Star trek tng Continue This article is about the television series. For other purposes, see Star Trek: The Next Generation (Disbigation). American TV series Star Trek: The Next GenerationGenre Sci-Fi Drama Mystery Action Adventure Createdgene RoddenberryStarringPatrick StewartJonAthan FrakesLe Burton BurtonDenise CrosbyMichael DornGates McFaddenMarina SirtisBrent SpinerWil WheatonTheme composer Alexander CourageJerry GoldsmithComposer (s) Dennis McDay Chattos7no. episodes178 (episode list)ProductionSy producer (s) Gene Roddenberry (1987-1991)Rick Berman (1989-1994) Showrunners Maurice Hurley (1988 8-1989)Michael Piller (1989-1994)Jerry Taylor (1993-1994)CinemaEdward R. Brown (1987-1989)Marvin V. Rush (1989-1992) Jonathan West (1992-1994)Running time44 minutesProduction company (s) Paramount Internal Television Distributor Paramount Internal Television (1 CBS Paramount Television (2006-2007) CBS Television Distribution (2007-present) Budget $1.3 million per episodeReleaseOrigingin NetworkFirst-runs syndication 23Picture formatNTSC 480i 4:31080p 4:3 (Blu-ray) Audio formatDolby SRDolby Digital 5 .1 (DVD)DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (Blu-ray)Original release28 September 1987 (1987-09-28) - May 23, 1994 (1994-05- 23)TimelineResred Star Trek : Animated seriesAfter Star Trek: Deep Space NineRelated showsStar Trek series Expressed Links Star Trek: The Next Generation in StarTrek.com Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American sci-fi television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It premiered from September 28, 1987 to May 23, 1994, in a syndication covering 178 episodes over seven seasons. The third series of the Star Trek franchise is the second sequel to Star Trek: The Original. Расположенный в 24 веке, когда Земля является частью Объединенной федерации планет, он следует приключения звездолета Звездного Звездного Звездного Звезды, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), в своем исследовании галактики Млечный Путь. In the 1980s, Roddenberry, who was responsible for the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974), and a number of films, was tasked by Paramount Pictures with the creation of a new franchise series. He decided to install it a century after the events of his original series. The next generation featured a new crew: Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Pickard, Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker, Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander of Data, Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Wharf, Levar Burton as Lieutenant Commander Georgie La Forge, Marina Sirtis as Advisor to Deanne Troy, Denise Crosby as Lieutenant Roddenberry, Maurice Hurley, Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Geri Taylor worked as executive producers in once throughout the production. The series was shown in the first syndication launch with dates and times varying between individual television stations. A voice-over introduction to Stewart during the opening credits of each episode stated the purpose of the starship, though modified to reflect on the mission: Cosmos: The Final Frontier. It's the journey of the Starship Enterprise. His constant mission: to explore strange new worlds, to look for new life and new civilizations, to safely go where no one has gone before. The show was very popular, reaching almost 12 million viewers in its 5th season, with the series finale in 1994 watched by more than 30 million viewers. Following the success, Paramount commissioned Rick Berman and Michael Piller to create the fourth series of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine franchise, which was launched in 1993. Characters from Next Generation returned in four films: Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Rise (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Star Trek: Pickard (2020). The series is also home to numerous novels, comics and video games. He has received numerous awards, including 19 Emmy Awards, two Hugo Awards, five Saturn Awards and a Peabody Award. Production of the Star Trek franchise originated in the 1960s, with a Star Trek television show that ran from 1966-1969. Star Trek: The Next Generation will mean the return of Star Trek live on television. Back in 1972, Paramount Pictures began to consider making a Star Trek film because of the popularity of the original series in syndication. However, with the 1977 release of Star Wars, Paramount decided not to compete in the sci-fi film category and switched its efforts to the new Star Trek television series. The original actors of the series approached the reprise of their roles; sketches, models, sets and props were created for Star Trek: Phase II until Paramount changed its mind again and decided to create feature films featuring the original cast of the series. By 1986, 20 years after the debut of the original Star Trek on NBC, the franchise's longevity had impressed Paramount Pictures executives. Chairman Frank Mancuso Sr. noted that the expiration date in this business is usually three days. To prosper 20 years... He and others described Trek as a pearl of the studio, a priceless asset that should not be squandered. The series was the most popular syndicated television program 17 years after its cancellation, and the Star Trek films in Harvey Bennett were filmed at the box office. