Star Trek: Strange New Worlds producers asked for more than ten episodes
As a seasoned Star Trek enthusiast with decades spent navigating the vast cosmos of the franchise, I must say that the evolution of episode counts has left me somewhat disillusioned. Back in the day, when we were graced with twenty episodes per season, each installment felt like a grand adventure, a significant chapter in the ongoing saga.
In the past, Star Trek enthusiasts would usually look forward to twenty or more installments of their preferred series in a single season. However, with the rise of streaming platforms, this number has significantly decreased. Typically, new series consist of around ten episodes per season. Notably, Star Trek: Prodigy stands out by offering twenty episodes for both its first and second seasons. In contrast, Star Trek: Discovery initially had thirteen episodes in season one, followed by fourteen episodes in subsequent seasons, and its final season was reduced to a ten-episode run. Similarly, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds each feature ten episodes per season.
Despite persistent demands from fans and their own desire for more, it’s evident that additional episodes or seasons of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are not in the cards. This information was confirmed by executive producer Akiva Goldsman during the Strange New Worlds panel at San Diego Comic Con, as reported by Trekmovie.
No [we aren’t doing more than 10 episodes], I mean not so far, and we tried, in fairness. We too have that sense and it is most practically represented by the number of cards that are episode cards we get at the beginning of each season. It’s sort of like a Friends analogy, “Let’s do ‘The One Where…’, Let’s do ‘The One Where…’, Let’s do ‘The One Where…’” And we always have more cards than 10 by the end. So, [Discovery] was 13 episodes and we sort of batted our eyes and said, “give us more,” and they said, “No, you can have less.” And we said, “No, ten is good.”
As stated by Myers, Paramount+ was asked for additional episodes for season four due to numerous tales yet to be told. However, their response was firm negative. Instead, they provided fewer episodes, which Myers said the team accepted the ten of them. It seems that this is where things will likely remain moving forward.
Back in the day, before Kurtzman took over Trek, each episode cost a lot less than what we’re seeing now. On average, it cost $8.5 million to produce an episode of Discovery, while Star Trek: The Next Generation was produced at just $1.3 million per episode. If adjusted for today’s prices, that would bring the cost for TNG down to around $3.5 million per episode. So, you could say that the first season of Discovery ended up costing more to produce than the entire first season of The Next Generation, which had 25 episodes.
The numbers tell the story, and even though Star Trek remains popular, we should expect that the days of twenty episode series are over, for the most part.
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2024-08-23 03:23