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The Paramount Network, formerly Spike (2006-2018), Spike TV (2003-2006) and The National/Nashville Network (TNN, 1983-2003) and with the young adult males as its primary target audience, is a US (commercial) broadcaster of Star Trek: The Next Generation (acquired in October 2001), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (acquired in April 2004), and Star Trek: Voyager (acquired in December 2006). Spike TV also had rights to air the first six Star Trek films. The network is through the MTV Entertainment Group fully owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. It is headquartered at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles.

In 2001, TNN ran a five-day TNG marathon, Next Gen on TNN: A 5-Day Mission, airing 77 episodes during all hours of the network's operation. Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Wil Wheaton hosted small clips played during commercial breaks.

The network was partially owned by (new) Viacom after a controlling interest in the broadcaster was acquired in 1999 by predecessor (old) Viacom, the then-parent company of Paramount Pictures, owner and producer of the entire Star Trek franchise prior to Viacom's 2006 split into (new) Viacom and CBS. Franchise ownership shifted on that occasion to CBS and the network lost the right to air Star Trek television productions without acquiring a separately negotiated license from CBS, which it had to for the above referenced series after the split became effective on 1 January 2006. The rights for the then-produced films however, remained at Viacom, Spike therefore not formally required to acquire a separate license.

In 2015, the broadcaster branched out into foreign markets by establishing local subsidiaries, firstly in the UK, and subsequently in the Netherlands/Flanders (Belgium), which started to broadcast on 15 April and 1 October 2015[1] respectively. Other foreign subsidiaries have followed suit since then.

On 18 January 2018, by which time the broadcaster was now fully owned by (new) Viacom, Spike was rebranded as the Paramount Network, [8] though the majority of the foreign subsidiaries initially kept the "Spike" brand without the "TV" qualifier however. The big exception was the UK which saw the Paramount Network UK channel launched on 4 July 2018 before it was two years later completely restructured into Paramount Network UK & Australia as an administrative umbrella division to house the plethora of local conglomerate-owned broadcasters, such as Channel 5, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, etc. The original Paramount Network UK started to operate alongside Spike UK (rebranded as "5Spike" the year previously) until the latter went defunct on 7 January 2020 with its programming taken over by the newly rebranded 5Action into which the activities of the original 2018 Paramount Network UK channel were absorbed as well. The conglomerate was motivated to do so in order to avoid confusion with the soon-to-be-launched Paramount+ local streaming service subsidiary. [9][10] Spike (Netherlands) too, initially kept the brand it was launched under, but was rebranded to Paramount Network (Netherlands) on 24 May 2022 after all, and this rebranding it kept as the Paramount+ (Netherlands) brand remained hidden as a part of the new SkyShowtime streaming service, launched the same year in the country.

On the US home market, Paramount Network is still operating as a basic cable television channel.

Domestic air times[]

In the home market, the TNN/Spike/Paramount Network channel became one of the last conglomerate-owned broadcast platforms to offer Star Trek on a daily basis to its television audiences in the first decade of the 21st century, before the Star Trek productions were moved behind the paywalls of firstly Netflix and other third-party streaming services, prior to being subsequently moved to conglomerate sister platform CBS All Access, for whom they were earmarked to become exclusives in the 2020s eventually.

Note: all times Eastern

Foreign air times[]

Spike/Paramount Network (Netherlands)[]

After the 2019 re-merger of Viacom and CBS into ViacomCBS, any hindrance of broadcasting (television) Star Trek on the former Viacom-only channel(s) was lifted, and Spike (Netherlands) became the first ViacomCBS-owned channel worldwide to broadcast (instead of stream) a Kurtzman-era Star Trek television production beyond Canada alone where these were aired by the third-party Space/Z channels. Spike (Netherlands) started broadcasting Star Trek: Discovery on 14 February 2021, after having aired the ten prime universe Star Trek films in the time period December 2020-February 2021 as appetizers.[2]

Spike (Netherlands) became Paramount Network (Netherlands) on 24 May 2022. All the rebrandings performed by the conglomerate in the 2020-2022 period however, has caused the Netherlands – along with Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Spain – to become one of only five remaining European countries where, like in the US home market, "Paramount Network" is still the brand name of what it originally started out as, a free cable broadcast channel, aside from becoming the only one left worldwide to have aired Star Trek on a regular basis in the December 2020-December 2024 time period.

note: For the below-listed ratings the following applies – All Central European Time (CET). The Spike Netherlands viewership ratings(X) are recorded on the official Dutch "Kijkonderzoek.nl" website where the results are published daily on a progressive weekly basis, including a specification per broadcaster. Disregarded are the early a.m. consecutive repeat airing ratings, as they are not considered representative for a proper appraisal. It should be noted that the Netherlands is home to 17,8 million people in order to assess the ratings in perspective – and has never used any of the US/UK rating systems.
  • Star Trek: Discovery
    • Seasons 12; 14 February 202123 May 2021 (double back-to-back episode airings, except for the second season finale on 23 May which was a single episode airing); Every Sunday at 20:30 pm, irregular one to two repeat airings every subsequent week in the evening hours, most often once on Tuesday night, for season one, chapter one episodes, but no repeat airings for the second chapter episodes of season one and season two episodes.

