Agreed, SNG is a truly excellent show, I can’t get enough of it. Though I’m worried Paramount is going to drop it. The open secret in streaming these days is that production and distribution costs far exceed revenue, and a reckoning has to happen at some point. SNG is the most expensive-looking show I’ve ever seen, except for actor salaries (which will only increase as the show succeeds).

So, I’m worried that Paramount execs will either cut the show after three seasons (the Netflix Maneuver), or demand steep cuts in production expenses (see late-stage “Enterprise”).

Edit: I’d say only “The Mandalorian” is more expensive to make, and as we know, Disney+ is losing huge amounts of money.

I just watched the pilot episode of SNW based on the high praise here, and found it corny, derivative, and predictable.

Pike seemed to be cast as a Kirk clone, and seeing the many of the rest of the crew as recast versions of characters from the original series just made it seem like the writers/studios have no new ideas. At least TNG (and the original series) tried something new.

I don't think I'll be watching any more of this show.

It's ironic that the pilot gave us one of the best characters: Q. You can bank on TNG Ferengi episodes being terrible, DS9 Ferengi episodes being fantastic, and any Q episode being good enough to watch more than once. Like some of them were meh but they were all okay. The Q episode on DS9 was probably the weakest one, but that was Season 1 of DS9 so law dictates it is weak.