LeVar Burton has three roles he'll forever be known for: Kunta Kinte on the TV series Roots, Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and host of Reading Rainbow. Those roles have had ...

If you want to talk about TV shows that really left a mark on sci-fi, you can’t skip Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was a game-changer when it hit screens back in 1987.

Actor LeVar Burton experienced massive success early in life. In a round of Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he says his definition of success has had to change over time.

Burton, 66, who has remained active in children’s literacy through founding Skybrary, a digital library of e-books and videos, said he had not ruled out a young listener’s version of “ LeVar ...