      Final episode spring 2021 broadcast run on 23 May 2021. Remarkably, Discovery's Sunday evening slot was taken over by rival franchise The Orville, starting its series' one episode per airing run at the later 22.00 pm. time-slot on 20 June, and following a similar repeat airing scheme while achieving comparable viewership ratings.

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    • Seasons 1–2; 5 September 202113 February 2022 (single episode airings, except for the season one, chapter two and the first two season two episodes which concerned double bill back-to-back episode airings, a format which was again adhered to from the eighth second season episode onward) Every Sunday at 21:30, 20.00, and 22:00 pm respectively from season two onward, without repeat airings, save for the two debut episodes which were repeated once on the subsequent Friday at 00.00 am.

      Final episode autumn 2021/winter 2022 broadcast run on 13 February 2022.[4] The series was, broken down per season, watched on average by:
      *Season 1 – 44,000 people out of a total of 87,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 26,000 and 74,000 out of 50,000 and 126,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 53,000 people out of a total of 105,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 31,000 and 73,000 out of 59,000 and 136,000 respectively. The two-part season finale episode "Such Sweet Sorrow" incidentally, had not been aired.

    • Seasons 2–3; 27 February 20225 June 2020 (triple bill back-to-back episode airings for season two, double bill back-to-back airings for the first six episodes of season three, and single episode airings afterwards) Every Sunday at 20.30 pm without repeat airings, save for the repeat airings of the first six season three episodes the next day at 02.30 am.

      Final spring 2022 broadcast run on 5 June 2020. The series was, broken down per season, watched on average by:
      *Season 2 – 34,000 people out of a total of 83,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 10,000 and 59,000 out of 24,000 and 137,000 respectively. The two-part season finale episode "Such Sweet Sorrow" was aired this time around.
      *Season 3 – 53,000 people out of a total of 102,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 25,000 and 79,000 out of 72,000 and 138,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 3; 12 June 202227 July 2022 (double bill back-to-back episode airings) Every Sunday at 21.30 pm without repeat airings. The season was watched on average by 40,000 people out of a total of 87,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 15,000 and 84,000 out of 29,000 and 164,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 1; 27 July 2022 – 4 September 2022 (double bill back-to-back episode airings); Every Sunday at 21:30 pm without repeat airings. The final two season episodes, 14 and 15, were not aired. The season was watched on average by 20,000 people out of a total of 56,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 2,000 and 49,000 out of 12,000 and 103,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 3; 16 October 202213 November 2022 (double, or triple bill back-to-back episode airings) Every Sunday at approximately 22:30 pm without repeat airings. The season was watched on average by 25,000 people out of a total of 54,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 13,000 and 56,000 out of 21,000 and 122,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 3; 4 June 20237 July 2023 (double, or triple bill back-to-back episode airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag") Every Sunday at approximately 23:00 or 22:00 pm without repeat airings. The season was watched on average by 17,000 people out of a total of 39,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 6,000 and 39,000 out of 12,000 and 64,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 3; 7 July 2023 – 30 July 2023 (triple bill back-to-back episode airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag") Every Sunday late or Monday morning at approximately 24:00 pm or 01:00 am respectively, without repeat airings. The season was watched on average by 12,000 people out of a total of 33,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 36,000 out of 4,000 and 68,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 3; 19 November 202314 January 2024 (double bill back-to-back episode airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag") Every Sunday late or Monday morning starting approximately at between 24:00 pm – 01:00 am respectively, without repeat airings. The season was watched on average by 9,000 people out of a total of 18,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 0 and 29,000 out of 5,000 and 62,000 respectively.
  • Star Trek: Short Treks
    • Seasons 12; 27 February 202227 March 2022 (double bill back-to-back episode airings); Every Sunday at 20:00 pm without repeat airings.

      Final episode February/March 2022 broadcast run on 27 March 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched on average by:
      *Season 1 – 64,000 people out of a total of 78,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 54,000 and 80,000 out of 68,000 and 90,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 62,000 people out of a total of 68,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 10,000 and 84,000 out of 29,000 and 164,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–2; 3 April 202210 April 2022 (single ten bill back-to-back all episodes block airing); Sunday at 18:00 pm with repeat block airing the subsequent Sunday at 10:00 am.

      Final episode April 2022 broadcast run on 10 April 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched on average by:
      *Season 1 – 28,000 people out of a total of 35,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 47,000 and 21,000 out of 68,000 and 21,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 20,000 people out of a total of 26,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 5,000 and 35,000 out of 5,000 and 47,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–2; 31 July 20225 August 2022 (single ten bill back-to-back all episodes block airing); Sunday at 17:45 pm with a partial repeat block airing the subsequent Monday at 05:00 am, followed by repeat airings the subsequent Wednesday through Friday at around 13.30 pm.

