September 8, 1966 is the first air date for TOS, so that turned 60 recently.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek)

streaming it rn S3E12

chefs kiss

For context, it had been about 20 years since the original series ended, and about a decade since the movies started coming out. I don't think anyone really expected a return to TV or a new crew. The fifth movie, The Final Frontier came out before The Next Generation started, and the sixth one, The Undiscovered Country aired while TNG was airing, showing that they were not done with Kirk's crew. Kirk's last movie (with William Shatner in the role), Generations, released after The Next Generation ended and also featured that crew.

These days, we can't imagine even going a full decade without a new Trek show and crew. I fondly remember when it was just the original and Next Generation. Then they added Deep Space Nine and later Voyager. Even after Enterprise, it was still only five (for some reason, we never counted The Animated Series, though we certainly were aware it existed). Now, I couldn't tell you how many Trek series there are. There are a lot of them.

Just reviewing TNG in Jellyfin syndication and I'm mostly offended by how every guest character, including disembodied lights, just wants to get inside Deanna Troi, so success?

Or maybe it's just that I got RND'd the mind rape episode and the non-consensual pregancy episode back-to-back, and there were two other episodes in the mix with characters who has really sexually aggressive approaches I found offputting.

It just wasn’t the same without Kirk and Spock..

… in many ways it was better. And opened the door to an infinitely expandable universe.

Welp I'm old