On this day in television history - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Picard: The Art and Making of the Series / book

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

Star Trek: Picard: The Art and Making of the Series / book (2024)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Angel One.

Released January 23, 1988.

Directed by Michael Rhodes.

Written by Patrick Barry, Tracy Tormé, Sandy Fries.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Karen Montgomery, Sam Hennings, Patricia McPherson, Leonard Crofoot, James G. Becker, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, David Eum, Curtis Fairchild, Christopher Hall, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, James McElroy, Lorine Mendell.

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Ship in a Bottle.

Released January 23, 1993.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Written by René Echevarria, Brannon Braga, A. Conan Doyle, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Stephanie Beacham, Dwight Schultz, Daniel Davis, Clement von Franckenstein, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Cullen G. Chambers, John Copage, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Jack Gilroy, Eben Ham, Christi Haydon, Christina Wegler Miles, Gina Saadi, Dee Giffin Scott, Victor Sein, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess, Mikki Val.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Parallax.

Released January 23, 1995.

Directed by Kim Friedman.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Jim Trombetta, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Martha Hackett, Josh Clark, Justin Williams, Derek Anthony, Majel Barrett, Jasmin Bischoff, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Hubie Kerns Jr., Dennis Madalone, Coleman McClary, Jordan Monheim, Tami Peterson, Jerry L. Quinn, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya, Ondar Tarlow.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Dear Doctor.

Released January 23, 2002.

Directed by James A. Contner.

Written by André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Kellie Waymire, David A. Kimball, Christopher Rydell, Karl Wiedergott, Alex Nevil, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Brian Freifield, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Glen Hambly, John Jurgens, Bobby Pappas, Beth Persky, Heidi Schultz, Cynthia Uhrich.

Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Remembrance.

Released January 23, 2020.

Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman, James Duff, Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Brent Spiner, Orla Brady, David Carzell, Merrin Dungey, Jamie McShane, Sumalee Montano, Maya Eshet, Douglas Tait, Jon Ian Dredge, Matt Freeman, Arlene Rodrigez-Lopez, Richard Scott.

Star Trek: Picard
The Art and Making of the Series

by Joe Fordham.

Published by Titan Books.

Published 2024.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1803363673

ISBN-13: 978-1803363677

Description:

An in-depth look at the making of Star Trek: Picard, a three-season spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and a must-have for all Star Trek fans.

Star Trek: Picard stars Patrick Stewart, reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The book explores each of the three separate season-long narratives, which tell the story of Picard in later years, as he is brought out of retirement on his family chateau to face old enemies such as the Borg, take command of a new starship, and ultimately reconcile with his past.

New characters such as Doctor Jurati (Alison Pill), Cristóbal Rios (Santiago Cabrera), Soji (Isa Briones) and Elnor (Evan Evagora) feature alongside appearances by old enemies and friends, such as Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching), Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), Data (Brent Spiner), and Q (John de Lancie). Season 3 sees a full-scale Next Generation reunion, featuring Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverley Crusher (Gates McFadden), and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton).

Alongside interviews with showrunners, writers, cast, and crew, discussing concepts and character arcs, “Spotlight” features explore makeup, costumes, art, and visual effects. A final section features reflections on the much-beloved character from its original incarnation in Star Trek: Next Generation through to its final satisfying conclusion.

This beautifully illustrated hardback, featuring behind-the-scenes and on-set photography, and a range of production art, is an in-depth exploration of a hugely popular and seminal Star Trek character.

On this day in movie and book history - A Beautiful Mind (2001)

 

A Beautiful Mind

directed by Ron Howard,

written by Akiva Goldsman,

based on the book by Sylvia Nasar,

was released in the United States on December 13, 2001.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judd Hirsch, Austin Pendleton, Vivien Cardone, Jillie Simon, Victor Steinbach, Tanya Clarke, Thomas F. Walsh, Jesse Doran, Kent Cassella, Patrick Blindauer, John Blaylock, Roy Thinnes, Anthony Easton, Cheryl Howard, Rance Howard, Jane Jenkins, Darius Stone, Josh Pais, Alex Toma, Valentina Cardinalli, Teagle F. Bougere, David B. Allen, Michael Esper, Eva Burkley, Amy Walz, Tracey Toomey, Jennifer Weedon, Yvonne Thomas, Holly Pitrago, Isadore Rosenfeld, Tommy Allen, Dave Bayer, Brian Keith Lewis, Tom McNutt, Will Dunham, Glenn Roberts, Ed Jupp Jr., Christopher Stockton, Gregory Dress, Carla Occhiogrosso, Matt Samson, Lyena Nomura, Kathleen Fellegara, Betsy Klompus, Stelio Savante, Logan McCall, Bob Broder, Michael Abbott Jr., Liche Ariza, Michael Arthur, Reggie Austin, Fileena Bahris, Lloyd Baskin, Sean Bennett, Cade Bittner, James Thomas Bligh, Peter Bonilla, Rich Bryant, Dan Chen, Phil Cirincione, Scott Addison Clay, Ty Copeman, Sean Dillon, Berly Ellis, Jonah Falcon, Fabrizio Fante, Scott Fernstrom, Michael Fiore, Mike Fitzgerald, Todd Fredericks, Seth Gabel, Russell Gibson, Gregory Gordon, Evan Hart, Jason Horton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard, Vivian Kalinov, Alex Lorre, Monique Marissa Lukens, Dory Manzour, Tiffany Marz, Charles McClelland, Jon M. McDonnell, Arnold Montey, Robert Myers, Ryan O’Connor, Nick Oddo, Charles Pendelton, Reed Penney, Michael C. Pierce, Mills Pierre, Deborah Rayne, Sean Reid, Colby Ryan, Brian Smyj, Ned Stuart, Dave Sweeney, Alessandro Tanaka, Douglas Taurel, John H. Tobin, Jeffrey Todd, Michael Tota, Jarred Treiber, Ryan Tygh, Erik Van Wyck, James Whalen, Warner Wolf.

Recommended reading - A Beautiful Mind:

A Beautiful Mind

by Sylvia Nasar.
 
First published 1998.
Published by Simon & Schuster.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1451628420
ISBN-13: 978-1451628425
 
Description:
 

Also an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly – directed by Ron Howard.

 

The powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.

 

“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. “Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “So I took them seriously.”

 

Thus begins the true story of John Nash, the mathematical genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness, and who—thanks to the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community—emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution. The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

 

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet,

was released in the United States on May 5, 2022.

Theme music by Jeff Russo.

Composed by Nami Melumad.

 
Main cast:

Anson Mount, Babs Olusanmokun, Bruce Horak, Celia Rose Gooding, Christina Chong, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, Rebecca Romijn.