Nimoy was a huge influence for audiences to start watching TNG I thought, and his upcoming film Star Trek VI.
When was TNG generally accepted and liked by Trek fans?
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Of course it is possible to beam someone off the ship, into space, without beaming them outside the shields.
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Same here. I saw every episode first run (ages 17-24) and was already a lifelong fan of TOS before that (thanks mom).
I just had the same thought. There's no reason Data couldn't have just beamed Lore to an area within the shields outside of the ship. Should accomplish the same thing in the grand scheme of things.
Lore was beamed into space... and it bothers me that he was just left there floating.
Nimoy didn't appear on TNG until season five's "Unification" two-parter. TNG was already a huge hit by then.
I posted an old TV Guide clipping here a few years ago. STNG was competition with network shows from syndication right from the get-go, not with overall numbers, but in important markets and demographics. In some cases the show went head to head in primetime time slots with the big networks and won. Some affiliates reported viewership up from previous shows at 1100%.
I know he appeared in season 5, I also know TNG was doing well, but I'm not sure it was a huge hit in every market during 1987 through 1991 seasons. It all depends on how many markets had the show at the time; and how many bought it as seasons continued?
TNG was a major hit from the get go. It was renewed for season two in November of '87, just a few weeks after it premiered. TNG's market penetration was pretty high right from the beginning.
Possibly, but I'm not sure if it was in every syndicated market.
From Wikipedia...
"The studio's strategy succeeded. Most of the 150 stations airing reruns of the original Star Trek wanted to prevent a competitor from airing the new show; ultimately, 210 stations covering 90% of the United States became part of Paramount's informal nationwide network for TNG."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation#Syndication_and_profitability
I think TNG season one was in more markets than either Voyager or Enterprise.
http://articles.latimes.com/print/1988-05-03/entertainment/ca-2130_1_star-trek
"It has taken no time at all for an audience apparently made up of hard-core Trekkies and more recently won devotees to embrace the new "Star Trek" family. In first-run syndication, which means it airs on different days at different times on each of its 210 stations (locally on KCOP-TV Channel 13 Sundays at 5 p.m., repeating Saturdays at 6 p.m.), the new show has earned a national 10.6 Nielsen rating, which translates into an average weekly audience of about 9.4 million households."
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/04/arts/syndicated-star-trek-puts-dent-in-networks.html
"Playing on independent stations in Los Angeles and Denver last Wednesday night, the new ''Star Trek'' beat all network programs from 8 to 10 P.M. Its competition included ''Highway to Heaven,'' ''Magnum P.I.,'' ''Perfect Strangers'' and the highly touted new ABC series ''Hooperman.'' In San Francisco, Detroit and Houston, ''Star Trek'' came in second. Last Monday, the program also defeated all three networks in Miami. ''Star Trek'' will be seen in New York tomorrow at 9 P.M. on WPIX-TV."
"It has taken no time at all for an audience apparently made up of hard-core Trekkies and more recently won devotees to embrace the new "Star Trek" family. In first-run syndication, which means it airs on different days at different times on each of its 210 stations (locally on KCOP-TV Channel 13 Sundays at 5 p.m., repeating Saturdays at 6 p.m.), the new show has earned a national 10.6 Nielsen rating, which translates into an average weekly audience of about 9.4 million households."
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/04/arts/syndicated-star-trek-puts-dent-in-networks.html
"Playing on independent stations in Los Angeles and Denver last Wednesday night, the new ''Star Trek'' beat all network programs from 8 to 10 P.M. Its competition included ''Highway to Heaven,'' ''Magnum P.I.,'' ''Perfect Strangers'' and the highly touted new ABC series ''Hooperman.'' In San Francisco, Detroit and Houston, ''Star Trek'' came in second. Last Monday, the program also defeated all three networks in Miami. ''Star Trek'' will be seen in New York tomorrow at 9 P.M. on WPIX-TV."
I think Season 3's BoBW finale did it for many. To take a starship captain and turn him against his own crew (family) proved the show runners were serious about pushing the envelope. Cerebral shows would still be made, but a little grit would always be in the mix.
I like to think that out there, somewhere, are TOS fans still bitterly hating TNG for just existing. And then someone comes along and tells them that there were a further 3 spin-off series and a motion picture reboot with another series coming soon.
I've watched "The Cage" two thousand times. I don't understand how any of you folks consider anything made after it any good!
Long live Number One!
I liked TNG from the beginning, my mom didn't like it till about season 5 or 6.
I had watched TOS all through the '70s and was a big fan of the films but liked TNG immediately. I thought Encounter at Farpoint was pretty good, liked the characters and premise and thought it was the logical way for Trek to go. Of course, I liked DS9 better, but that's for another post.
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