999 - December 1999

#		Episode	Stardate	Airdate	Prod. No.
1.		"Beyond the Farthest Star"	5221.3	(Sept. 8, 1973)	#22004
2.		"Yesteryear"	5373.4	(Sept. 15, 1973)	#22003
3.		"One of Our Planets Is Missing"	5371.3	(Sept. 22, 1973)	#22007
4.		"The Lorelei Signal"	5483.7	(Sept. 29, 1973)	#22006
5.		"More Tribbles, More Troubles"	5392.4	(Oct. 6 1973)	#22001
6.		"The Survivor"	5143.3	(Oct. 13 1973)	#22005
7.		"The Infinite Vulcan"	5554.4	(Oct. 20 1973)	#22002
8.		"The Magicks of Megas-tu"	1254.4	(Oct. 27 1973)	#22009
9.		"Once Upon A Planet"	5591.2	(Nov. 3, 1973)	#22017
10.		"Mudd's Passion"	4978.5	(Nov. 10, 1973)	#22008
11.		"The Terratin Incident"	5577.3	(Nov. 17, 1973)	#22015
12.		"The Time Trap"	5267.2	(Nov. 24, 1973)	#22010
13.		"The Ambergris Element"	5499.9	(Dec. 1, 1973)	#22013
14.		"The Slaver Weapon"	4187.3	(Dec. 15, 1973)	#22011
15.		"The Eye of the Beholder"	5501.2	(Jan. 5, 1974)	#22016
16.		"The Jihad"	5683.1	(Jan. 12, 1974)	#22014

#		Episode	Stardate	Airdate	Prod. No.
17.		"The Pirates of Orion"	6334.1	(Sept. 7, 1974)	#22020
18.		"Bem"	7403.6	(Sept. 14, 1974)	#22018
19.		"The Practical Joker"	3183.3	(Sept. 21, 1974)	#22021
20.		"Albatross"	5275.6	(Sept. 28, 1974)	#22019
21.		"How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"	6063.4	(Oct. 5, 1974)	#22022
22.		"The Counter-Clock Incident"	6770.3	(Oct. 12, 1974)	#22023

Most recently, the entire set of Animated STAR TREK episodes were finally released on DVD on November 21st. The set is available for around $39 from Amazon.com.

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