Trekking in HD: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Two
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Two Background: Capt. Picard: There's still much to do; still so much to learn. Mr. La Forge - engage! –“The Neutral Zone” (Season One finale) Star Trek: The Next Generation’s (ST-TNG) first season officially ended with these optimistic words on May 16, 1988. On that date, many television stations broadcast The Neutral Zone, the 26th and last first-run episode of the syndicated show’s premiere season. Created by Gene Roddenberry at the insistence of Paramount Pictures, ST-TNG was a daring concept for its time. Intended to be a sequel to the canceled Star Trek TV series that aired on NBC in the late 1960s, The Next Generation was one of the first direct-to-syndication series produced. Paramount had shopped the show’s concept to ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, but – to the studio’s relief – was turned down. Paramount Television and Roddenberry were secretly glad about the big networks’ rejection. The producers were now free from network c