Strange New Worlds' showrunners advise fans to write to Skydance and Paramount if they're interested in a "Year One" Kirk sequel series

[Dukhat]

I would think it self-evident that that proves they did not want to cancel it "as soon as possible." On the contrary, they chose to extend it as much as they could justify.

And my point is that it is erroneous to cast executive decisions in terms of what they want or are interested in. It's not about their wishes or preferences, it's about what they can afford to do based on the ratings. People always want to blame executives for killing shows, but it's the audience that decides a show's fate by whether they watch it in enough numbers. Giving a show a few more episodes when the numbers tell them to end it sooner is an expression of their desire to keep it as long as they can manage, not to end it as soon as they can.

Please point out where I blamed executives for killing shows. CBS is canceling SNW, however they choose to do it, as is their right, as they own the property. And they are clearly not interested in continuing with a new show along the same vein.

 

[Christopher]

Please point out where I blamed executives for killing shows.

One:

CBS is interested in ending the show as soon as possible.

Two:

But at the same time, they still clearly want to end the show as soon as they can

"Interested" and "want" cast it as a matter of their own preference. But people often do things they don't want to do, because outside factors require it.

And they are clearly not interested in continuing with a new show along the same vein.

No such thing is remotely clear to me. Or rather, while I don't think it's likely that they'll pick up Goldsman's proposal, I see no logical throughline connecting their decision to end SNW to a hypothetical rejection of a spinoff concept. Shows end all the time for a variety of reasons, often due to factors that outside observers have absolutely no knowledge of. So it is pure arrogance to make assumptions about other people's "clear" motives for their decisions.

 

[Dukhat]

One:


Two:


"Interested" and "want" cast it as a matter of their own preference. But people often do things they don't want to do, because outside factors require it.

So you’re arguing about semantics. Ok, fine. Have it your way. CBS is killing the show. Happy? Still doesn’t change my point one iota that they have no interest in producing Year One based on their actions in this regard.

 

[Christopher]

Still doesn’t change my point one iota that they have no interest in producing Year One based on their actions in this regard.

Perhaps you missed my edit where I said I see no such chain of causality. The only people who can say what the studio execs' motives may be are the studio execs. An outside observer cannot know the real reasons.

 

[Dukhat]

Perhaps you missed my edit where I said I see no such chain of causality. The only people who can say what the studio execs' motives may be are the studio execs. An outside observer cannot know the real reasons.

And yet I’m pretty sure I’m right.

 

[Christopher]

And yet I’m pretty sure I’m right.

Which has nothing to do with anybody except yourself.

 

[Dukhat]

Which has nothing to do with anybody except yourself.

Thanks for the clarification. I stand by what I wrote.