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

[BillJ]

Are you privy to the conversations between CBS /Paramount and their show runners? For all we know they were absolutely prepared to end the show after season 4, but Goldsman might have begged them to give him some more episodes to satisfactorily end the series, and they were good enough to grant him that.

Don't forget Secret Hideout in all of this. I'm sure they had some say.

 

[FederationHistorian]

So could somebody with an ounce of sense please explain why a truncated fifth season isn’t an indicator that the show is being cancelled?

Paramount has decided that they won’t go beyond 5 seasons for a streaming series. They never said that the last season has to have 10 episodes at all. It can be any number they want, and AFAIK, Paramount would only greenlit less episodes instead of more for a season.

They’ve also decided that if they want to continue in a time period to just create a spinoff in that period.

 

[Danja]

This is becoming a semantic argument. In my opinion, I do not see this as a cancelation. But for those that are ardent it is, I have question for you. Season 4 and season 5 was recently renewed in advance. And season 5 's order was reduced. So.....hypothetically if they announced SNW has been renewed for another 4 seasons with a shortened 8th season wouks you still say the show has been "canceled "?

At the very least , this is not a pulling the plug on an underperformed show type of cancelation at all.

This is a cost containment measure.

P+ has said, "We're spending this much on SNW and not a penny more!"

 

[Dukhat]

I could ask you the same question. How do you know when they were "absolutely prepared to end the show"?

Because that’s what two other people here said. I’m assuming they knew what they were talking about.

Especially now since it's not ending with season 4 is it?

It’s ending with a truncated season 5. I have yet to hear a cogent response as to why something like that would not be considered a cancellation. But you know what? This horse is beaten and dead. Think whatever you like, I don’t really care anymore.