There was some uncertainty after TNG’s season 3 finale “The Best of Both Worlds part 1” if Picard or the show itself would return.
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The show was almost canceled after the third season because an eighth season would’ve been too expensive. Better cancel five seasons sooner, then.
Thanks for clarifying. Contracted for 8, but Paramount got cold feet based on reception prior to the now much lauded finale.
In California you cannot make an employment contract lasting longer than seven years. So at the end of the seventh season they would have had to renegotiate the entire cast and crew’s contracts which would have been pricey.
And this is why Discovery and other new shows are only getting 5 seasons.
Contracts are for 7 calendar years not seven seasons.
With problems launching new shows, COVID-related slowdowns and a writers strike, Discovery managed to produce 5 seasons in 7 years.
