Planet of the Apes

About Planet of the Apes

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.

Planet of the Apes is an action-adventure, science fiction, and fantasy series made for CBS. Its one season of 14 episodes aired between September 1974 and December 1974.

Roddy McDowall stars as Galen, Ron Harper as Alan Virdon, James Naughton as Pete Burke, and Mark Lenard as Urko. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under primate, ape, time travel, and based on movie.

12 Monkeys, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, and Homestead: The Series make useful companions to Planet of the Apes, all filed under post-apocalyptic future. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 108 TMDB voters.