"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) TV series 1987-1994

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

26 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

New Stars. New Stories. New Worlds To Explore.

Plot:

Set decades after Captain James T. Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers in a new Enterprise set off on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Security | Mother Son Relationship | Space Shuttle | Outer Space

Awards:

Won 18 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 52 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	1:00 AM	WGNAMER	Starship Mine	#6.18
Tue. Nov. 10	3:00 AM	CW	Starship Mine	#6.18

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	Captain Jean-Luc Picard / ... (176 episodes, 1987-1994)
Jonathan Frakes	...	Commander William T. Riker / ... (176 episodes, 1987-1994)
LeVar Burton	...	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge / ... (176 episodes, 1987-1994)
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi (176 episodes, 1987-1994)
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data / ... (176 episodes, 1987-1994)
Michael Dorn	...	Lieutenant Worf / ... (175 episodes, 1987-1994)
Gates McFadden	...	Doctor Beverly Crusher / ... (154 episodes, 1987-1994)
Majel Barrett	...	Enterprise Computer / ... (96 episodes, 1987-1994)
Wil Wheaton	...	Wesley Crusher / ... (85 episodes, 1987-1994)

Also Known As:

Star Trek: TNG (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Raumschiff Enterprise - Das nächste Jahrhundert (West Germany) [de]
Star Trek - A Nova Geração (Brazil) [pt]
Star Trek - Das nächste Jahrhundert (West Germany) [de]
Star Trek - uusi sukupolvi (Finland) [fi]
Star Trek: Az új nemzedék (Hungary) [hu]
Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (France) [fr]
Star Trek: La nueva generación (Spain) [es]
Star Trek: Nastepne pokolenie (Poland) [pl]
Viaje a las estrellas: La nueva generación (Venezuela) [es]

Runtime:

45 min (176 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L (some episodes) | Iceland:LH | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Diana Muldaur, who plays Dr. Pulaski, played Dr. Leslie Thompkins in "Batman" (1992).

Goofs:

Continuity: In some episodes, crew members need to touch their communicator and state who or where they are and the person or place they wish to communicate with ("Riker to Picard", "Bridge to Engineering", etc.), while in other episodes, one only needs to state the information without touching their communicator, possibly using the ship's built-in communication system, but if that were the case, why use the communicators at all when they can just use the ship's built-in system. Additionally, the communicator always knows the correct person to contact even if there's more than one matching name (there's 1000+ people on the Enterprise, most of them crew members, it is unlikely that none of them share the same name).

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Capt. Picard: Engage!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Next Generation's Legacy: 2007 (2007) (V)

SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL SERIES BUT FRESH IN IT'S OWN WAY

Star Trek:The Next Generation was a brilliant series. In a way it was similar to the original but it was also fresh as well.

Firstly, there were similarity's. Data was similar to Spock and Riker could be considered similar to Captain Kirk. But the similarity's ended there. Everything else was fresh and original.

Picard was fresh-he was very diplomatic and understanding and a good negotiator. He was a good captain but preferred to stay on the ship and send Away Team's down to dangerous planets.

Worf was a Klingon which made for interesting stories. Worf may have been a StarFleet officer but he never forgot his Klingon heritage.

Data was similar to Spock but Data wanted to be human and he provided several laughs throughout the entire series.

Dr. Crusher was the ships doctor and I don't think anyone could say she was similar to Bones from the original series.

The stories were great throughout the series. It would be hard to rate individual episodes but the pilot episode and the last two-parter episodes were just awesome.

The Next Generation was truly an awesome series which did well considering it had a tough act to follow in Star Trek The Original Series.