True, but as Gene Roddenberry was executive producer of TNG up until his time of death and had virtually zero involvement, apart from griping about the new shows and movies in development... all that isn't to say Chabon won't be doing anything under an empty title... but it's not implausible a possibility either.
Let's see the episodes first and if the show doesn't get canceled, at one point no show that hadn't even had a single episode aired would never get a renewal so quickly. That's like giving a CEO position to a kid who's in his second year of college with zero field experience.
Cool.
And a showrunner, as it is nowadays, is not an easy or simple job. Showrunner AND writer would be tremendous pressure. He's a renowned writer, he probably prefers putting out good scripts over juggling every aspect of a show.
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