Star Trek: The Next Generation was brilliant, and indeed how it aired in the US was different, it was not made for a single TV station, it was syndicated, meaning individual stations across the US bought it - so say it could air in one city on a CBS affiliate, and down the road in another city on a NBC affiliate.
Shame it took the BBC another two years after this interview before The Next Generation started to air on BBC 2. It was quite a wait. 26th September 1990 they started airing season one, whilst in the US they were kicking off with season four by that time.
That would have been the studio's restrictions, not the BBC's fault. Before the show had even started I already knew we'd have to wait 3 years before it came to the UK. However, I had family in the US send me a few episodes on VHS (we had a portable US player). Plus, the shows started to become available for VHS rental in the UK after 1 or 2 years.
Wow. I sort of thought he did Wogan when he got the Star Trek job, but never got to see this interview.
Star Trek: The Next Generation was brilliant, and indeed how it aired in the US was different, it was not made for a single TV station, it was syndicated, meaning individual stations across the US bought it - so say it could air in one city on a CBS affiliate, and down the road in another city on a NBC affiliate.
Shame it took the BBC another two years after this interview before The Next Generation started to air on BBC 2. It was quite a wait. 26th September 1990 they started airing season one, whilst in the US they were kicking off with season four by that time.
That would have been the studio's restrictions, not the BBC's fault. Before the show had even started I already knew we'd have to wait 3 years before it came to the UK. However, I had family in the US send me a few episodes on VHS (we had a portable US player). Plus, the shows started to become available for VHS rental in the UK after 1 or 2 years.
@@Stocko1234 How the world has changed now as with Star Trek Picard, the whole world saw it at the same time