Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine Was Meant to Boost Ratings. The Real Story Goes Deeper

When Jeri Ryan joined Star Trek: Voyager in 1997 as Seven of Nine, many fans assumed the producers had brought her in simply to boost ratings with a striking new character.

They weren’t entirely wrong.

At the time, Voyager was struggling, and the network wanted someone who could bring viewers back. Seven of Nine—a former Borg drone learning how to become human again—was introduced at exactly the right moment.

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