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Posted: 06:49:49 on February 25 2003
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek

The New TNN has announced via the official STAR TREK web site that it will air STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "uncut" every Friday in March. The presentations will occur from 9-11p and air without the network's traditional black bar across the bottom of the screen and with "limited commercial interruptions." This tends to mean that the episodes will not suffer extra editing for the sake of commercial time, as they often may in regular presentation.

The four Friday presentations will be themed around CARDASSIANS with "The Chase" and "Preemptive Strike," ROMULANS with "Tin Man" and "Face of the Enemy," DATA with "The Offspring" and "Thine Own Self," and HOLODECK, with "A Fistful of Datas" and "Ship in a Bottle."

"Presenting (TNG) episodes uncut is a television first," said Kevin Kay, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production for The New TNN. "We've been listening to our Trek viewers and are giving them this special opportunity to view their favorite episodes."

TNN is also the home of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE beginning in Fall 2004 and STAR TREK: VOYAGER in 2006. Check this page for more details.

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About cutting episodes
By Hbasm ( ) at 16:57:19 on March 03 2003
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It is disgusting to cut out scenes from episodes. Either show the complete series, or not at all. They're doing this awful trick on my Trek channel now, so I can never watch a full episode anymore. Add to this the occasional scrolltexts on the bottom of the screen. It takes the fun out of watching. It makes me furious so I've given up watching.

They may need more money, or they may think it prevents us from recording the series on video. In that case they're right, but it also limits the audience of Star Trek. Less people will watch it, and the fans will be encouraged to illegally download episodes from the net. It's about the only place to get them spam free.

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Uncut? WTF?
By Iron Helix ( ) at 14:42:48 on February 25 2003
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What do they mean by "this is a first"? Do TV networks that buy shows for syndication, like TNN, cut the episodes even further for MORE commercials?

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RE: Uncut? WTF? by BWilliams @ 15:06:33 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: Uncut? WTF? by Iron Helix @ 23:32:29 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: Uncut? WTF? by Steve Krutzler @ 14:52:33 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: Uncut? WTF? by Iron Helix @ 15:13:58 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: Uncut? WTF? by Avilos @ 16:20:16 EDT on 25 Feb

Cool...
By Brikar ( brikar99@yahoo.com) at 10:39:03 on February 25 2003
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But it's only a couple of presentations out of the entire week, and there's no confirmation that it will extend beyond the month of March.

A good start, though. TNG is a great show.

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They are getting VoY and DS9? They might as well call it "Trek National Network". Not like that woiuld be a bad thing. Star trek has enough TV and Movie hours to be a network of its own. Combine that with coverage of various conventions, interviews, Trek news, and maybe some Trek Game shows, and you are all set.

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LOL - You should be in Canada... by Cujo @ 11:41:33 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: LOL - You should be in Canada... by Cymro @ 17:55:34 EDT on 25 Feb
RE: LOL - You should be in Canada... by Frogs_Have _Warts @ 15:42:43 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: WOW by Johnny @ 10:33:26 EDT on 25 Feb

RE: WOW by giventofly462 @ 14:36:21 EDT on 25 Feb

Finally!
By BWilliams ( BWillNCC1701E@webtv.net) at 09:03:17 on February 25 2003
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Some long overdue respect for the TNG property by TNN! And the only thing that's compensated during the entire time has been watching my videotapes of the original syndicated TNG run and the first six seasons on DVD (all I need is the seventh season to make it complete). That was the only way I knew that I could see TNG uncut and preserved intact. Now TNN is giving TNG the respect that it rightly deserves. Excellent call! Let's hope they do the same for DS9. :)

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