Creating Comedy in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Brent Spiner (Data) tells host Wil Wheaton (The Ready Room) why he thinks comedic moments were an important part of Star Trek: The Next Generation from the beginning. Then, Mike McMahan (creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks) adds that one of the best parts of The Next Generation’s humor was that it was never mean.

Star Trek: Lower Decks streams exclusively in the United States on Paramount+, on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, India and more, and in Canada on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.