Star Trek: The Next Generation Archives

MasterClass Taps “Reading Rainbow” Host LeVar Burton on Storytelling
From sparking the imagination of a child through literature to presenting in a boardroom or engaging in a coffee shop conversation, Burton's class will challenge members to rethink their approach to communication, inspiring them to confidently bring his same passion for the power of storytelling to their own lives. "Stories are the universal language of humanity,"[...]
Star Trek: The Mirror War- IDW Announces Year-Long Comic Book Event
IDW has announced that Star Trek: The Next Generation is back with an epic new event that will span the next year in comics in Star Trek: The Mirror War  Fittingly debuting on "Star Trek Day" on September 8, this new event series will have fans "witness what the galaxy could be like at the mercy[...]
LeVar Burton arrives for ‘Mulan’ World Premiere on March 09, 2020 in Hollywood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com
Fans petitioned for the beloved star of Star Trek: The Next Generation online to join guest hosts and among the near 250k signatures on Change.org include venerable Hollywood icon star Dick Van Dyke and Star Trek alumnae Kate Mulgrew, who plays Captain Kathryn Janeway on Voyager and will reprise the role in the animated Prodigy[...]
Star Trek TNG Podcast: Gates McFadden Boldly Goes Into Cast's Lives
Gates McFadden, who played the beloved Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation in six of its seven seasons and its four subsequent feature films, will host her own podcast called "Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?" The doctor of U.S.S Enterprise D and E is an admitted novice, but the[...]
LeVar Burton arrives for ‘Mulan’ World Premiere on March 09, 2020 in Hollywood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com
Cmdr Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation caught wind of the fan petition from change.org tweeting the link to the online petition, "Leaving this here in the event the powers that be are listening…" on April 6th. Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Television Fans Petition for LeVar Burton to be New Jeopardy Host Some of[...]
Star Trek Actor John de Lancie Reflects Casting, Q’s Return in Picard
When John de Lancie accepted the role of Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation, he had no idea how it would change his life Speaking to Variety, the actor still remembers clear as day about what franchise creator Gene Roddenberry told him three days into shooting the two-part premiere "Encounter at Farpoint" "[Gene] said[...]
Star Trek Announces First Contact Day with Virtual Panels, Marathon
Tompkins, the co-host of Star Trek: The Pod Directive and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes discuss how some of the hilarious B-stories from past series like Star Trek: The Next Generation paved the way for new iterations of Star Trek, including Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Star Trek franchise's first[...]
“Star Trek”: William Shatner Says He’s Retired from Captain Kirk
On the heels of The Original Series star's 90th birthday, the company announced the Canadian actor/writer/director and original Captain James T Kirk will be a brand ambassador and featured on their StoryFile Life allowing his family and friends to interact with even carry a conversation with the AI-powered digitized version according to Entertainment Weekly. Photo by[...]
Star Trek: Picard – Is Jonathan Frakes Teasing More TNG Alum in S02?
With Star Trek: The Next Generation alum Jonathan Frakes firmly in the creative fold of the current incarnation of the franchise on CBS All Access, which becomes Paramount+ on March 4, the actor and director tweeted a cryptic photo of himself along with two other fan favorites in LeVar Burton and John de Lancie Burton[...]
Star Trek: Picard - Brent Spiner Reflect His Time in Franchise, Future
Noonian Soong on Star Trek: The Next Generation Spiner played Data and Lore's creator Dr Noonian Soong on TNG and his ancestor (great-grandfather) Arik Soong in the prequel, Enterprise Most recently, Spiner pulled double-duty reprising Data presumably one final time in Picard in his former captain's (Patrick Stewart) dreams in early episodes and simulator in the[...]
Star Trek: Ronald D. Moore Recalls Fighting For TNG Episode “Family”
One of the most memorable episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation is the season four episode "Family." It has the distinction as one of the most grounded episodes of the science fiction series as it followed what many regard as its best in the season three cliffhanger "The Best of Both Worlds." Following the[...]
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
This is the epic He-Man and the Masters of the Universe saga fans have waited 35 yeas to see! The voice cast for Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelation is a virtual "who's who" of the pop culture landscape: Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) as Skeletor, Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, 300) as[...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Image: ViacomCBS)
Rick Berman, one of the biggest creative forces of the franchise during its run in syndication and the TNG films from Paramount posted a tweet with the majority of the series' cast. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Image: ViacomCBS) One Happy Star Trek Family The executive producer largely took over the franchise with creator Gene Roddenberry's passing in[...]
LOS ANGELES - NOV 11: Patrick Stewart at the "Charlie's Angels" Premiere at the Village Theater on November 11, 2019 in Westwood, CA (Image: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com)
Far from his native Yorkshire and at times miserable home life, far from the young actor who combed his thinning hair over the crown, until one night two friends scissored it off and a noble skull was revealed." LOS ANGELES – NOV 11: Patrick Stewart at the "Charlie's Angels" Premiere at the Village Theater on November[...]
Star Trek: Picard – Gates MacFadden Says “Good Chance” She Appears
Another Star Trek: The Next Generation alum might be making her back to the franchise Gates McFadden, who played Dr Beverly Crusher on the U.S.S Enterprise D, teased to Trek Movie about a potential future appearance on the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard She started talking about how her character changed throughout TNG[...]
Star Trek Picard Marina Sirtis
The cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation is very close Marina Sirtis, who played Deanna Troi on the series, celebrated her birthday with fellow castmates – but they did it the smart and healthy way Her friends joined her from their respective homes via online conference – doing their part to promote the importance[...]
Countdown to “Star Trek: Picard” – Re-examining “I, Borg” and “Unification”
Following up on yesterday's debut of our "Countdown to Star Trek: Picard", we continue our trip down memory lane with Star Trek: The Next Generation We look at the introduction of one of the franchise's most memorable characters Hugh, played by Jonathan Del Arco – and also take a look at Spock's (Leonard Nimoy) post-Federation purpose[...]
Pictured: Patrick Stewart as Picard of the the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
In the near-18 year gap between his last Star Trek: The Next Generation-related project in Nemesis (2002) to the new CBS All Access television series Star Trek: Picard, Stewart reprises his role as Jean-Luc Picard With CBS All Access set for their Television Critics Association's winter press event this weekend and the series set to[...]