The special Patrick Stewart hosted was the first public airing of the complete pilot with the restored "lost" color footage. The footage was originally cut from "The Cage" when it was reworked into the two part episode "The Menagerie" of the original series. The early video release filled in these gaps with black and white footage from Gene Roddenberry's personal copy. For the tv special, Stewart did a short retrospective on how the show began and it's long history. After the pilot was over, Stewart narrated a short preview for the second season of TNG. (Which was delayed by a writer's strike at the time, the special also being a clever way to tide the fans over.) I may still have this on tape, but I'm pretty sure it was missing a few minutes at the beginning and the end credits.

Both versions of the pilots were released on Laserdisc and the last volume of Paramount's first DVD release of the series.