Commentary: Trek Stars 147: Michael and Baseball

Piller, Part 1: Trek   Few people have had  a greater impact on the history of Star Trek than Michael Piller. In addition to turning The Next Generation around in Season 3, Piller also created both Deep Space Nine and Voyager. In this episode of Commentary: Trek Stars, John and Mike are joined by Larry Nemecek, author of The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, to begin a new series on Michael Piller which will look at each of his television pilots. In Part 1, we cover Piller's work in Trek. We discuss how he impacted Season 3 of The Next Generation, what he brought to the creation of Deep Space Nine and Voyager, and challenges he faced writing the third TNG movie, Insurrection. We also give our thoughts on the new Starfleet uniforms debuting in Star Trek Beyond.   Running Time: 1 hour 15 minutes 38 seconds   Hosts John Mills and Mike Schindler   Guest Larry Nemecek   Editor and Producer Mike Schindler   Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, and C Bryan Jones   Associate Producer Become one! Support Trek.fm and Commentary: Trek Stars at the $25/month level or plus! Visit http://patreon.com/trekfm   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   Chapters The Next Generation (00:02:37) DS9 and Voyager (00:23:55) Insurrection (00:39:15) Wrap-up (00:51:02)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm  Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm  Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm  Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact  Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm