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Star Trek: The Animated Series

The animated series was a half hour cartoon by Filmation based upon the television series with the original characters (with most of the original actors doing their voices). It lasted two seasons for a total of 22 episodes, sixteen in the first season and six in the second. Many of the writers for the cartoon series were the writers for the original television series and also went on to write for STAR TREK: The Next Generation and other STAR TREK series. Note that Walter Koenig, the actor Who played Checkov on the orignal STAR TREK series and a prominent science fiction writer in his own right, wrote an episode even though his character wasn't even in the animated series. NBC cancelled Star Trek: The Animated Series after only 22 episodes produced during 1973 and 1974. Regardless, it still won an Emmy Award as the Best Children's Series for the 1974-1975 season.