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's salary requirements for Star Trek IV: Journey Home (1986) forced the studio to plan a new Star Trek television series. Paramount executives feared the new series could hurt demand but decided that it would increase their appeal on videotape and cable, and that a series with unknown actors would be more profitable than paying big salaries to movie actors. Roddenberry initially refused to participate, but became a creator after being dissatisfied with the early conceptual work. Star Trek: The Next Generation was announced on October 10, 1986, and its cast in May 1987. Paramount CEO Rick Berman was appointed to the series at Roddenberry's request. Roddenberry has hired a number of Star Trek veterans, including Bob Justman, D.C. Fontana, Eddie Milkis and David Gerrold. Early offerings for the series included one of the first series in which some of the original series might look like senior statesmen, and Roddenberry suggested back in October 1986 that the new series might not even use a spaceship because people can travel by some other means 100 years after the USS Enterprise. A stronger change was his new belief that interpersonal conflict in the workplace would no longer exist in the future; Thus, the new series has no parallels with the frequent crunch banter between Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy. According to actor Patrick Stewart, Berman was more receptive than Roddenberry to the series, which addressed political issues. The musical theme of the series combined fanfare from the original theme of the Alexander Courage series with the theme of Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). The plots of some of the early episodes are based on the outlines created for Star Trek: Phase II. Part of the transport room installed in TNG was used in the original Star Trek transporter kit. Syndication and profitability Despite the proven success of Star Trek, NBC and ABC have only offered to consider pilot scenarios for the new series, and CBS has offered to preview a miniseries that could have become a series if it had done well. That big three television networks were treated to Paramount's most attractive and valuable asset, like any other series offered by the studio. Fox wanted the show to help launch the new network, but wanted it by March 1987, and would only make 13 episodes, not a full season. Failed negotiations convinced the studio that it could only protect Star Trek with complete control. Paramount increased and accelerated the show's profitability by choosing instead to broadcast it in the first syndication launch of 1718:123-124 on independent stations (whose numbers have been more than tripled since 1980) and the Big Three network affiliates. The studio offered the show to local stations for free barter syndication. Stations sold five minutes of commercial time to local advertisers, and Paramount sold the remaining seven minutes Advertisers. Stations had to commit to buying replays in the future, and only those that broadcast the new show could purchase popular reruns of the original series. The studio's strategy was successful. Most of the 150 stations airing reruns of the original Star Trek wanted to prevent a competitor from airing the new show; eventually, 210 stations covering 90% of the United States became part of Paramount's unofficial nationwide network for TNG. One station predicted that Star Trek promises to be one of the most successful programs of the season, network or syndicated. The special effects were special effects from Industrial Light and Magic, a division of Lucasfilm. The new show really performed well; Pilot ratings were higher than many network programs, and ratings remained comparable to network shows by the end of the first season, despite each station's handicap airing of the show on another day and time, often outside prime time. By the end of the first season, Paramount reportedly received $1 million for the episode, more than the roughly $800,000 that the networks typically paid for the hour-long show; By 1992, when the budget for each episode had grown to nearly $2 million, the studio earned $90 million in advertising a year from its first episodes, with each 30-second commercial selling for $115,000 to $150,000. Shaw had a 40% return on investment for Paramount, with $30 to $60 million in annual upfront net profit for the first episode run and another $70 million for divestment for each of the approximately 100 episodes then available, so they don't need overseas sales to be successful. Star Trek: The Next Generation ran 178 episodes over seven seasons, from fall 1987 to spring 1994. At the end of this season, the cast switched to production of The Star Trek Generation, which was released until the end of 1994.