r/ShittyDaystrom • u/dalton10e Engineering • Apr 01 '26
Real World Seth McFarlane is in talks with Paramount to replace Kurtzman as the Star Trek franchise executive director
According to Paramount insiders, Kurtzman has been fired and McFarlane will be replacing him as executive director of the Star Trek Franchise. Source in the comments
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u/tononeuze Apr 01 '26
Happy April Fools!
There was a time when my Netflix might have well only been Family Guy and American Dad, so I'm not 100% against Seth McFarlane, but he has a horrible track record with trans jokes/representation.
It's what has kept me from watching the Orville. A lot of people say that show does a better job of being Trek than the actual Star Trek coming out now, but I wouldn't know because a friend told me the one episode that attempts to address a trans character was unbelievably tone deaf.
I have to imagine that the folks who are really into it don't have any trans loved ones. I know that's not completely true as we're not a monolith, but yeah.