The way I understand it in regards to Netflix, TOS and TNG are popular, while DS9 and VOY get more repeat customers.
You know what? Let's do it again. Predict the number of seasons Strange New Worlds will run.
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The way I understand it in regards to Netflix, TOS and TNG are popular, while DS9 and VOY get more repeat customers.
Could be. I recall the popular episodes were The Caretaker and Endgame, so maybe they watch the first and just skip forwards to see if they got home or not... still, it has fans.
We only have the scant data we were given:
https://www.businessinsider.com/mos...-on-netflix-2017-9#1-endgame-parts-1-and-2-10
At least according to this, DS9 didn't enter the top 10, neither did ENT, TOS or TAS, but it's a very small data pool and doesn't give anything near a complete picture.
It really would be nice if someone from Netflix would release the viewership data of TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY & ENT so that we know where all 700+ episodes of Star Trek are ranks. Not just the top ten.
These shows aren’t in production anymore and haven’t for 15+ years. There should not be anything wrong in sharing how much viewership and repeat customers they get, and have gotten, over the last several years.
These shows aren’t in production anymore and haven’t for 15+ years. There should not be anything wrong in sharing how much viewership and repeat customers they get, and have gotten, over the last several years.
It's their data. Keeping it to themselves ensures they control negotiations.
I think 1994/5 was Trek at it's peak in terms of Mainstream appeal (same as X Files). Generations was heavily promoted and was on the cover of tons of magazines, there were puff peices everywhere. And I I know First Contact did well, but Trek on TV never really recovered to TNG levels. Mind you, ST09 and STID had a truck load of hype and press coverage too.
** - Yellowstone Spinoffs Enter The Chat --**
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S5 is it's last only because Kevin Costner is being a prima donna; but the whole 'Yellowstone Universe' is making them money, bringing in subscribers and they are expanding it. Plus I sincerely doubt SNW S3 will be the shows last season, and they're ramping up a new Star Trek live action series 'StarFleet Academy' and have a streaming Section 31 feature film with Oscar Winning actress Michelle Yeoh signed.
So yeah, I say your evaluation falls short.
That is good news vor Yellowstone franchise fans.
With DSC suddenly concluded at season 5, PRO written off for a tax scam, and the streaming bubble bursting, I have given up hope that any new Trek is getting produced. There'll be no SFA and no "announced since 2017" S31. We are approaching another 2005 situation where the last episode of the most recent released season will be another temporary curtain call for the franchise.
And that's...bad...?
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
They haven't said Season 3 is cancelled yet.
Let's say that Paramount and Trek magically get a dragon's hoard of money beamed in out of nowhere. With the recent revelation that SNW S2 is still in 2259 (per the first Rigel mission still being described as 5 years ago, and Memory Alpha has adjusted accordingly), and assuming that they go 2 seasons per in-universe year, SNW would have to be in its 13th season to even reach 2265, when Kirk canonically takes command...
You mean Picard season 3; and that's a big factor. P+ can't do anything like Picard season 3 again in the 25th Century era that will bring in the numbers that Picard season 3 did.
Even if Paramount+ folds in the next two years, the parent company can still farm the shows out to other streaming services.
Do you understand that no studio can meaningfully make announcements about future production during a writer's strike and the possibility of an upcoming actor's strike?
I have no idea how long it will last but I do know I'm going to hopefully enjoy it up to the last episode of the series.
But not the last episode itself, right?
I'm maintaining faith of the heart.