      Final summer 2022 broadcast run on 5 August 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched on average by:
      *Season 1 – 38,000 people out of a total of 47,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 2,000 and 76,000 out of 4,000 and 85,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 27,000 people out of a total of 29,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 17,000 and 43,000 out of 17,000 and 56,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek: Enterprise
    • Season 1, Episodes 15; 6 March 2022 (five episode back-to-back trial airing); Sunday at 15:00 pm with a repeat airing next Monday at 00:00 am. Watched at prime-time on average by 23,000 people out of a total of 56,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 9,000 and 37,000 out of 30.000 and 88,000 respectively.
    • Seasons 1–4; 13 March 202229 July 2022 (restarted ten episode back-to-back block airing); Sunday at 10:00 am with a partial (three or five episode) block repeat airing next Monday at (around) 00:00 am. Additionally, a partial repeat airing as part of the rolling series multi-episode airing scheme the next Sunday at the same time with the first two to six episodes replaced by the series' subsequent two to six episodes.
      Starting on 27 March, the Enterprise rolling block was combined with the Short Treks, Discovery, and the restarted The Orville series as of 4 April, into one single uninterrupted eighteen-hour block airing (including the dead-of-night repeat airings), and was promoted by the channel as "Sci-Fi Zondag (Sunday)", starting at noon.
      From 2 May onward, a 2/4 episode block from the preceding Sunday airing was selected every weekday for repeat airing at around noon/early afternoon, replacing the partial repeat rolling block airing format of the subsequent Sunday which became a regular sequential rolling block airing thereafter instead.
      From 24 May onward an extra weekday single episode repeat airing was added at around 08:00 am – the start of a workday – which replaced the dead-of-night early Monday morning repeat block airing. Additionally, the Sunday ten-episode Enterprise block was cut in half to start airing at 15:00 pm, meaning that the initial eighteen-hour "Sci-fi Zondag" block airing was now cut in half.

      Final episode spring/summer 2022 broadcast cycle on 29 July 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 26,000 people out of a total of 32,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 3,000 and 77,000 out of 9,000 and 134,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 28,000 people out of a total of 53,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 80,000 out of 5,000 and 150,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 35,000 people out of a total of 57,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 2,000 and 100,000 out of 9,000 and 140,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 31,000 people out of a total of 51,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 2,000 and 109,000 out of 5,000 and 155,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–4; 31 July 202223 October 2022 (five episode back-to-back block airing, excepting the series' double-bill premiere episode which was on 31 July combined with the Short Treks series for the channel's "Sci-Fi Zondag"); Sunday at 15:00 pm with a block repeat airing next Monday at (around) 00:00 am, a week-daily single episode repeat airing at around 05:00 am and until 31 August followed by a single episode repeat airing at around 13:30 pm. The hitherto employed repeat airing scheme was dispensed with after 31 August.
      From 2 October onward the "Sci-Fi Zondag" block was extended backwards with eight/ten hours to form one thirteen/fifteen-episode sequential Enterprise block airing (alongside the film and two Discovery/The Orville episodes) starting at either 07:00 am or 05:00 am, augmented with a two/three episode block repeat airing the following weekdays at an earlier am nighttime hour. From 16 October onward the last two episodes of the preceding Sunday Enterprise block, were added as the first two (repeat) episodes of the current Enterprise Sunday block.

      Final episode July-October 2022 broadcast cycle on 23 October 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 33,000 people out of a total of 63,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 75,000 out of 9,000 and 113,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 48,000 people out of a total of 84,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 9,000 and 91,000 out of 17,000 and 155,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 34,000 people out of a total of 60,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 72,000 out of 4,000 and 132,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 29,000 people out of a total of 52,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 7,000 and 79,000 out of 10,000 and 141,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–4; 23 October 202225 December 2022 (thirteen episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 07:00 am, preceded by a two episode repeat block airing, being the last two episodes carried over from the preceding "Sci-Fi Zondag" Enterprise block airing, until 5 November augmented with a two/three episode block repeat airing the following weekdays at around 05:00 am.

      Final episode autumn 2022 broadcast cycle on 25 December 2022. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 30,000 people out of a total of 51,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 9,000 and 70,000 out of 14,000 and 105,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 26,000 people out of a total of 46,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 62,000 out of 6,000 and 86,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 17,000 people out of a total of 34,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 3,000 and 37,000 out of 7,000 and 64,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 24,000 people out of a total of 41,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 50,000 out of 4,000 and 88,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–3; 25 December 202212 February 2023 (eleven episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 05:00 am, following the repeat airing schedule of the preceding cycle in December, but replacing it with a two/three-episode block selection repeat airing at 05:00 am the subsequent Saturday from January 2023 onward.

      Final episode winter 2022/23 broadcast cycle on 12 February 2023. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 30,000 people out of a total of 51,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 59,000 out of 4,000 and 106,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 29,000 people out of a total of 47,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 64,000 out of 1,000 and 104,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 31,000 people out of a total of 47,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 6,000 and 59,000 out of 15,000 and 84,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–4; 12 February 202330 April 2023 (eleven episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 05:00 am with each block starting off with the last episode (five episodes from April 2023 onward) carried over from the preceding one, occasionally followed by an irregular two/three-episode block selection repeat airing at 05:00 am the subsequent Friday.

