I think killing characters is a perfectly legitimate aspect of developing a plot. It can be done badly or well.
I agree!
But I didn't make a sweeping claim about every single televison program on the air nor about most of the professionals making their living as writers.
Neither did I! Except if you mean a great many, but not all,
TV writers. I really didn't expect to hear any disagreement on that one. "90% of everything is crud."-- Theodore Sturgeon.
Nor did I make any claim--or hint--that enjoying any t.v. currently in production somehow means anyone's judgment is impaired.
Neither did I!
The idea of a "sequel" series sounds good, but in practice has proven problematical. Star Trek: The Next Generation was pretty much a slave to its past, a retread in all but name for the first three seasons.Â
Just my opinion, but for me, by the end of season one, Next Gen was a great example of how this can be done. Unfortunately, it got stale and mechanical early in season four and stayed that way. Fortunately,
Deep Space Nine then came along, and got better and better every year, honoring and respecting the original Trek, but forging its own way, and becoming its own special story.