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I think at some point TOS is a needed watch, even after getting into TNG some. There's a lot of good stories and background there. But TNG is fine for a start, as it began assuming little to no knowledge of TOS from viewers then, trying to reboot the series. Like any series, the first season has some so-so episodes as they try to figure out the show and characters, but most aren't so bad as to say skip entirely, as usually there's some development that will be used later. TNG is a well rounded show, with DS9 and VOY being more nuanced plots that drive their story.
Discovery I wouldn't say avoid, but I never got pulled into it from various clips I've seen to care too much about it. Maybe because of the time travel stuff and how much they changed of "canon" things for me. Same issue I have with the Abrams movies, the casting was spot-on, terrible job and acting, but the stories... meh. And they touched the real canon that I live for with Star Trek, the ship. Way too much wrong with it. But the first scene from the 2009 movie, and the hook that gets Kirk to join Starfleet, yeah, that was pretty good writing, even if it broke earlier lore.
Star Trek TOS novel Kirk though... he's a legend. The good writers knew how to build depth to their characters, and none of the visual media, even Shatner, can touch book Kirk.
I've felt that with SNW a little bit, the time travel stuff felt a little... disjoint? As someone who doesn't have context for the entire show, I understood they were playing with past story hooks (like that episode when Pike would start a war with the Romulans in the future ergo he needs to let Kirk become captain eventually). I don't know if that is changing canon or explaining it though. Definitely giving TOS a go given the feedback here, probably a little later on in my journey though.
I actually didn't mind that particular episode, since it feeds into the whole idea of Kirk and who he is as a captain, and the logical idea of a more peaceful captain like Pike making things worse. And Pike thanks to Discovery is built all on him knowing his future and pushing things because of it, so kind of hard for it to avoid time stuff. Overall and not just in Trek, it's hard to do time travel plots well, and too often is used as an easy route to fix things.
Time travel done well - TOS - The City on the Edge of Forever - but don't watch it until you've watched a few other episodes to understand the Kirk - Spock - McCoy relationship, because in the end it's about that, and not time travel itself.
Natürlich - plot devices are typically to advance our understanding of characters and their places within the setting. I've found the strength of what I've seen so far to be the writing of the characters, excellent acting, and killer set design that sells the story. So it makes sense that the time travel episodes you like would be centered on relational dynamics.