Star Trek: The Next Generation Benefitted From The '80s Writers' Strike In One Very Visible Way

The writers' strike had a long-term impact on TNG that, oddly enough, had nothing directly to do with the writing or ...
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How Gene Roddenberry Made Will Riker’s Family Life Terrible

Commander Riker is a fan-favorite character on Star Trek: The Next Generation because he’s a funny, take-charge leader who continues the James T. Kirk tradition of bedding the finest babes in the ...
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Webcomics Artists Take on Commander Riker and His Amazing Beard

Commander William Riker is a true Renaissance Man of the 24th century: poker player, jazz aficionado, Kirk-level lover of the ladies, and sporter of fantastic facial hair. No wonder a crew of ...
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Star Trek Legend Jonathan Frakes Had A Small Charlie's Angels Role Early In His TV Career

Commander Riker looking wary on Star Trek: The Next Generation - Paramount Did you know that actor/director Jonathan Frakes, perhaps best-known for playing Commander William Riker on "Star Trek: The ...
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Russell Crowe’s Great War Epic is Also Secretly a Star Trek Movie

Master and Commander: The Next Generation. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) in Star Trek Generations (1994). Paramount There’s nothing utopian about a Brit trying to track down a ...