Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST:TNG, TNG) is a science fiction television series, part of the Star Trek universe create by Gene Roddenberry. Set in the 24th century, about 80 years after the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation features a new crew and a new starship Enterprise. It premiered the week of September 28, 1987 to some 27 million viewers with the two-hour pilot "Encounter at Farpoint" and ran for 178 episodes (the greatest number of episodes of any Star Trek show in the series) in seven seasons, ending with the finale "All Good Things..." the week of May 23, 1994.