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Open Channel: Which Other TNG Stars Should Show Up in Picard Season 3?

We've got most of the heavy hitters, but what other heroes from the Enterprise -D and beyond should join Picard's final journey?

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Is Bringing the Next Generation Crew Back Together

Picard 's final season beams up LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner.

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Updates on the Future of Sonic 2, The Mandalorian, and Star Trek: Picard

Plus get another sneak peek at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , through a very intriguing character

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Star Trek‘s Jonathan Frakes on Discovery‘s Trials and Filming During Covid-19

The legendary Number One of The Next Generation discusses carrying on Trek 's legacy from behind the camera.

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Doctor Who Teases the Return of the Daleks

Plus The Batman kicks off a cryptic new ARG ahead of its release.

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Lower Decks‘ Tom Paris Love-In Wasn’t Really About Tom Paris at All

As always with Lower Decks , come for the Star Trek nerdery, stay for the characters' earnest journeys.

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DC’s Next Animated Movie Is a Catwoman Spectacular

A new look at Rick and Morty 's grand season five finale plus What We Do in the Shadows' vampires are taking a road trip!

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Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Scrappy Ensigns on How Their Characters Will Evolve in Season 2

Jack Quaid, Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero all star in the animated Paramount+ series, which returns August 12.

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Gates McFadden on Podcasting With Star Trek Friends and the Franchise’s Enduring Legacy

Gates McFadden’s career goes well beyond the ins and outs of the Enterprise sickbay. While she might be best known to sci-fi fans as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s iconic Dr. Beverly Crusher, McFadden’s taught, acted on stage and screen, worked on Jim Henson hits likeLabyrinth, and more. Now, she’s picking up a new skill:…

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Beams Aboard Its First Teaser

When we last left the intrepid, lower-ranked crewmembers of the USS Cerritos, Mariner’s secret had been exposed, Boimler had been promoted to Riker’s ship, Rutherford’s memory had been wiped, and Tendi had made a bad robot. Now that we’ve finally got a look at the next season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and clearly, the…

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Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Mike McMahan on Making Sure Cameos Matter

Lower Decks is a show that rejoices in the nerdy little details of Star Trek. From Pakleds to Exocomps, from Kirk punches to movie riffs, its first season delivered a show that earnestly loved Trek’s ideals and the callbacks that made it such a rich franchise in the first place. But when the show wanted…

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Star Trek: Picard’s Finale Gives You Everything You Wanted, and That’s Kind of the Problem

Star Trek: Picard has spent its debut season telling a story that, at times, has tried to balance nostalgia for its past with an interrogation of just what having nostalgia for that past in a time of crisis really means. Its season one finale, for better or worse, decides that the best thing any of…

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Star Trek: Picard Refocuses Its Heroes, With Help From a Few Friends

Star Trek: Picard’s reconnections with the franchise’s past so far have served to paint the picture of a tired future that has, in many ways, left our beloved familiar faces behind. But this week, as Jean-Luc’s hubris threatens to catch up with him, he gets a moment of respite and refocusing courtesy of two very…

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Here Are the Nostalgic Star Trek: Picard Pictures You Probably Really Need Today

Given the state of, well…what feels like everything in the current news cycle, you could probably do with a Next Generation hugfest or six. Thankfully, our first look at the next episode of Star Trek: Picard has you covered. CBS has dropped the first batch of photos from this week’s episode, “Nepenthe,” which sees Jean-Luc…

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Jonathan Frakes Talks Picard‘s Emotional Moment With Seven of Nine

And why Gene Roddenberry might not have been a fan. Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Frakes, Riker-at-large and director of this past week’s episode of Star Trek: Picard, shared his experience directing the episode, and what it was allowed to do that much of earlier Trek wasn’t. “It was completely the luck of the…

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Breaking Down the Old Friends and New Secrets of Star Trek: Picard‘s Latest Trailer

Patrick Stewart beamed into the Javits Center for New York Comic Con this past weekend with a few friends and an absolutely incredible new look at Star Trek: Picard. Building on the complex world we saw established in its first trailer, decades after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, here’s what we spotted in our…

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Picard Is Coming This January, Here’s Yet Another Fabulous Trailer

Our favorite captain returns in winter. As just revealed at the New York Comic Con Star Trek panel, Picard now has a release date and another thrilling, nostalgia-stoking new trailer. Years after his time at Starfleet, Picard is back in action, older, sadder, and probably even more impossibly wise. The new trailer expands on the…

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Jonathan Frakes Had Anxiety Attacks Over His Return to Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard isn’t just catching us up with what Jean-Luc has been up to in the years since we last saw him onscreen, but a cavalcade of Trek characters—among them the namesake of Picard’s new pupper and former second-in-command of the Enterprise, Will Riker. But returning to his iconic role caused a lot of…

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In the First Full Trailer for Star Trek: Picard, Jean-Luc Assembles a New and Familiar Crew

The first teaser for Patrick Stewart’s return as an older, traumatized Jean-Luc Picard gave us a hell of a reveal: Starfleet’s finest is no longer actually at Starfleet. But at San Diego Comic-Con, we’ve been given a glimpse at just what the former Captain of the Enterprise is up to. And, turns out, he’s in…

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How Queer Is Star Trek?

Star Trek is not just one of the longest-running sci-fi franchises ever, it is also the most hopeful. The Federation represents the pinnacle of humanity: the idea that we can and will make a better life for each other. Yet, despite Trek’s message of a better future for all, LGBTQ+ characters are few and far…

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Open Channel: Which Other TNG Stars Should Show Up in Picard Season 3?

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Is Bringing the Next Generation Crew Back Together

Updates on the Future of Sonic 2, The Mandalorian, and Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek‘s Jonathan Frakes on Discovery‘s Trials and Filming During Covid-19

Doctor Who Teases the Return of the Daleks

Lower Decks‘ Tom Paris Love-In Wasn’t Really About Tom Paris at All

DC’s Next Animated Movie Is a Catwoman Spectacular

Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Scrappy Ensigns on How Their Characters Will Evolve in Season 2

Gates McFadden on Podcasting With Star Trek Friends and the Franchise’s Enduring Legacy

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Beams Aboard Its First Teaser

Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Mike McMahan on Making Sure Cameos Matter

Star Trek: Picard’s Finale Gives You Everything You Wanted, and That’s Kind of the Problem

Star Trek: Picard Refocuses Its Heroes, With Help From a Few Friends

Here Are the Nostalgic Star Trek: Picard Pictures You Probably Really Need Today

Jonathan Frakes Talks Picard‘s Emotional Moment With Seven of Nine

Breaking Down the Old Friends and New Secrets of Star Trek: Picard‘s Latest Trailer

Picard Is Coming This January, Here’s Yet Another Fabulous Trailer

Jonathan Frakes Had Anxiety Attacks Over His Return to Star Trek: Picard

In the First Full Trailer for Star Trek: Picard, Jean-Luc Assembles a New and Familiar Crew

How Queer Is Star Trek?

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

INIU Portable Power Bank Is Small in Size and Smaller in Price for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (45W, 10,000mAh)

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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