Trek stranded among shoddy set pieces and clunky writing – though even at its worst fans may still enjoy its campy delights." In 2016, in a listing that included each Star Trek film and TV series together, this series was ranked first by the L.A. Times, ahead of the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in third place. In 2017, Vulture ranked the original Star Trek the third best live-action Star Trek television show, while at the same time praising it for "laying down the foundation". In 2018, IndieWire ranked Star Trek the original series as the 8th best space science fiction show set in outer space, including 18 overall shows from this genre. In 2018, Io9/Gizmodo ranked the fictional spacecraft design shown in this television series, the Enterprise, as the number one best version of starship Enterprise of the Star Trek franchise. They felt that the original design was still superior to almost a dozen different later versions. In 2019, Nerdist ranked the original series number one best out of seven Star Trek franchise television series, including up to the second season of Star Trek: Discovery. In 2019, Popular Mechanics ranked Star Trek the 6th best science fiction television show ever. In 2021, Empire magazine ranked it the 36th greatest television show ever. See also "Beam me up, Scotty" Outline of Star Trek Timeline of Star Trek References External links Star Trek: The Original Series at Paramount Plus Star Trek: The Original Series at Memory Beta Star Trek: The Original Series collected news and commentary at The New York Times'' 1960s American drama television series 1960s American science fiction television series 1966 American television series debuts 1969 American television series endings American adventure television series American television series revived after cancellation English-language television shows Hugo Award-winning television series NBC original programming Saturn Award-winning television series Soft science fiction Space adventure television series Space Western television series Original Series Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Desilu Productions Television series created by Gene Roddenberry Television series set in the 23rd century Television shows adapted into comics Television shows adapted into films Television shows adapted into novels Television shows adapted into video games Television shows filmed in Los Angeles