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The first season of the American television science fiction show Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in the United States on September 28 1987 through first-run syndication and concluded on May 16 1988. The season consisted of one feature-length episode entitled Encounter at Farpoint and 24 additional episodes with a run time of 44 minutes each. The show followed the first adventures of the crew of the USS Enterprise-D between stardates 41153.7 and 41986.0.