Who knows? Maybe DIS will be the first ST series to go over seven seasons. Seasons are so much shorter these days, after all. It might be affordable.
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Who knows? Maybe DIS will be the first ST series to go over seven seasons. Seasons are so much shorter these days, after all. It might be affordable.
I think it's possible they'll go to an eighth season and beyond. Possible. I'm still leaning towards seven as the most likely.
It won't be five, or they would've said something by now. And it won't be six because if they're going to do six, they might as well do seven.
It won't be five, or they would've said something by now. And it won't be six because if they're going to do six, they might as well do seven.
Why did 7 become the magic number in the first place? Just 'cause TNG did 7?
I recall the cast of TNG had something in their contracts optioning an 8th season? Then there's the fact that loads of shows back then did go to an 8th season and beyond?
So why did 7 become the limit for DS9 and VOY? Also I recall some of the Enterprise cast getting excited at the start 'cause they thought they had seven years work in the bag.
7 is such a weird number.
I recall the cast of TNG had something in their contracts optioning an 8th season? Then there's the fact that loads of shows back then did go to an 8th season and beyond?
So why did 7 become the limit for DS9 and VOY? Also I recall some of the Enterprise cast getting excited at the start 'cause they thought they had seven years work in the bag.
7 is such a weird number.
Kurtz has said (paraphrased) the story potential for DISC blew sky-high once it landed in the 31 century. I can see that being true - so many possible roads to take. Good. Engage. Hit it. Make it so. Let's fly.
Why worry about when it might end.
Why worry about when it might end.
I suppose 7 in old season episode numbers bags you around 150 episodes to sell? A nice round package to shop off to foreign stations and domestic networks back in the day. Still, that didn't stop M*A*S*H*, Dynasty or Happy Days going over 200 episodes a piece.
It's one of those things that nobody seems to question. Berman Star Trek series run for 7 seasons, excepting the one that was cancelled, which no doubt would have run for 7 had it not been so.
It's one of those things that nobody seems to question. Berman Star Trek series run for 7 seasons, excepting the one that was cancelled, which no doubt would have run for 7 had it not been so.
I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that seven years was the standard contract for actors at that time. But don't take my word for it. I might be remembering something else.
There’s nothing weird about it. 7 seasons is a Trek tradition established by TNG. Yes, it could have gone on as long as some of other tv dramas at the time did. But once it had more seasons than TOS - regardless if you focus on the 3 live action season only, or include the 2-season run of TAS as a part of its run – it was deemed a success. And in a sense, that era of TNG/DS9/VOY did go on as longer or longer that most tv dramas of its day did, even though it was split into three different shows.
It would not be a surprise to see DIS surpass TNG and establish a new tradition going beyond 7 seasons.
It would not be a surprise to see DIS surpass TNG and establish a new tradition going beyond 7 seasons.
I view TNG/DS9/VOY as one big mega-series. Just like I view Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul as one mega-series.
DSC/SNW/PIC? Probably not. All of them taking place in different centuries makes that not really work.
I don’t know if there’s a coherent enough story yet for DIS/PIC/SNW to be viewed like TNG/DS9/VOY. But…
DIS S1
DIS S2
SNW S1
SNW S2 (coming soon)
PIC S1
PIC S2
PIC S3 (coming soon)
DIS S3
DIS S4
DIS S5 (coming soon)
10 seasons by today’s standards (really 5 seasons by the old 26 episodes per season standards) and counting by 2023. And this doesn’t include Short Treks either.
Nah. I don't think it works. SNW, like ENT, is a prequel made decades after the fact. PIC is really a late-sequel (legacy sequel?) to TNG/DS9/VOY. With DSC, it really depends on whether or not other series take place in the 32nd Century. If there are, then we have the start of a new mega-series right there.
There no cohesive narrative linking them right now. And until that happens, they are basically one anthology story broken up into parts.
DIS S1-2 & SNW S1-2 is the first part
Then PIC is the second part
And then DIS S3-5 is the third.
Pretty much. Paramount was putting pressure on Berman to end TNG in the seventh season because they wanted to transition the cast into doing movies, specifically they wanted a big team up movie between Kirk and Picard ASAP. After that, DS9 and Voyager ended in their seventh seasons because of the precedent TNG laid down.
7 seasons is kinda just tradition, like how until FDR no US President served more than two terms because George Washington only served for two.
but given that nu-Trek only runs roughly half the episode per season that classic Trek did I could see a show like Disco going maybe up to a 8th or 9th season. But it depends on the cast too, if SMG is ready to be done after S5 (for example) that’s where it will end. She is the show.
but given that nu-Trek only runs roughly half the episode per season that classic Trek did I could see a show like Disco going maybe up to a 8th or 9th season. But it depends on the cast too, if SMG is ready to be done after S5 (for example) that’s where it will end. She is the show.
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