User blog:ARTaylor/Star Trek: The Next Generation Premiere Anniversary

Today is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Star Trek: The Next Generation premiere episode "Encounter at Farpoint". The episode introduced audiences and fans to an entirely new crew and era, began a highly acclaimed seven year series, and spawned four movies and three additional series. The episode featured the talents of Jonathan Frakes as First Officer Commander William T. Riker (who would go on to direct two of the movies), LeVar Burton as Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Michael Dorn as Starfleet's first Klingon officer Lieutenant Worf (who became a regular in the first spin-off), and Michael Bell in a guest appearance as Farpoint's administrator Groppler Zorn.