For Star Trek writer/producers Ronald D. Moore and Ira Steven Behr, there was no honeymoon period when it came to writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Both joined the show during its third season and had to hit the ground running.

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Some interesting interviews from Star Trek actors and people associated with the show can now be seen at the Archive of American Television website.

The interviews, other than one with LeVar Burton, are from the original series.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Marina Sirtis will be starring in A Dark Reflection, which will be filmed in Horsham, U.K.

A Dark Reflection is the story of a “chilling conspiracy at the heart of the aviation industry.”

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Fans of the single episode Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-ray releases will be happy with the announcement that a new release will occur this summer.

The two-part Redemption will be re-edited and released as a feature-length presentation.

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CBS Home Entertainment has made a preview of the Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4 Blu-ray release available on YouTube.

Season Four of The Next Generation will be released on Blu-ray this summer.

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NCM Fathom Events has released a short trailer for the theater showing of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s The Best of Both Worlds.

The Best of Both Worlds will be shown in more than five hundred theaters on April 25 at 7 PM.

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For Wil Wheaton, new acting success came when he figured out just what type of character he should be playing.

It turns out that the best character for Wheaton to play is not someone like Wesley Crusher.

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For those who never got around to purchasing the original Star Trek: The Next Generation DVD release, the series is being offered again, with new packaging.

The first two seasons of TNG will go on sale exclusively at Amazon beginning March 12, with the rest of the seasons becoming available on April 16.

The new release features the exact same content, including bonus material, as the previous full-season releases.

Seasons One and Two will sell for $35.00, and subsequent seasons will sell for $47.00 each.

For fans waiting for the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation in Blu-ray, mark your calendars for April 30th.

In addition to TNG S3, another Trek Blu-ray release will happen on that date when Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds is offered.

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The new Lincoln Motor Company car ad commercial in which Wil Wheaton has a part is now online.

The ad also features hip-hop artist Rev Run and the NFL’s Emmitt Smit.

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For Tricia O’Neil, playing the first Star Trek female captain of the Enterprise in TNG’s Yesterday’s Enterprise was something special.

O’Neil had not been trying to get the role of Rachel Garrett when she got the call to come in and audition for it. “I’d auditioned for other roles on the show. I didn’t get those, but they called me in to play Captain Garrett,” she said.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Patrick Stewart will be taking on the role of Tobi in Match, a movie adaptation of Stephen Belber‘s play of the same name.

Written by Belber, Match will also feature Broadway vet Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Wil Wheaton will be appearing in a commercial that will air during this year’s Super Bowl.

And the commercial, for the Lincoln Motor Company, was filmed at a very familiar place to Star Trek fans, Vasquez Rocks.

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The voices of two familiar Star Trek actors will be heard in Tales From Beyond, a new paranormal audio drama series currently fundraising.

The Star Trek actors involved with Tales From Beyond are John de Lancie and Robert Picardo.

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More Star Trek actors interact with astronaut Chris Hadfield and a famous astronaut joins in the fun.

If you’re not following Hadfield, a flight engineer from Expedition 34 on the International Space Station, on Twitter,  you’re not only missing fabulous pictures of Earth taken from high above, but you’re also missing Star Trek-related tweets.

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