Good News In History September 28

Good News In History September 28

Good News In History September 28 38 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation  debuted on syndicated TV. Spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons, it starred English actor Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise. It received many accolades, including 19 Emmy Awards, two Hugo Awards, five Saturn Awards, and a Peabody Award.  READ more about how the show got started…  (1987) Paramount Pictures, which produced  Star Trek: The Original Series,  was generally amazed at the staying power of the show. Chairman Frank Mancuso Sr. observed that “The shelf life in this business is usually three days. To flourish for 20 years…” before calling it a “priceless asset.” Early proposals for The Next Generation included one in which some of the original series cast might appear as “elder statesmen,” and Roddenberry speculated as late as October 1986 that the new series might not even use a spaceship, as “people might travel by some [other] means” 100 years after the USS Ente…