In 1999,
Trek Nation's Greg Fuller said the series had been successful among its peers, writing: "Even when it became a near-serial show (usually, long-term serial shows are ratings disasters -- witness
Babylon 5) airing in prime-time in less than 60 percent of the nation,
DS9 managed well over a 4.0 average in its final two years. As a general rule, a syndicated show needs to maintain a 3.0 to be successful,
DS9 always maintained that despite the strikes against it." In 2019,
CBR rated all 31 seasons (across seven series at that time, including the first season of
Star Trek: Discovery) of the
Star Trek franchise, separately ranking each season of each series. They rated Season 6 of
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the very best season of any
Star Trek season up to that time. ; CBR rankings: • 1 – Season 6 • 6 – Season 7 • 15 – Season 5 • 18 – Season 2 • 20 – Season 3 • 21 – Season 4 • 26 – Season 1 In 2016,
The Washington Post called the
Dominion war story arc in the later seasons of
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine possibly the "richest narrative" of the
Star Trek universe. ==See also==