      Final episode winter/spring 2023 broadcast cycle on 30 April 2023. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 33,000 people out of a total of 53,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 9,000 and 65,000 out of 12,000 and 102,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 33,000 people out of a total of 53,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 3,000 and 68,000 out of 11,000 and 101,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 26,000 people out of a total of 43,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 4,000 and 52,000 out of 11,000 and 101,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 34,000 people out of a total of 49,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 7,000 and 66,000 out of 21,000 and 86,000 respectively.

    • Season 1; 7 May 202321 May 2023 (twelve episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 05:00 am with each block starting off with the last episode carried over from the preceding one, occasionally followed by an irregular one-three episode block selection repeat airing at 05:00 am the subsequent Friday or Saturday.

      Final episode spring 2023 broadcast cycle on 21 May 2023. This marked a five month break from Enterprise's continued year-long presence on the broadcaster. Its place and airing schedules were taken over by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The season was watched at day/prime-time on average by 12,000 people out of a total of 23,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 1,000 and 29,000 out of 4,000 and 60,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 2–4; 22 October 20237 January 2024 (seven episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 13:10 pm with irregular and partial two/six-episode early am repeat airing the following weekday, taking over the time slot Star Trek: The Next Generation - Remastered had occupied in the preceding "Sci-Fi Zondag" broadcast cycle. From 29 October onward, each "Sci-Fi Zondag" block airing was also started at 05:00 am by the last two episodes carried over from the preceding Enterprise block airing. As of 17 December the episode block switched places with that of The Next Generation in the "Sci-Fi Zondag" time slots and was curtailed by three episodes in order to make room for a renewed Deep Space Nine broadcast cycle.

      Final episode autumn/winter 2023 broadcast cycle on 7 January 2024. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 2 – 43,000 people out of a total of 75,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 7,000 and 61,000 out of 22,000 and 114,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 50,000 people out of a total of 81,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 22,000 and 69,000 out of 37,000 and 105,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 31,000 people out of a total of 50,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 6,000 and 65,000 out of 23,000 and 90,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–..; 7 January 2024 – ... (four episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 08:30 am with irregular and partial one/three-episode early am repeat airing the following weekday.

      Final episode winter/autumn 2024 broadcast cycle on ... The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 16,000 people out of a total of 32,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 0 and 40,000 out of 0 and 62,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – ..,000 people out of a total of ..,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between .,000 and ..,000 out of ..,000 and ..,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek: Prodigy
    • Season 1, Episodes 110; 5 June 20228 July 2022 (double bill back-to-back episode airings); Every Sunday at 19:00 pm with a repeat airing the subsequent Friday at 14:00 pm.[2] Both airings replaced one episode of the "Sci-Fi Zondag" Enterprise block airing.

      Final episode spring/summer 2022 broadcast run on 8 July 2022. Parts 1 and 2 of Season 1 was watched at day/prime-time on a per episode average by:
      *Season 1, Epsides 1–10; 28,000 people out of a total of 42,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 2,000 and 78,000 out of 6,000 and 107,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Remastered[5]
    • Seasons 13; 6 November 202212 February 2023 (five episode back-to-back block airing) Every Sunday at 15:00 pm, until February 2023 with irregular and partial one/two-episode repeat airing the next morning at either 00:00 or 02:00 am. Replacement in the "Sci-Fi Zondag" time slots Enterprise episodes previously held.

      Final episode winter 2022/23 broadcast cycle on 12 February 2023. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 69,000 people out of a total of 107,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 44,000 and 94,000 out of 66,000 and 152,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 68,000 people out of a total of 108,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 39,000 and 93,000 out of 71,000 and 160,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 83,000 people out of a total of 137,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 49,000 and 125,000 out of 85,000 and 212,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–7; 12 February 202322 October 2023 (five episode back-to-back block airing) Every Sunday at 15:00 pm with irregular and partial two/four-episode am repeat airings the following weekdays until 21 May after which Deep Space 9 (see below) took over the repeat airing time slot.

      Final episode spring/autumn 2023 broadcast cycle on 22 October 2023. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 51,000 people out of a total of 99,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 30,000 and 102,000 out of 50,000 and 206,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 46,000 people out of a total of 84,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 17,000 and 67,000 out of 25,000 and 157,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 38,000 people out of a total of 69,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 16,000 and 61,000 out of 33,000 and 115,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 39,000 people out of a total of 63,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 19,000 and 63,000 out of 31,000 and 94,000 respectively.
      *Season 5 – 49,000 people out of a total of 80,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 25,000 and 81,000 out of 44,000 and 132,000 respectively.
      *Season 6 – 47,000 people out of a total of 75,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 19,000 and 75,000 out of 28,000 and 142,000 respectively.
      *Season 7 – 72,000 people out of a total of 110,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 31,000 and 101,000 out of 38,000 and 143,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–7; 22 October 2023 – ... (seven episode back-to-back block airing) Every Sunday at 8:30 am with irregular early am repeat airing(s) the following weekday(s), and taking over the "Sci-Fi Zondag" time slot, Deep Space 9 had occupied in the preceding broadcast cycle. As of 17 December the episode block switched places with that of Enterprise in the "Sci-Fi Zondag" time slots and was curtailed by four episodes in order to make room for a renewed Deep Space Nine broadcast cycle.

