What I've liked about ST is how each show was tonally different. TNG was a bit more militaristic than the laid back TOS... DS9 was a bit more mixed in tone as it had more silly episodes than TNG but also FAR MORE serious episodes than TNG, as well. And then when the Dominion War hit ... It was elevated to EPIC in tone!
I never really watched many episodes of VOY because where I lived, we didn't get UPN ... But from what I COULD see... It was a retread of TNG and I already had that. Same tone and everything.
I've never seen an episode of ENT... But from what I can piece together, the tone was kinda more laid back but also had a curiosity about it. Everything was new to them and we got to see species we've never seen in live action. Still haven't seen Catians...
Lower Decks is, by all counts, a total comedy that gives reverence to TNG, DS9 and VOY with a bit of TOS fanboyism thrown in too! But it has heart and that's why it garnered so many fans.
Prodigy SEEMS like a kid's show. The look of the characters, how they act, etc. I can't wait til they have a live action Brikar in ST. But as the season goes on, it's quite a mature story ... Especially in season 2! Won't spoil it for y'all but, it's a great ride! 20 episodes each season!
Strange New Worlds is every bit as laid back as TOS was and I LOVE IT! Pike is a great captain even more loyal to his crew than Picard was! He was prepared to have his commission revoked than have StarFleet without his Number One, Una Chin-Riley.
Discovery has had good and bad episodes, good and ok seasons... Season 4 was the BEST season of that show! If it wasn't cancelled in Season 5, I think it might have ended MUCH better than it did. The tone changed from being serious to something different once they went to the future. It was at times serious and then laid back and then kinda funny back to serious and then laid back with lots of open emotions towards each other. The mystery of the 10-C was GREAT with the only sour note being that rogue scientist... I won't say any more.
Picard... Was kinda hit and miss. The end of the first season, IMO, more than made up for any complaints I had about it. Second season, Q was the best thing about it. Glad they got rid of Rios ... Season 3 was EXACTLY what Star Trek: Nemesis SHOULD have been! What a great story and conclusion for those characters!
I'm a HUGE Trekkie so I had to get that off my chest... LoL! I may go back and watch Voyager and Enterprise for the first time!