I was not as much of a NG fan, so Kirk. Kirk had Dr. McCoy, Spock, Chekov, Sulu, and Scotty. They were the first.
Now as a whole, in the Star Trek Universe, I liked Janeway and Scott Bakula as captains also, they were on better shows, IMHO. NG and DS9 just were not my idea of Star Trek.
Now as a side note growing up in the 70's watching classic 60's shows..... I always wondered this...... James T. West, who was also from Iowa, was he a forefather of James T. Kirk?????? The T stood for Tiberius for both men, btw.
There is some great debate that could be had, as Gene Roddenberry did produce 6 episodes of Wild Wild West's season 1.
Wiki has this to say about it:
The Wild Wild West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Notice that six first season episodes were produced by Gene L. Roddenberry, also of Star Trek fame. In fact, there are some suspicious similarities between two episodes of the two shows as well as sound effects. Robert Conrad himself points to one in his introduction to the episode "The Night of the Burning Diamond" on The Wild, Wild West 40th Anniversary DVD Collection. This episode features a man who, by distilling a certain liquid from burning diamonds, can make himself faster than the eye can see. For fans of the original Star Trek series, this would instantly bring to mind the episode "Wink of an Eye" where the planet Scalos' water causes the same effect. In addition in the same Wild, Wild West episode, we hear a sound described as the individual sound waves produced by people speaking, which became the signature sound of the Star Trek communicator.
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Sorry about the threadjack, but I couldn't help myself.... I loved both shows and Robert Conrad and William Shatner not only were similar actors but resembled each other to a young boy who worshipped both.