Braga Leaving 'Voyager'

Changes in Store for Season Seven  Source: Cinescape          

Braga Leaving 'Voyager'  

When Star Trek: Voyager returns for its seventh and final season this fall, it looks like Brannon Braga won't be at the helm. Cinescape magazine contributors Gregory L. Norris and Laura A. Van Vleet checked in with this Star Trek scoop earlier today regarding Braga and his replacement. 

Norris and Van Vleet report that new executive producer Ken Biller replaces Braga, who is leaving Voyager to work on the new Trek series being co-created with franchise guru Rick Berman. Brannon, who assumed command of the series after Jeri Taylor's retirement at the end of the '97-'98 season, put his mark on the series with an emphasis on "high concept" episodes.  Now, with the crew of Voyager most certainly headed for home once the show bows out at the end of the 2000 - 2001 season and emotions sure to be running high, viewers can expect a shift back to more character-oriented fare. An example of this shift can already be seen in such recent introspective offerings as "Child's Play" and "The Good Shepherd," both of which were directly supervised by Biller. 

Biller, 35, has worked on Voyager and The Next Generation in both the writing and production departments. While Paramount's publicity department refused to confirm or deny the Braga/Biller switch, two sources inside the Voyager production office confirmed Biller's promotion.