      Final episode autumn/winter 2023 broadcast cycle on .... The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 25,000 people out of a total of 46,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 11,000 and 54,000 out of 14,000 and 84,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 28,000 people out of a total of 49,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 10,000 and 62,000 out of 23,000 and 88,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 49,000 people out of a total of 90,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 20,000 and 75,000 out of 43,000 and 123,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 50,000 people out of a total of 93,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 31,000 and 88,000 out of 47,000 and 148,000 respectively.
      *Season 5 – ..,000 people out of a total of ..,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between ..,000 and ..,000 out of ..,000 and ..,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek: Lower Decks
    • Season 1; 6 November 20224 December 2022 (two episode back-to-back block airing) Every Sunday at 20:00 pm without repeat airings. The ratings of the series for the prime-time Sunday evening time-slot were exceptionally poor (traditionally, all animated productions – regardless of content – are considered "kids-only" in the Netherlands), even for a broadcaster operating in the margins of the market, causing the last two episodes of the season to be moved to an early am Monday morning time-slot, with its very low figures.

      Final episode autumn 2022 broadcast cycle on 4 December 2022. Season 1 was watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 15,000 people out of a total of 35,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 3,000 and 25,000 out of 3,000 and 85,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    • Seasons 17; 21 May 20238 October 2023 (twelve episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing); Sunday at 05:00 am with each block starting off with the last one/two episode(s) carried over from the preceding one, with irregular and partial two/seven-episode repeat airing the next morning at either 00:00 or 02:00 am. Replacement of Star Trek: Enterprise (in whole) and The Next Generation (for the early am Monday morning repeat airings only), who previously held the time slots. The repeat airings were from 6 August onward extended backwards to a six-episode block starting at around 22:00-22:30 pm.

      Final episode spring/autumn 2023 broadcast cycle on 8 October 2023. The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 30,000 people out of a total of 47,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 11,000 and 59,000 out of 20,000 and 82,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 36,000 people out of a total of 59,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 15,000 and 58,000 out of 27,000 and 90,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – 37,000 people out of a total of 55,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 9,000 and 63,000 out of 14,000 and 104,000 respectively.
      *Season 4 – 38,000 people out of a total of 56,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 12,000 and 67,000 out of 21,000 and 94,000 respectively.
      *Season 5 – 36,000 people out of a total of 55,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 16,000 and 71,000 out of 19,000 and 91,000 respectively.
      *Season 6 – 21,000 people out of a total of 37,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 4,000 and 49,000 out of 13,000 and 73,000 respectively.
      *Season 7 – 35,000 people out of a total of 55,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 10,000 and 61,000 out of 27,000 and 82,000 respectively.

    • Seasons 1–.; 17 December 2023 – ... (four episode back-to-back block "Sci-Fi Zondag" airing) Sunday at 12:20 pm, with irregular and partial one/three-episode repeat airing the next morning at 03:00 am. Renewed broadcast cycle fitted in between those of Enterprise and remastered-The Next Generation, which each had to sacrifice episodes in their block airing slot in order to make room for that of Deep Space Nine.

      Final episode winter/spring 2024 broadcast cycle on .... The series was, broken down per season, watched at day/prime-time on average by:
      *Season 1 – 33,000 people out of a total of 58,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 15,000 and 52,000 out of 30,000 and 96,000 respectively.
      *Season 2 – 32,000 people out of a total of 55,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between 4,000 and 50,000 out of 13,000 and 88,000 respectively.
      *Season 3 – ..,000 people out of a total of ..,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute, with a per episode spread of between ..,000 and ..,000 out of ..,000 and ..,000 respectively.

  • Star Trek films
    • 6 December 202010 February 2021 (the ten prime universe films aired in production order[6])
      • Every Sunday at 20:30 pm, two repeat airings every subsequent Wednesday and Saturday at app. 22:30 pm and 15.40 pm respectively, excepting Star Trek Nemesis, which only had one Wednesday repeat airing.

        Final winter 2020/2021 broadcast cycle on 10 February 2021.

        The first alternate reality film Star Trek was aired on Friday 2 April 2021 at 20:30 pm without a repeat airing, but was not part of the Winter-campaign airings, which served as a warm-up for the above-mentioned Discovery series broadcast, being rather an individual film airing instead.

