Like, he's four ideas for new Star Trek shows I had:
1: Go traditional. Starfleet vessel on a five year mission to seek out new life and new civilizations. Specifically, a five year expedition to chart unexplored sections of the Beta Quadrant, taking one two and a half year rout in and one two and a had year rout back. Really take advantage of these characters being completely isolated from The Federation for five years. Give it a huge cast, focus on the command staff, sure, but also give a lot of attention to the enlisted personnel and support staff. Season long story arcs could be built around the weird stuff they encounter in these uncharted sections of space, and a lot of attention could be payed to long term character development and relationships. Overall, the show should have a very spooky, mysterious, "age of exploration" style feel to it, with these characters in a confined space exploring the truly unknown. The kind of vibe you get when you read an old map and an uncharted section of the ocean is given the note "Here there be dragons."
2: Abandon Starfleet entirely. The show is about a group of civilian misfits making their way around the Galaxy, exploring it from a completely different perspective than that of Starfleet. A Starfleet Captain may visit the seat of government in the capital city of the Klingon Empire, these guys will visit the crowded city square full of merchants and pickpockets. An old time hero's journey, about simple travelers with a whole universe to explore, with a very Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy feel. Story wise, you could do pretty much whatever you want depending on how adventurous and prone to sticking their noses into things the leads are. Maybe have them get swept up into the politics of the Alpha Quadrant, but very much from an underdog's perspective. I'd see a show like this as being something of a celebration of the counter-culture.
3: Show Starfleet from a different angle than usual. We normally have shows about the flagship of the fleet, or people on important missions. Start this show off chronicling the adventures of a dinky Starfleet salvage ship, patrolling trade routes to help out civilian transports in need of repairs. It's such a bottom-rung job that the ship's Captain doesn't even have the rank of Captain yet, he or she's only a lieutenant. But first episode, something goes wrong. They respond to a distress call, and end up finding themselves attacked. On the run and fighting for the lives against an enemy no one has thought of in years: The Borg. Suddenly, these rookies no one cares about are the first ones to learn of an impending invasion from The Federation's deadliest enemy, and now they're a hell of a lot more important than they used to be.
4: A show about the Klingon Empire. Focus on a special forces team within the Klingon Defense Forces. Their duty is to neutralize threats to the stability of the Empire. Share the focus between them and the Klingon High Council, with Martok and the Chancellor. Our heroes in the field, risking life and limb, and the cutthroat political world back home where decisions are made that dictate our heroes' lives. Use it as an opportunity to explore the Empire fully, show it's culture landscape, show the relationship between the Klingons and the races that they have conquered and subjugated over the years, all in the backdrop of pulse pounding action and deadly political machinations. Discover several worlds worth of crime, corruption, racial tension, and social unrest. Think "The Wire" meets "The West Wing" but in space.
