Due to the original series' popularity in syndication, Paramount Pictures began to consider making a Star Trek film … See more

Star Trek: The Next Generation ran for 178 episodes, over seven seasons, from the fall of 1987 annually to the spring of 1994. At the end of that season, the cast switched over to production of the Star Trek film Generation… See more

Star Trek: The Next Generation aired for seven seasons beginning on September 28, 1987, and ending on May 23, 1994.
The series begins with the crew of the Enterprise-D put on trial by an omnipotent being know… See more

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard is the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-D. Stewart also played the character in the pilot episode of Deep Space Nine, all four TNG theater films, and in the epon… See more

Star Trek had a number of story arcs within the larger story, and oftentimes different episodes contributed to two or more different story or character arcs. Some are epitomized by the aliens the characters interact wit… See more

The Next Generation's average of 20 million viewers often exceeded both existing syndication successes such as Wheel of Fortune and network hits including Cheers and L.A. Law. Benefiting in part from many statio… See more