Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes was a CBS network science-fiction series based on the 1968 film of the same name (which was based on Pierre Boulle's novel of the same name).

The show aired from September 13, 1974 to December 20, 1974, lasting for one season & 14 episodes.

Plot
Set 1,100 years into the future, the series centered on astronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke, who find themselves in a society where humans are subservient to super-intelligent apes.

Their situation is made more bearable by Galen, a sympathetic chimp who comes to question whether humans are an inferior species.

Cast

 * Ron Harper as Colonel Alan Virdon
 * James Naughton as Major Peter J. Burke
 * Roddy McDowall as Galen
 * Mark Lenard as Security Chief Urko (11 episodes)
 * Booth Colman as Councillor Zaius (6 episodes)
 * John Hoyt as Barlow (2 episodes)
 * Jacqueline Scott as Zantes (2 episodes)