The Starlost

The Starlost is a Canadian-produced science fiction television series created by writer Harlan Ellison and broadcast in 1973 on CTV in Canada and syndicated to local stations in the United States. The show's setting is a huge generational colony spacecraft called Earthship Ark, which has gone off course. Many of the descendants of the original crew and colonists are unaware, however, that they are aboard a ship. The series experienced a number of production difficulties, and Ellison broke with the project before the airing of its first episode.[1][2]

The Starlost
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Genre	Science fiction Drama
Created by	Harlan Ellison (as Cordwainer Bird)
Written by	Harlan Ellison (as Cordwainer Bird) George Ghent Norman Klenman Martin Lager
Directed by	Harvey Hart Martin Lager George McCowan Leo Orenstein Ed Richardson Joseph L. Scanlan
Starring	Keir Dullea Gay Rowan Robin Ward
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	William Davidson Gerry Rochon Douglas Trumbull Jerome M. Zeitman
Producers	William Davidson Ed Richardson Gerry Rochon Douglas Trumbull Jerome M. Zeitman
Editors	Bernie Clayton Gordon Stoddard
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	50 mins.
Production companies	20th Century-Fox Television CTV Television Network Glen Warren Productions
Release
Original network	CTV
Original release	September 22, 1973 (1973-09-22) – January 5, 1974 (1974-01-05)