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@MLClark If Ron had come on to VOY as co-equal to the other executive producers, it might have been different. As he said, he made a mistake by coming aboard as just a writer and it made him feel like he was pitching his own show.
As we've discussed, TNG and DS9 had more creative freedom because they were syndicated. VOY and ENT were UPN programs, which meant satisfying network suits, which meant creative enslavement.
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DS9 also benefitted from being the "neglected child," second to TNG for its first two seasons and then second to Voyager for 4 1/2 seasons.
The suits got involved a few times (putting the kibosh on Andrew Robinson playing Garak as attracted to Bashir), but less so than its sibling shows.