They only gave it a shortened fifth season (six episodes -- just enough to tie up loose plot threads).
Strange New Worlds' showrunners advise fans to write to Skydance and Paramount if they're interested in a "Year One" Kirk sequel series
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They only gave it a shortened fifth season (six episodes -- just enough to tie up loose plot threads).
My point is, they wouldn't have done even that much if they were really displeased with the direction of the show. Hell, if they were really against the direction the show was taking, they'd pull a Zaslav and shelve the show for a tax write-off.
How about a series with Pike as captain, and new characters from his tenure as captain of the Enterprise?
Okay, sarcasm aside . . . .
I have to say that after S3 of SNW, a Year one series is about the LAST place I want to see Trek go next. Just give us a 25th Century, post-TNG series with all new characters and no callbacks to TNG/DS9/VOY. Let the past be in the past and move it on forward. Set it about 2450 or so, a good 90 years post TNG. 16 Episode seasons, and without musicals, animated crossovers, muppets, and so on.
Okay, sarcasm aside . . . .
I have to say that after S3 of SNW, a Year one series is about the LAST place I want to see Trek go next. Just give us a 25th Century, post-TNG series with all new characters and no callbacks to TNG/DS9/VOY. Let the past be in the past and move it on forward. Set it about 2450 or so, a good 90 years post TNG. 16 Episode seasons, and without musicals, animated crossovers, muppets, and so on.
I could buy the animated crossover far more than the musical and Muppet episodes.
The studio was prepared to either A) not do anything, or B) give them a final two-hour movie.
If Paramount were really displeased about SNW, a six-episode pickup would've been unheard of. You might have issues with the musical and Muppet episodes, but clearly the folks in charge at Paramount don't.
