Michael E Johnson
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From: Tristan Jones (tristan@scm-rpg.com.au)
Subject: WI: Star Trek finished it's five year run
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Newsgroups: soc.history.what-if
Date: 2004-01-20 19:41:21 PST
The Original Star Trek series when it first aired in NBC back in the
1960's did not have good ratings for the period, however had very good
demographics and if the current method of using demographics in
deteriming which shows stay on the air or not were implented a few
years eariler than OTL. Star Trek would have remained on the air for
the whole five years and the producers would have not fought so hard
to get it renewed for the second and third seasons.
By the end of the fifth season, there would have been a decline in the
quality of the series and Star Trek might end like other popular
1960's television series like Mission Impossible or Lost in Space.
There is no serious demand like in OTL during 1970's and 1980's for
new Star Trek films or television. The Next Generation, Deep Space
Nine, Voyager and Enterprise never get made.
Patrick Stewart remains a minor British actor, who stars in ocassional
supporting roles in Hollywood films. Michael Dorn is a big voice actor
on cartoon shows, LeVar Burton makes it big on kids shows. Avery
Brooks and Scott Baluka have steady careers on television shows, The
rest of them remain virtual unknowns.
In the late 1990's or early 2000's, some Hollywood producers decide to
remake the original Star Trek into a motion picture. Despite a
talented cast which has Hugh Jackman as Captain Kirk, Jude Law as
Spock, Gary Sinsie as McCoy, Jet Li as Sulu, Jada Smith as Uhura, Colm
Meaney as Lt Kyle, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Yeoman Rand, Mimi Rogers
as Nurse Chapel and Amand Assante as Khan Noonien Singh. The film is
panned by the critics and fans of the original series and just makes
enough money to break even.
As a result of Star Trek: The Next Generation not being on the air,
some science fiction shows of the 1990's never get made like Space
Rangers, Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict. However Babylon 5 probably
still gets made, maybe Paramount accepts the creator of Babylon 5's
pitch for the series as a possible flagship show for the new United
Paramount Network. I will talk about this in more length later.
Subject: WI: Star Trek finished it's five year run
View this article only
Newsgroups: soc.history.what-if
Date: 2004-01-20 19:41:21 PST
The Original Star Trek series when it first aired in NBC back in the
1960's did not have good ratings for the period, however had very good
demographics and if the current method of using demographics in
deteriming which shows stay on the air or not were implented a few
years eariler than OTL. Star Trek would have remained on the air for
the whole five years and the producers would have not fought so hard
to get it renewed for the second and third seasons.
By the end of the fifth season, there would have been a decline in the
quality of the series and Star Trek might end like other popular
1960's television series like Mission Impossible or Lost in Space.
There is no serious demand like in OTL during 1970's and 1980's for
new Star Trek films or television. The Next Generation, Deep Space
Nine, Voyager and Enterprise never get made.
Patrick Stewart remains a minor British actor, who stars in ocassional
supporting roles in Hollywood films. Michael Dorn is a big voice actor
on cartoon shows, LeVar Burton makes it big on kids shows. Avery
Brooks and Scott Baluka have steady careers on television shows, The
rest of them remain virtual unknowns.
In the late 1990's or early 2000's, some Hollywood producers decide to
remake the original Star Trek into a motion picture. Despite a
talented cast which has Hugh Jackman as Captain Kirk, Jude Law as
Spock, Gary Sinsie as McCoy, Jet Li as Sulu, Jada Smith as Uhura, Colm
Meaney as Lt Kyle, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Yeoman Rand, Mimi Rogers
as Nurse Chapel and Amand Assante as Khan Noonien Singh. The film is
panned by the critics and fans of the original series and just makes
enough money to break even.
As a result of Star Trek: The Next Generation not being on the air,
some science fiction shows of the 1990's never get made like Space
Rangers, Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict. However Babylon 5 probably
still gets made, maybe Paramount accepts the creator of Babylon 5's
pitch for the series as a possible flagship show for the new United
Paramount Network. I will talk about this in more length later.