The problem with Strange New Worlds to me is the budget and the number of episodes.

Budget, too high. Number of episodes, too low.

Every star trek has their stinky episodes but when you only have 10 episodes per season, 3 stinky episodes is a 30% stinky show.

Also, the budget being so high allows writers to take a siesta and let the effects team take over for a bunch of oooh ahhh laser spectacles. I have that complaint for the end of Deep Space Nine and Enterprise too. In TNG and TOS era, they had less budget and ability to do effects so the writing had to be excellent since most of the show was people standing on the bridge and talking or sitting around a table and talking.

So Paramount/WB, spend less money, spend all you have on writers and makeup and try a new star trek set directly post-undiscovered-country. Follow a Klingon ship that is pissed about their government being dishonorable and wants to forge their own way. Start the show with the attack on Khitomer. Game of thrones-lite Klingon-Romulan-Federation political intrigue. Cameos of the occasional TNG character at Starfleet academy or whatever. Enjoy the billion dollars WB/Paramount. Not that youll need it as one of the 3 remaining media conglomerates left.

Maybe I missed something in the article, but what is the title even talking about? What's the "winning formula" it mentions? What's being rewritten?

I like snw.

Look I thought SNW was pretty good in the first 2 seasons, but whatever 3 and 4 have been is not what I'd call a 'winning' formula.

Can't wait for Star Trek: Atlas Shrugged™

New rules:

*Anti-woke

*No politics

*Pro-Data-Centre

*Anti-immigration messaging

*No lines for DEI characters

*No politics

*A man cannot have the best hair

I hope so, because season 4 was absolute dog shit with those unwatchable “theme” episodes

Shame to see they're ending the best of the live action Trek shows in the new lot, but here's hoping someone decent picks it up and we get a return to form for Star Trek.