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Pascale, Anthony (2012-01-25). "Interview: Mike & Denise Okuda Talk Star Trek – TNG The Next Level [Part 2]". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2024-01-08.

Audio formats ... The show predates all of the mentioned formats

All the mentioned formats -- (Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD) and DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (Blu-ray) -- were not available or even developped yet at the time of production, so they were remastered for the DVD and BD editions which came out much later. I guess the original TV series had the analog "Dolby Surround Pro Logic" as its native audio format, and that should be mentioned among the formats. -- Alexey Topol (talk) 12:37, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The “Return of Picard” Section is outdated GameOfAwesome (talk) 21:10, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Showrunners

It seems inappropriate to use the modern term "showrunners" to describe the lead executive producers of a show that would not have use that term at the time. (It is possible that term may have been retroactively used to describe them that way). This article has included using the term showrunners since 2015 but it was added without any explanation. That it has been in the article for many years does not make it correct. Others have asked for help finding sources but I do not think such sources are likely to exist. Instead I suggest removing the term showrunner from the Infobox of this article. -- 109.79.173.96 (talk) 04:43, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't belong as isn't a defined attribute for the infobox anyway, isn't a credit, and also it is not sourced in the article. Geraldo Perez (talk) 05:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That was far less complicated than I was expecting it to be. Thanks. -- 109.79.173.96 (talk) 06:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be an error.

I want to check the correctness of a sentence in the article. In the opening paragraph, it is stated that TNG is the third series in the franchise. As I remember the time of my life, which began in 1960, it was a big deal when Murdoch started Fox Network as it was the first to be created since CBS, NBC, and ABC, (and PBS, though it's not commercial, a distinction etched into me by my time as traffic manager for a classical music radio station that had to vie for fiscal resources with a public (NPR) radio station) and I remember TNG being touted loud and wide as an, if not the, anchor program of the newborn network (personally, I liked "Married With Children" just as much, and really appreciate their improvement of NFL broadcasts over the complacent stagnation CBS was entrenched in, and thereby making them up their game when they poached NBC's portion; variety, it is the spice of life). Which I guess is a roundabout way of saying, I'm pretty sure TNG is the second series in the franchise, then DS9, Voyager, and if it is one of the line and not perhaps more of a stand-alone, then Enterprise (prequel). I haven't been partaking of the stuff after that because 1) they make people pay extra to one of the subscribing entities which I can't do and 2) which probably would keep me away even if I could afford it; they are depressing (I did borrow the first season of "Discovery" from the library), they have completely lost the concept or are unable to understand Roddenberry's vision, that the future should be overall happier than now because the human race grows and matures out of its self-centered infancy (if that doesn't come about, then it's worthless and all is lost, but as the Beatles sang, "It's getting better all the time". Heinlein was right, it's the nature of the race to be happy and climb the next mountain). The unescapable pervasive dystopian mindset run amok in the myopic masses of the present is beyond tiresome. The delinquency of the last couple of generations is concerning to say the least. To my mind, the movies, while definitely part of the franchise are just that, movies, not television series. If someone will check and perhaps make the correction in the article, I will be pleased. Thank you for your time, and live long and prosper (sorry, couldn't resist). 2600:8804:5709:C600:1166:576B:6225:53A5 (talk) 01:20, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TNG is the third in the franchise, the second series was Star Trek: The Animated Series. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:22, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, a cartoon, hadn't heard of it. I don't recall it being mentioned in all the very many hours of my television viewing, movie attending, online surfing, etc. It doesn't seem to be regarded as in the vein of the majority of Trekkies' awareness (following/interest). Thank you for responding. Videt quam apertissime Deus. (talk) 01:50, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was aware of it from re-runs on BBC Two when I was a kid. As I understand it TAS was not that popular during its run, nor with the fandom now, and the animation quality tanked heavily in the second season. It's somewhat of an oddity within broader Trek canon now, though elements of it certainly have appeared in later series, and there was a Short Treks episode that somewhat paid homage to the series. Sideswipe9th (talk) 02:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't the best animation, but yup, I watched it. TNG is the third series, but second live action series :) GoodDay (talk) 02:47, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]