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The nearly 60-year-old storytelling universe created by Gene Roddenberry feels as eternal as the cosmos itself. A new\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0series is currently streaming with more shows and films soaring onto screens in the future. Yet not only was this not inevitable, its success defied the odds and conventional wisdom.\u00a0With the passing of legendary storyteller Jeri Taylor, fans are reminded\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0would have been a dead franchise long ago without her talent and tenacity.\u00a0<\/strong>Before\u00a0Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>, no sequel television series was ever more successful than the original. In fact, the\u00a0early seasons of\u00a0TNG<\/em>\u00a0were troubled\u00a0in large part because the show couldn’t keep writers.<\/p>\n When Michael Piller showed up in Season 3 as the showrunner, the USS Enterprise-D went where no television series had gone before. Along with Piller, veteran television writer from series like\u00a0Quincy, M.E.<\/em>,\u00a0Magnum PI\u00a0<\/em>and other 1980s classics, Jeri Taylor joined the writing the staff. She quickly proved her mettle in what was a fierce and competitive creative environment. Jeri Taylor became the first woman showrunner in the\u00a0TNG\u00a0<\/em>era for that series’ final season. Then, just as Piller did for\u00a0Deep Space Nine’s\u00a0<\/em>showrunner Ira Steven Behr, he gave her command of the flagship for the United Paramount Network.\u00a0At 86 years old, Jeri Taylor died, but she is immortalized for her work on\u00a0Star Trek,\u00a0<\/em>the people she mentored and that this universe and her characters continue to this day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The nearly 60-year-old storytelling universe created by Gene Roddenberry feels as eternal as the cosmos itself. A new\u00a0Star Trek\u00a0series is currently streaming with more shows and films soaring onto screens in the future. Yet not only was this not inevitable, its success defied the odds and conventional wisdom.\u00a0With the passing of legendary storyteller Jeri Taylor, 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