    • 5 May 202115 May 2021 (irregular Star Trek film airings with repeat airings)
    • 30 May 202122 August 2021 (regular Star Trek film airings without repeat airings)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Sunday 30 May at 20:00 pm.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Sunday 6 June at 20:00 pm.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Sunday 20 June at 20:00 pm; watched by 21.000 people on average out of a total of 141,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Sunday 27 June at 20:00 pm; watched by 37.000 people on average out of a total of 221,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Sunday 4 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 51.000 people on average out of a total of 156,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday 18 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 40.000 people on average out of a total of 167,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Generations on Sunday 25 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 22.000 people on average out of a total of 159,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
        Ironically, the aforementioned Veronica was compensated of sorts, when it was syndicated in the traditional manner to air Star Trek: Picard's first season as one of the first, if not the very first, outside broadcasters worldwide, which thereby constituted a very rare latter-day instance of classic television Star Trek syndication. However, by starting with the two series' debut episodes on 25 July 2021, which were directly followed by Star Trek Beyond to boot, Veronica chose to do so in the very same Sunday time-slot Spike Netherlands aired the films, essentially making the franchise having to compete with itself for primetime viewership. Furthermore, Picard was streamed in the Netherlands by franchise partner Prime Video as well, and it was doubtful that the decision to award Veronica the series' syndication was met with approval by Prime Video (see also in this regard: main article), making it appear that ViacomCBS has chosen the Netherlands as one of their proving grounds for gauging their "streaming war" escalation moves [11] – even though (or precisely because) a launch of Paramount+ in the Netherlands/Flanders had until August 2021[7] not been planned yet for the then-foreseeable future. [12]
        For the sake of completeness, the corresponding scores the individual Star Trek productions achieved on Veronica that day were 254.000 and 255.000 viewers on average out of a total of 406.000 and 426.000 people who had tuned in for at least 1 minute respectively [13](X)Beyond too performed markedly better as evidenced by its corresponding numbers of 190.000 out of 568.000; it was clear that the Picard debut episodes were the productions fans were most interested in and that competitor Veronica succeeded in luring away a substantial part of Spike's viewership during that Sunday's prime-time.
      • Star Trek: First Contact on Sunday 1 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 27.000 people on average out of a total of 107,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. Competitor Veronica still drew in most viewing fans with their subsequent Picard double bill, achieving the corresponding scores of 357.000 and 372.000 out of 468.000 and 472.000 respectively.
      • Star Trek: Insurrection on Sunday 8 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 29.000 people on average out of a total of 95,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. Competitor Veronica continued to draw in most viewing fans with their next Picard double bill, achieving the corresponding scores of 255.000 and 302.000 out of 444.000 and 417.000 respectively.
      • Star Trek Nemesis on Sunday 15 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 37.000 people on average out of a total of 151,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. Competitor Veronica continued to draw in most viewing fans with their next Picard double bill, achieving the corresponding scores of 259.000 and 330.000 out of 436.000 and 441.000 respectively.
      • Star Trek on Sunday 22 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 43.000 people on average out of a total of 125,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. Veronica's final Picard double bill concluded its series' first season broadcast by achieving the corresponding scores of 243.000 and 272.000 out of 390.000 and 359.000 respectively.

        Final summer 2021 broadcast cycle on 22 August 2021.

    • 5 December 202120 February 2022 (regular Star Trek film airings without repeat airings)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Sunday 5 December at 18:00 pm; watched by 57,000 people on average out of a total of 178,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Sunday 12 December at 18:00 pm; watched by 67,000 people on average out of a total of 202,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek (2009) on Sunday 19 December at 21:00 pm; watched by 67,000 people on average out of a total of 191,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Sunday 26 December at 21:00 pm; watched by 38,000 people on average out of a total of 86,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Sunday 2 January at 21:00 pm; watched by 55,000 people on average out of a total of 191,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Sunday 9 January at 21:00 pm; watched by 71,000 people on average out of a total of 165,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday 16 January at 21:00 pm; watched by 91,000 people on average out of a total of 150,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Generations on Sunday 23 January at 21:00 pm; watched by 95,000 people on average out of a total of 185,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.

        On Thursday 20 January, RTL7 (the other one of the two main broadcasters that had regularly aired Star Trek films before) aired Star Trek Into Darkness at 20.30 PM, achieving the corresponding ratings of 183,000 out of 681,000. It should be noted that these better numbers are not a reflection on the popularity of the film at hand but rather an indication that RTL7 is a well established mainstream broadcaster, easily found and tuned into by viewers very familiar with the broadcaster, instead of a still relatively unknown broadcaster operating in the margins of the Dutch broadcast landscape.[7] A similar effect had already been observed when Veronico aired Star Trek Beyond on 25 July the year previously.

      • Star Trek: First Contact on Sunday 30 January at 20:30 pm; watched by 107.000 people on average out of a total of 282,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: Insurrection on Sunday 6 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 60.000 people on average out of a total of 177,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Nemesis on Sunday 13 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 48.000 people on average out of a total of 231,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek (2009) on Sunday 20 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 73.000 people on average out of a total of 185,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. Remarkably, the ratings remained on par with those of the two months earlier airing on 19 December 2021.

        Final winter 2021/2022 broadcast cycle on 20 February 2022.

