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Star Search

Star Search is the American talent competition created by Al Masini, hosted by Ed McMahon 1983–1995, that launched Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Dave Chappelle; revived 2003–2004 with Arsenio Hall and rebooted live on Netflix in 2026 with Anthony Anderson, real-time voting, and winner TJ Salta.

Star Trek

Star Trek is the American science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, launched on NBC September 8, 1966. Canceled after three seasons and 79 episodes, it grew through fandom, syndication, six series, and 13 films into a cultural phenomenon.

Star Trek Continues

Star Trek Continues is an American fan-made web series (11 episodes, 2013–2017), an unofficial TOS continuation starring Vic Mignogna as Kirk, completing the five-year mission's final year with full-scale original-blueprint sets.

Star Trek uniforms

Star Trek uniforms: the costume designs worn by Starfleet and other factions across the Star Trek series and films, covering TOS velour tunics, Fletcher's monster maroons, TNG spandex jumpsuits, DS9 utility wear, and Discovery's grey redesigns.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is an American science fiction television series, the third live-action Star Trek series, which ran from 1993 to 1999.

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is a Star Trek TV series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, premiering 2017 on CBS All Access. Five seasons led by Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham; set a decade before The Original Series, later the 32nd century; ended 2024.

Star Trek: Discovery (season 5)

Final ten-episode season of Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+, April 2024), following Captain Burnham's hunt for the Progenitors' technology against the Breen, ending with the series finale 'Life, Itself'.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005, UPN) is a Star Trek prequel series following Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the warp-5 NX-01 crew before the Federation's founding; 4 seasons, 96 episodes, Temporal Cold War arc, canceled 2005.

Star Trek: Khan

Star Trek: Khan is a nine-episode CBS Studios scripted audio drama (podcast) by Kirsten Beyer and David Mack from a Nicholas Meyer story, released weekly from September 8, 2025, telling Khan Noonien Singh's exile on Ceti Alpha V between "Space Seed" and The Wrath of Khan, starring Naveen Andrews, Wrenn Schmidt, George Takei, and Tim Russ.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Lower Decks is Mike McMahan's animated Star Trek comedy about the U.S.S. Cerritos support crew in 2380, running five seasons and 50 episodes on Paramount+ from 2020 to 2024.

Star Trek: New Voyages

Star Trek: New Voyages, also known as Star Trek: Phase II, was a fan-made webseries continuing the original Star Trek series from 2004 to 2016.

Star Trek: Phase II

Star Trek: Phase II (officially Star Trek II) was Gene Roddenberry's unproduced 1977 sequel series to the original Star Trek, planned as the flagship of Paramount's aborted fourth network and converted into Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard, the Paramount+ series (2020-2023) starring Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard, set 20 years after The Next Generation, three seasons, ending with a TNG cast reunion in season 3.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy, the Hageman brothers' CG-animated Star Trek series for kids, premiered 2021 on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon, was canceled by Paramount+ in 2023, revived on Netflix, and left streaming in 2026.

Star Trek: Renegades

Star Trek: Renegades is a 2015 crowdfunded fan film directed by Tim Russ, starring Walter Koenig and set ten years after Voyager; pitched to CBS as a series pilot, it became Renegades: The Series after 2016 fan film guidelines.

Star Trek: Short Treks

Star Trek: Short Treks is a CBS All Access anthology of ten 10-15 minute standalone shorts (2018-2020) tied to Star Trek: Discovery, announced by Alex Kurtzman, spanning prequels, animation, and a Picard tie-in.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a Paramount+ series (premiered January 15, 2026) following cadets including Caleb Mir under Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) in the 32nd century after Discovery; canceled, ending with season 2 in March 2027.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a Paramount+ episodic Star Trek prequel (2022–2027) following Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One on the Enterprise before Kirk, ending with a six-episode fifth season in 2027.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), Filmation's 1973-1974 NBC cartoon continuing the Original Series with the original cast's voices, 22 episodes, first Trek series to win an Emmy, now on Paramount+.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is Gene Roddenberry's 1987–1994 syndicated science fiction series, 178 episodes over 7 seasons, starring Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard; it became the highest-rated syndicated drama and inspired Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) is Gene Roddenberry's NBC science fiction series (1966–1969, 3 seasons, 79 episodes) starring William Shatner as Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, canceled after low ratings but revived by 1970s syndication into a franchise.

Star Trek: Very Short Treks

Star Trek: Very Short Treks (2023) is a series of five animated promotional comedy shorts by CBS Studios, led by Casper Kelly, marking the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series, with franchise voice actors and a companion IDW comic.

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager, also called ST:VOY, is the fourth live-action Star Trek series (1995-2001, UPN), following Captain Kathryn Janeway's stranded crew making a 70-year journey home from the Delta Quadrant.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is a Disney XD animated series created by Daron Nefcy, starring interdimensional princess Star Butterfly (Eden Sher) and Marco Diaz (Adam McArthur). 77 episodes, 2015 to 2019, shifting from episodic comedy to serialised political fantasy.

Star Wars

Star Wars is the American space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas with A New Hope (1977), comprising the Skywalker saga trilogies, stand-alone films, television, games, and merchandising, owned by Disney since its 2012 Lucasfilm acquisition.

Star Wars Forces of Destiny

Star Wars Forces of Destiny is a canon Lucasfilm Animation micro-series (2017-2018) of 2-3 minute shorts about female Star Wars heroes like Rey, Leia, and Ahsoka, with original actors reprising roles, launched on Disney YouTube with Hasbro toys.

Star Wars opening crawl

The Star Wars opening crawl is the yellow scrolling text introducing the nine Skywalker saga films, an homage to Flash Gordon serials, rewritten with Brian De Palma's help, filmed over black paper in 1977, and reserved for saga films only.

Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars Rebels: Lucasfilm Animation's 3D CGI animated series (2014–2018), four seasons on Disney XD, set five years before A New Hope, following the Ghost crew against the Galactic Empire.

Star Wars Resistance

Star Wars Resistance: Dave Filoni's anime-inspired animated series (2018-2020, two seasons, 40 episodes) following pilot Kazuda Xiono spying on the First Order from the Colossus platform, set before The Force Awakens.

Star Wars Tales

Star Wars Tales: Disney+ animated anthology by Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm Animation, three six-episode volumes (Tales of the Jedi 2022, Tales of the Empire 2024, Tales of the Underworld 2025), 18 shorts; distinct from the 1999–2005 Dark Horse comic of the same name.