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Paramount+ Announces Fifth and Final Season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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I say this as someone who generally liked all the new shows, but since the premiere of Disco in 2017 this whole era of Trek has felt unstable.

Again, I liked everything that was produced, but I also feel that these "premiere TV" styled, $5 million+ budget/episode series are clearly not sustainable business model for these shows that are also only on air a couple of weeks out of the year.
Paramount+ today announced that the fan-favorite original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fifth and final six-episode season ahead of the third season premiere this summer.

Huh...
- So a half season + a one-hour series finale?
  
  Having only 5 seasons seems the new normal since they haven’t been able to actually produce one season per calendar year and actors’ contracts run 7 years.
  
  But having a short season seems weird, like some kind of negotiated compromise.
  
  This is just going to feed the ‘Kurtzman is done when his contract expires …’ speculation.
  
  Agreed, seems weird. But I'm optimistic when a series ending is announced well in advance. It means they'll have time to finish it properly instead of hedging their bets, uncertain if they'll be renewed.
  
  I mean, I think the Kurtzman era has been quite successful, but he's had the job for quite a while now. It's possible he'll choose to move on once his contract is up.
  
  But yeah, with Paramount in such a state of upheaval...nothing surprises me any more.
Think positively. We all knew this had to come to an end eventually. This is a prequel that leads into TOS.

Seán Ferrick of TrekCulture has pointed out that Game of Thrones’ final season was six episodes, half which were longer length. So there is a possibility that these episodes will be longer.

EDIT: I misspelled Seán’s name earlier.
- Risky comparison. There are some who feel the final season of Game of Thrones was a rushed mess.
I was hoping for some news on this after I noticed them filming season 4 at my work this week. Shame they're ending it at 5 with a half season. Its the only live action trek I've thoroughly enjoyed since the Rick Berman days.

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