Bryan Fuller originally envisioned Star Trek: Discovery
as an anthology show:
"When Star Trek Discovery begins airing later this year, it’ll bring some new changes to
Gene Roddenberry’s world, including an overarching, serialized story, rather than an
episodic season. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, former showrunner Bryan
Fuller explained that his original pitch for the show was even more ambitious: an
anthology that would to do to Star Trek “what American Horror Story [did] for horror.”
According to Fuller, his vision would begin with a prequel series (Discovery is set before
Star Trek: The Original Series), and would continue through the eras that followed in
Voyager, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and beyond. CBS instead decided to
move forward with a serialized season, and would see how audiences responded. Fuller
stepped down from running the show last October, which was explained at the time as
a result of his other duties running American Gods for Starz and Amazing Stories for
NBC. EW reports that there were other reasons as well: As production began, Fuller’s
relationship with CBS deteriorated with disagreements over budget, production
schedule, and crew selection. Interestingly, Baby Driver’s Edgar Wright said that Fuller
approached him to direct the pilot, while CBS opted to hire veteran television director
David Semel instead."
See:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/29/1...ology-show-cbs