Introduction
to the Award-Winning series...
More than ten years have passed since Star Trek: The Next Generationfirst
aired. Even though on its initial
running the series was not successful, The Next Generation was not
repeating the past. It was forging a
new future. The fight to bring back Kirk and his crew that had been waged
throughout the seventies was
no longer a battle that could be won. The Star Trek films and the
individual careers of the key cast members
were too successful for the Original Series's crew ever to be lured
back to the weekly grind of episodic television
production. So with a grand leap of faith,
Paramount had agreed to the concept of setting the next series a
century ahead of the first, and going forward with an all-new cast of characters.
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The long-awaited second Star Trek television series become official
on October 10, 1986, seventeen years
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after the first series had been canceled. Fortunately, there were enough
fans who were open-minded enough
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to take a chance pn the new show, which ultimately vaulted The Next
Generation
into heights of popularity during
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its critically acclaimed, Emmy award-winning seven-year run. By the time
The Next Generation blasted off into
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its third season, the show's popularity was firmly entrenched and growing.
The series had overcome its share of
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obstacles but it had finally found its footing in Season 3. The Next
Generation was the start of something
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special and it became quite popular, quite successful. People had embraced
the new remarkable family
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of characters. Thus, Star Trek: The Next Generation
has become the
best Star Trek series of all time.
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