the appeal of the prop.Christie's 1778-0537, Picard's Ressikan Flute , Star Trek Propcollector.com at the Star Trek Auction Listings Archive In the days leading up to the auction, Denise Okuda, former Star Trek scenic artist and video supervisor, as well as co-writer of the auction catalog, said: "That's the item people say they really have to have, because it's so iconic to a much-beloved episode." DS9s "The Emissary", which came out half-way through season 6 of TNG achieved a Nielsen rating of 18.8. Star Treks ratings went into a steady decline starting with Season 6 of TNG, and the second to last episode of DS9 achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.9. In 2017, Vulture ranked Star Trek: The Next Generation the second best live-action Star Trek television show. In 2019, Popular Mechanics ranked Star Trek: The Next Generation the third best science fiction television show ever. In 2021, Empire magazine ranked it the 17th greatest television show ever. They point out it was hard to follow in the reputation of the original series, but the series found its footing and paved the way for more spin-offs. International broadcasts The Next Generation was first broadcast on UK terrestrial TV on BBC2 with the first episode shown on 26 September 1990. The sequence remained the same as the US releases for the first four episodes, but after this they were somewhat shuffled about. Games Video games based on The Next Generation TV series, movies, and characters include: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993) (NES / Game Boy) Star Trek: The Next Generation: Future's Past (1993), for the SNES Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past (1993) a port of Future's Past for the Sega Genesis Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus (1994), for Nintendo Game Boy or Sega Game Gear Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity (1995), for MS-DOS or Macintosh. A Final Unity sold 500,000 copies by 1996 and was noted in the U.K. PC Gamer Magazine for how it "translates the atmosphere and 'feel' of The Next Generation almost perfectly". Star Trek: Borg (1996), includes live action segments directed by James L. Conway and acting by John de Lancie as Q Star Trek: Klingon (1996), for PC and Mac Star Trek Generations (1997), for IBM PC Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard (1998), for Mac and Windows 95 and 98 Star Trek: The