Roddenberry is the credited producer of:
* 80 episodes of TOS (counting "The Cage" and "The Menagerie" as three total)
* 22 episodes of TAS
* 126 episodes of TNG.
This totals 228, though per Memory Alpha 15 of those episodes were purely posthumous credits, so really 213 episodes where he at least potentially had involvement.
Kurtzman produced:
* 65 episodes of Discovery
* 30 episodes of Picard
* 50 episodes of Lower Decks
* 40 episodes of Prodigy
* 30 released episodes of Strange New Worlds
I'm inclined to count the 10 episodes of Short Treks, but since many wouldn't I'll leave them off. That's a total of 215 released episodes, plus 16 upcoming episodes of Strange New Worlds and at least 20 episodes of Starfleet Academy. This totals an impressive 251, which passes Roddenberry's credits (even including posthumous) by a good amount.
In terms of actual show-hours, it's worth noting that Kurtzman produced 90 half-hour-ish animated episodes versus Roddenberry's 22, and Roddenberry is still in the lead if you refuse to count animation at all for some reason.
Note that Kurtzman's number is arguably significantly higher: He's also produced 10 episodes of Short Treks (noted but not included above),20 episodes of Scouts*, 9 episodes of the Khan podcast, 6 very Short Treks promos*, a streaming movie, two feature films (Roddenberry produced six), and countless fits of rage from grumpy fans.
Whether you like Kurtzman's work or not, it's an impressive number even if his contract doesn't end up getting renewed past 2026. Admittedly, Gene would be a credited producer on more had we not lost him in 1991. It's not a competition in any case, but it still feels impressive that the new era has flourished enough to have that much output.
And, if it was a competition, Rick Berman's total of 624 (including overlap with Roddenberry on TNG) greatly surpasses both combined.**
And Gene Roddenberry's "created by" credit is all-inclusive.
* A lack of credits make it hard to confirm if he was a produceron Scouts and very Short Treks, though I'd be very surprised if he wasn't. Also not sure if he was a producer on After Treks, The Ready Room, or The Pod Directive, though at minimum he appeared on each. [EDIT: He probably wasn't a producer on Scouts; see thread below. The Secret Hideout web site doesn't list the behind-the-scenes shows either.]
** Note that I'm counting any producer role for all three: Executive producer, co-executive producer, producer, or supervising producer. So these numbers include things such as seasons where Roddenberry largely stepped back, early TNG where Berman had a lower role, animated series where Kurtzman seems to have been less active and not even a credited co-creator, and overlap where I'm counting Roddenberry and Berman for the same episodes.
* 80 episodes of TOS (counting "The Cage" and "The Menagerie" as three total)
* 22 episodes of TAS
* 126 episodes of TNG.
This totals 228, though per Memory Alpha 15 of those episodes were purely posthumous credits, so really 213 episodes where he at least potentially had involvement.
Kurtzman produced:
* 65 episodes of Discovery
* 30 episodes of Picard
* 50 episodes of Lower Decks
* 40 episodes of Prodigy
* 30 released episodes of Strange New Worlds
I'm inclined to count the 10 episodes of Short Treks, but since many wouldn't I'll leave them off. That's a total of 215 released episodes, plus 16 upcoming episodes of Strange New Worlds and at least 20 episodes of Starfleet Academy. This totals an impressive 251, which passes Roddenberry's credits (even including posthumous) by a good amount.
In terms of actual show-hours, it's worth noting that Kurtzman produced 90 half-hour-ish animated episodes versus Roddenberry's 22, and Roddenberry is still in the lead if you refuse to count animation at all for some reason.
Note that Kurtzman's number is arguably significantly higher: He's also produced 10 episodes of Short Treks (noted but not included above),
Whether you like Kurtzman's work or not, it's an impressive number even if his contract doesn't end up getting renewed past 2026. Admittedly, Gene would be a credited producer on more had we not lost him in 1991. It's not a competition in any case, but it still feels impressive that the new era has flourished enough to have that much output.
And, if it was a competition, Rick Berman's total of 624 (including overlap with Roddenberry on TNG) greatly surpasses both combined.**
And Gene Roddenberry's "created by" credit is all-inclusive.
* A lack of credits make it hard to confirm if he was a producer
** Note that I'm counting any producer role for all three: Executive producer, co-executive producer, producer, or supervising producer. So these numbers include things such as seasons where Roddenberry largely stepped back, early TNG where Berman had a lower role, animated series where Kurtzman seems to have been less active and not even a credited co-creator, and overlap where I'm counting Roddenberry and Berman for the same episodes.
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