    • 15 April 202220 May 2022 (regular film airings without repeat airings as part of the annual springtime end-of-week "Filmavond [Filmevening]" line-up)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Friday 15 April at 20:30 pm; watched by 70.000 people on average out of a total of 218,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Thursday 21 April at 20:30 pm; watched by 40.000 people on average out of a total of 110,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Friday 22 April at 20:30 pm; watched by 63,000 people on average out of a total of 203,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Thursday 28 April at 20:30 pm; watched by 14,000 people on average out of a total of 85,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Friday 29 April at 20:30 pm; watched by 81,000 people on average out of a total of 187,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Generations on Thursday 5 May at 20:30 pm; watched by 41,000 people on average out of a total of 128,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Friday 6 May at 19:45 pm; watched by 16,000 people on average out of a total of 75,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: First Contact on Thursday 12 May at 20:30 pm; watched by 57,000 people on average out of a total of 162,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. The repeat broadcast of the Enterprise follow-up episode "Regeneration" was intentionally planned to air earlier that day at noon, – achieving the respective ratings of 1,000 out 9,000.
      • Star Trek: Insurrection on Friday 13 May at 20:00 pm; watched by 47,000 people on average out of a total of 90,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Nemesis on Thursday 19 May at 20:30 pm; watched by 22,000 people on average out of a total of 88,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek (2009) on Friday 20 May at 20:30 pm; watched by 49.000 people on average out of a total of 122,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.

        Final spring 2022 broadcast cycle on 20 May 2022.

    • 21 August 202230 October 2022 (regular film airings without repeat airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag" line-up)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Sunday 21 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 48,000 people on average out of a total of 245,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Sunday 28 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 32,000 people on average out of a total of 221,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Sunday 4 September at 21:15 pm; watched by 26,000 people on average out of a total of 123,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Sunday 11 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 49,000 people on average out of a total of 219,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Sunday 18 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 58,000 people on average out of a total of 198,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday 25 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 57,000 people on average out of a total of 168,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Generations on Sunday 2 October at 20:00 pm; watched by 83,000 people on average out of a total of 330,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: First Contact on Sunday 9 October at 20:00 pm; watched by 43,000 people on average out of a total of 197,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: Insurrection on Sunday 16 October at 20:00 pm; watched by 122,000 people on average out of a total of 306,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Nemesis on Sunday 23 October at 20:00 pm; watched by 68,000 people on average out of a total of 157,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek (2009) on Sunday 30 October at 8:00 pm; watched by 99,000 people on average out of a total of 248,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute. On 26 March 2023 the film was aired again in the same time slot, albeit as a stand-alone broadcast only this time around. The ratings achieved on this occasion were 65,000 out of 179,000 respectively.

        Final summer/autumn 2022 broadcast cycle on 30 October 2022.

    • 9 July 202317 September 2023 (regular film airings without repeat airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag" line-up)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Sunday 9 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 68,000 people on average out of a total of 274,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Sunday 16 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 46,000 people on average out of a total of 167,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Sunday 23 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 52,000 people on average out of a total of 158,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Sunday 30 July at 20:00 pm; watched by 47,000 people on average out of a total of 162,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Sunday 6 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 58,000 people on average out of a total of 152,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday 13 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 88,000 people on average out of a total of 199,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Generations on Sunday 20 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 56,000 people on average out of a total of 185,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: First Contact on Sunday 27 August at 20:00 pm; watched by 73,000 people on average out of a total of 185,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek: Insurrection on Sunday 3 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 83,000 people on average out of a total of 165,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek Nemesis on Sunday 10 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 48,000 people on average out of a total of 127,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek (2009) on Sunday 17 September at 20:00 pm; watched by 48,000 people on average out of a total of 148,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.

        Final summer 2023 broadcast cycle on 17 September 2023.

    • 11 February 2024 – ... (regular film airings without repeat airings as part of the "Sci-Fi Zondag" line-up)
      • Star Trek: The Motion Picture on Sunday 11 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 44,000 people on average out of a total of 198,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Sunday 18 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 25,000 people on average out of a total of 106,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Sunday 25 February at 20:00 pm; watched by 27,000 people on average out of a total of 95,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on Sunday 3 March at 20:00 pm; watched by 30,000 people on average out of a total of 117,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on Sunday 10 March at 20:00 pm; watched by ..,000 people on average out of a total of ..,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.
      • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on Sunday 17 March at 20:00 pm; watched by ..,000 people on average out of a total of ..,000 who had actually tuned in for at least 1 minute.

        Final winter/spring 2024 broadcast cycle on .. .... For undisclosed reasons, Paramount Network Netherlands has never aired the other two alternate reality films, Into Darkness and Beyond – and never will, because when streaming service SkyShowtime was launched in the country in October 2022, these became part of the inaugural catalog. [14]

