Kate Mulgrew doesn't think Star Trek will ever be oversaturated

People got tired of Star Trek...at least that's what people think is one of the reasons why viewers didn't tune in for Star Trek: Enterprise for the four seasons it was on the air before its cancellation in 2005. There was a steady, constant stream of Trek series from 1987 to 2005 then a twelve-year absence before Star Trek: Discovery debuted. During the interim there J.J. Abrams' Kelvin timeline movies that began in 2009 so fans only went four years without any new Star Trek. So there was some concern that maybe there was simply too much Trek.

Now, since 2017, we've had a plethora of Star Trek shows that have debuted and more in the pipeline, which, understandably can make some people wonder if Trek will get to the point where there is too much Trek again in the sci-fi market, which leads to oversaturation. But ask Star Trek: Prodigy's Kate Mulgrew that, and she will tell you no as she boldly claimed to Variety that there will be one because "there is never a saturation point for this kind of decency, this kind of excitement."

Mulgrew went on to explain that [Star Trek] is how we should be behaving in this world.

"There will never be a saturation point, because there is never a saturation point for this kind of decency, this kind of excitement. This message is good, and it’s profoundly important. This is truly what we aspire to be, the best of ourselves.

It sounds a little Pollyanna, but when it’s as beautifully created as ‘Prodigy’ is, and as the other shows are, it’s not Pollyanna at all. It’s how we should be behaving in this world."

- Kate Mulgrew

Star Trek still contains plenty of conflict as there will always be, in whatever universe or timeline, someone or some people who want to dominate. But the interaction between the Trek characters is a good model for us all. And it's the main reason that Star Trek will never go out of style.