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User Rating:
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list

Release Date:

26 September 1987 (USA) more

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. full summary

Awards:

Won 18 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 52 nominations more

User Comments:

A wonderful series more (174 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 9 of 143)

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Star Trek: TNG (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
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Runtime:

45 min (176 episodes)

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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


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Trivia:

Worf's prosthetic forehead changed in season 2 because the original was stolen. more

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). more

Quotes:

Klingon Commander: Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be boarded.
Capt. Picard: [indignantly, under his breath] That'll be the day!
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Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Coneheads (1993) more


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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
A wonderful series, 8 December 2002
Author: John Green from Phoenix

This is an interesting, thought provoking, and most of all entertaining series. Gene Roddenberry not only gave us a "Wagon Train to the Stars," but he gave us interesting stories reflecting the great values our society holds as truths. I know that "some" episodes were not that good, but that can be said of any series that has a long history. For the most part this program exceeds the mark of excellence in writing and entertainment. The delivery of the writing by Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner et. al. truly brought the Star Trek future to life. The casting of this program is wonderful!

I would hope that anyone with the desire for interesting intelligent science fiction would find this program enjoyable. If a person today is ONLY seeking an action packed thrill ride, then perhaps they may not find the value in Star Trek. But I have loved the program from the first day I watched Captain Kirk in "The Man Trap" from 1966. Since then I have watched the development of Trek with an open mind. I believe that ST-TNG to be the best incarnation of all Trek programs, to date.

In this day and age of terrorism, and threats of war, it would be nice if we could apply more of the philosophies from the possible future of this series. Maybe if more people watched this program the world would be a nicer place!?!

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