  1. When Spike Netherlands was launched, it had in its first year to share a channel with conglomerate sister broadcaster Nickelodeon (Netherlands), which had already been airing in the country since 2002. After one year Spike was assigned its own channel and was from then on able to broadcast 24/7. Spike Flanders on the other hand, was to cease its existence on 6 January 2021 for otherwise undisclosed reasons.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nickelodeon Netherlands incidentally, debuted the in Dutch dubbed version of Star Trek: Prodigy in April 2022 on a daily basis, during the time period in which Spike Netherlands was heavily engaged with Star Trek airings which included Prodigy's contemporary Kurtzman-era sibling production Discovery.
    The dubbed Nickelodeon version of Prodigy started to air on Paramount Network Netherlands on 5 June 2022. It was a further indication that the franchise was increasingly treating its Dutch channel as the (temporary) outlet of Kurtzman-era Star Trek in the country, especially when Prodigy was withdrawn from Nickelodeon Netherlands a week later. A Dutch launch of Paramount+ was furthermore still nowhere in sight in June 2022, meaning that there still was no other alternative to (regularly) watch Kurtzman-era Star Trek on television legally, excepting Prodigy at first, and excepting the two productions (Lower Decks and Picard) streamed by Prime Video.
    Incidentally, it is highly unusual in the Netherlands for a broadcaster aimed at an adult viewership, which Paramount Network is, to air a dubbed production at prime time, instead of showing the (subtitled) original language version.
  3. When Star Trek: Discovery started its television run on Spike (Netherlands) in February 2021, it was the first time a Star Trek series could be seen on regular Dutch television since 2007 when Star Trek: Enterprise became the last known series seen on regular Dutch television, aired in syndication by commercial broadcaster Veronica. [1](X) Like anywhere else in the world, (the older) Star Trek series were offered to viewers by streaming services, Netflix in the case of the Netherlands, and where Discovery incidentally, was until November 2021 also offered. As a matter of fact, this might also be an additional reason for Discovery being aired on a franchise television broadcaster, as Netflix was precisely the streaming service being targeted by franchise streaming service Paramount+. In service of that goal, Paramount in what was conceivably a further escalation move by ViacomCBS in the increasingly vicious "streaming war", had already withdrawn the ten prime universe Star Trek films from Netflix (Netherlands) by the time its own streaming service launched on 4 March 2021, unlike the television series and the three alternate reality films, which were still being streamed by Netflix for the time being, [2] though Discovery was days before its fourth season premiered pulled from the streamer as well. [3](X)
    The same held true for the likewise from Netflix (Netherlands) withdrawn outings of two other Paramount properties, The Transformers and G.I. Joe film franchises, and which were also frequently aired (actually on an alternating basis with the Star Trek films during the first half year in the first case) on Spike Netherlands, starting in 2021.
  4. It was during Spike's second airing of season one that Discovery was pulled from Netflix in favor of ViacomCBS' own Paramount+ on 17 November 2021. And while some European countries, still without Paramount+, were afforded the opportunity to watch the series on sister streaming service Pluto TV, the Netherlands was not among them, as the service has never been available in the country, meaning that Discovery was officially only available – when discounting the home video formats – on Spike (Netherlands) for sanctioned watching, at least until the advent of, what eventually tuned out to be, SkyShowtime at an at that time indeterminate 2022 date, that was.
  5. Even though Star Trek: The Next Generation - Remastered was part of its inaugural catalog lineup of the by the conglomerate co-owned streaming service SkyShowtime, which had been launched in the Netherlands on 25 October 2022, [4] it is reasonable to assume that the franchise decided to start broadcasting the series two weeks later in November on its Dutch network as well, in support of the newly launched streaming service. Incidentally, the same applied to Prodigy which restarted its run on sister broadcaster Nickelodeon, even though it too was included in the streamer's inaugural catalog lineup.
  6. Prior to December 2020 it were the competing Veronica and RTL7 commercial broadcasters in particular, that were usually syndicated to air the Star Trek films on a regular but infrequent basis on Dutch television – both of them incidentally, serving a primary target audience which completely encapsulated that of Spike's to begin with. The vastly increased frequency of Star Trek film television broadcasts by Spike Netherlands from that point on, was a harbinger of the franchise taking firmer control of their intellectual property (IP) television airings – in the Netherlands at least.
  7. 7.0 7.1 On 18 August 2021, ViacomCBS announced a joint venture with Comcast to launch a new subscription video-on-demand streaming service, dubbed SkyShowtime, in more than 20 European territories, including the Netherlands, encompassing 90 million homes. [5][6] Announced for a late-autumn/early-winter 2022 launch, the ViacomCBS part will primarily consist of content as streamed on Paramount+, including Star Trek. [7] When launched, this will almost certainly spell the end of Spike Netherlands as an outlet for Star Trek productions eventually – as it ultimately will for Netflix and Prime Video as well for that matter – , and quite possibly the end of Spike/Paramount Network Netherlands itself, as it already had in Flanders previously. As an operator in the margins of the market, the broadcaster has only performed quite modestly in the Netherlands, which was mostly due to a lack of proprietary ViacomCBS content – which had already plagued Paramount+'s predecessor, CBS All Access, prior to the reunification of CBS and Viacom. This was indirectly conceded by the conglomerate by their unusually heavy and repetitive 2021/24 Star Trek outlay on its Dutch channel, especially on Sunday, besides the incessant repeat airings of the other CBS/Paramount television/film productions, and the decision to seek out a joint venture with another large media conglomerate (Comcast is the owner of NBCUniversal) for the new, yet-to-be-launched, European streaming service, in an obvious attempt to beef out content, which ultimately resulted in SkyShowtime.

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