Editing Star Trek: The Original Series (section)

==Awards==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Star Trek: The Original Series}}
Although this series never won any Emmys, ''Star Trek'' was nominated for the following [[Emmy Award]]s:
* Outstanding Dramatic Series (Gene Roddenberry and [[Gene L. Coon]]), 1967
* Outstanding Dramatic Series (Gene Roddenberry), 1968
* Outstanding Supporting Actor ([[Leonard Nimoy]] as Mr. Spock), 1967, 1968, 1969
* Individual Achievement in Art Direction and Allied Crafts (Jim Rugg), 1967
* Individual Achievement in Cinematography (Darrell Anderson, Linwood G. Dunn, and Joseph Westheimer), 1967
* Individual Achievement in Film and Sound Editing ([[Doug Grindstaff]]), 1967
* Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing (Donald R. Rode), 1968
* Special Classification of Individual Achievement for Photographic Effects (The Westheimer Company), 1968
* Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design (John Dwyer and Walter M. Jefferies), 1969
* Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing (Donald R. Rode), 1969
* Special Classification Achievements for Photographic Effects (The Howard A. Anderson Company, The Westheimer Company, [[Van der Veer Photo Effects]], Cinema Research), 1969.

Eight of its episodes were nominated for one of science-fiction's top awards, the [[Hugo Award]], in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation". In 1967, the nominated episodes were "[[The Naked Time]]", "[[The Corbomite Maneuver]]", and "[[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Menagerie]]". In 1968, all nominees were ''Star Trek'' episodes: "[[Amok Time]]", "[[Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Mirror, Mirror]]", "[[The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Doomsday Machine]]", "[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]", and "[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]". ''Star Trek'' won both years for the episodes "The Menagerie" and "The City on the Edge of Forever", respectively. In 1968, ''Star Trek'' won a special [[Hugo Award]] for Dramatic Presentation. No episode was named. This was the show's 3rd [[Hugo Award]], and 9th Hugo nomination.

In 1967, ''Star Trek'' was also one of the first television programs to receive an [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]]. 

In 1968, ''Star Trek''{{'}}s most critically acclaimed episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever", written by [[Harlan Ellison]], won the prestigious [[Writers Guild of America Award]] for Best Original Teleplay, although this was for Ellison's original draft script, and not for the screenplay of the episode as it aired.

In 1997, "The City on the Edge of Forever" was ranked #92 on [[TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time|''TV Guide''{{'}}s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28 – July 4 }}</ref>

In 2004 and 2007, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked ''Star Trek'' as the greatest cult show ever.<ref>''TV Guide'' – The 25 Top Cult Shows Ever! May 30 – June 5, 2004, issue</ref><ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever – Today's News: Our Take] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812080754/http://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx |date=August 12, 2012 }} ''[[TV Guide]]'': June 29, 2007</ref>

In 2013, ''TV Guide'' ranked ''Star Trek'' as the greatest sci-fi show (along with ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'')<ref>{{cite journal|journal=TV Guide Magazine|title=The official site of TV Guide Magazine|date=September 16–22, 2013}}</ref> and the #12 greatest show of all time,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fretts |first1=Bruce |last2=Roush |first2=Matt |title=The Greatest Shows on Earth |journal=TV Guide Magazine |volume=61 |issue=3194–3195 |pages=16–19 }}</ref> while the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked it #33 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list|title=101 Best Written TV Series|website=Writers Guild of America West|date=June 2, 2013}}</ref>