What is Star Trek: The Next Generation about?
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
A Starfleet crew explores the galaxy with earnest curiosity, facing cerebral mysteries and epic adventures.
Intimate. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+ and Pluto TV (free).
Star Trek: The Next Generation parents guide
For a TV-PG, this one goes further: some innuendo or implied sex. Beyond that, mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 10. Rated TV-PG.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Created byGene Roddenberry
StarringPatrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis
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