10 TV Shows That Wanted To Be Star Trek
3. Andromeda
Andromeda was another idea from Roddenberry's vault that was given life in the '90s. Majel Barrett produced the show, with former Deep Space Nine writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe serving as showrunner. It centered around Captain Dylan Hunt and his ship, the Andromeda Ascendant.
The premise for the show saw a huge Commonwealth of Worlds spread across three galaxies. The parallels to the Federation are obvious here, though Andromeda took a darker turn. In the pilot, Hunt winds up on the edge of a black hole, where he and his ship are frozen in time. When he is saved by the crew of the Eureka Maru, 300 years have passed. The crew agrees to serve under him, much like the Maquis in Star Trek: Voyager.
The show then became a mix of episodes of the week, like the Original Series and The Next Generation, with overarching plotlines that ran throughout the show, like Deep Space Nine. In the second season, Hewitt Wolfe was released from his contract, later explaining that his refusal to make the show more Hunt-centric led to his firing.
The show was an obvious inspiration for Firefly that followed, while itself being inspired by the Trek that had come before. It lasted five seasons.