[metabagel]

Paramount+ took a few swings at this, and eventually they hit paydirt with Strange New Worlds.

The intention isn’t to make mediocre shows. The intention is to make a show which draws an audience, and Star Trek shows start with a decent base audience to make it worth trying.

[pests]

SNW works imo because it's a throw back to the episodic nature of the earlier shows.

Discovery did not work for me in the same way despite me usually liking those less episodic plotlines.