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The Next Chapter of the Legendary “Star Trek” TV Franchise Will Premiere on the CBS Television Network, Then Move to CBS All Access Digital Subscription Service

Alex Kurtzman, Co-Writer and Producer of the Blockbuster Films

“Star Trek” and “Star Trek Into Darkness,” to Executive Produce

CBS Studios International to Distribute the Series Globally

For Television and Multiple Platforms

STUDIO CITY, CALIF. AND NEW YORK, N.Y. – Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.

The next chapter of the “Star Trek” franchise will also be distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios International.

The new program will be the first original series developed specifically for U.S. audiences for CBS All Access, a cross-platform streaming service that brings viewers thousands of episodes from CBS’s current and past seasons on demand, plus the ability to stream their local CBS Television station live for $5.99 per month. CBS All Access already offers every episode of all previous “Star Trek” television series.

The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966.

Alex Kurtzman will serve as executive producer for the new “Star Trek” TV series. Kurtzman co-wrote and produced the blockbuster films “Star Trek” (2009) with Roberto Orci, and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013) with Orci and Damon Lindelof. Both films were produced and directed by J.J. Abrams.

The new series will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout. Kurtzman and Heather Kadin will serve as executive producers. Kurtzman is also an executive producer for the hit CBS television series SCORPION and LIMITLESS, along with Kadin and Orci, and for HAWAII FIVE-0 with Orci.

“Star Trek,” which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2016, is one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time. The original “Star Trek” spawned a dozen feature films and five successful television series. Almost half a century later, the “Star Trek” television series are licensed on a variety of different platforms in more than 190 countries, and the franchise still generates more than a billion social media impressions every month.

Born from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, the original “Star Trek” series debuted on Sept. 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons – a short run that belied the influence it would have for generations. The series also broke new ground in storytelling and cultural mores, providing a progressive look at topics including race relations, global politics and the environment.

“There is no better time to give ‘Star Trek’ fans a new series than on the heels of the original show’s 50th anniversary celebration,” said David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios. “Everyone here has great respect for this storied franchise, and we’re excited to launch its next television chapter in the creative mind and skilled hands of Alex Kurtzman, someone who knows this world and its audience intimately.”

“This new series will premiere to the national CBS audience, then boldly go where no first-run ‘Star Trek’ series has gone before – directly to its millions of fans through CBS All Access,” said Marc DeBevoise, Executive Vice President/General Manager – CBS Digital Media. “We’ve experienced terrific growth for CBS All Access, expanding the service across affiliates and devices in a very short time. We now have an incredible opportunity to accelerate this growth with the iconic ‘Star Trek,’ and its devoted and passionate fan base, as our first original series.”

“Every day, an episode of the ‘Star Trek’ franchise is seen in almost every country in the world,” said Armando Nuñez, President and CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group. “We can’t wait to introduce ‘Star Trek’s’ next voyage on television to its vast global fan base.”

CBS All Access offers its customers more than 7,500 episodes from the current television season, previous seasons and classic shows on demand nationwide, as well as the ability to stream local CBS stations live in more than 110 markets. Subscribers can use the service online and across devices via CBS.com, the CBS App for iOS, Android and Windows 10, as well as on connected devices such as Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku players and Roku TV, with more connected devices to come.

The new television series is not related to the upcoming feature film “Star Trek Beyond,” which is scheduled to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in summer 2016

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by notorious

I haven't watched the latest yet, I finished the episode about spores.

IMO, it was the best one yet.

Hopefully you didn't see my spoiler.

[RINGLEADER]

Just saw last week's episode. All though it I was left wondering why they set this before TOS. They should have set it after Trek and, so far, there really hasn't been much that couldn't have been easily changed to make it post TNG.

Only complaint is that there are really only four characters they've bothered to give any personality. Most of the crew are set dressing.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Just saw last week's episode. All though it I was left wondering why they set this before TOS. They should have set it after Trek and, so far, there really hasn't been much that couldn't have been easily changed to make it post TNG.

Only complaint is that there are really only four characters they've bothered to give any personality. Most of the crew are set dressing.

Yeah, they should have set it after Picard, not before Kirk. The technology they're playing with is way beyond anything that should be available during that time period.

I had a long discussion about this with a friend at work yesterday. I've basically concluded that I'm an addict, Star Trek is my drug, and even though I'm being provided with shitty drugs, I'm still hooked. I should quit watching this canon-****ing mess, but I won't. Instead I'll just continue to bitch about it, which makes me an idiot.

[Mennonite]

I'm a long time trek fan, but I just can't get excited about this show. It took me a few years to go back and watch ENT and VOY and it may be the same story with Discovery.

Right now, I'm slowly making my way through the DS9 Relaunch novels. Some of them are pretty decent.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

IMO, it was the best one yet.

Hopefully you didn't see my spoiler.

It's all good. I just finished the latest. Not to shabby.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by notorious

It's all good. I just finished the latest. Not to shabby.

Spoiler!

It was Trek at heart, no? Side characters thinking violence is the answer and disregarding scientific / peaceful methods to figure something out and then the morality of using the mutant Waterbear as an organic navigation computer becoming a focal point.

[notorious]

Spoiler!

Very much so, the assumed vicious beast is peaceful and intelligent. Nice twist! It appears as if the beast is in pain when they use it, though.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by notorious

Spoiler!

Very much so, the assumed vicious beast is peaceful and intelligent. Nice twist! It appears as if the beast is in pain when they use it, though.

Spoiler!

Hence why it's defensible to set the show prior to TOS in the timeline. Beyond the cosmetic differences between set and costume design between the 1960s and current, the Mycelium trans-warp drive, holographic displays and images and the site-to-site transport are the points that people have noted are anachronistic.

If Sporewarp isn't possible without figuratively torturing a sentient being, then Starfleet would have a reason to nix the technology and not bring it up in the 'future' of TOS and TNG et al. The egregious holograph slip up so far has been Sarek "sitting" down in Burnham's quarters along with the fact it was a live conversation some untold billions of miles away from Vulcan. Beyond that, I haven't had any issue with holographic displays and projections because (so far) TNG-era hologram were extremely advanced and had a physical presence via tractor beams. Until we see Burnham use a hologram Tommy Gun to shoot some Klingons, I'm not going to care about how advanced Discovery tech is compared to TOS and TNG tech. It's a show about spaceships y'all and visual effects have caught up from using plywood panels and multicolored incandescent lights, Pepper's Ghosts and other camera tricks to make things look futuristic.

However they do need to calm down with the site-to-site transport though. That's been a little too convenient considering the canon.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Spoiler!

It was Trek at heart, no? Side characters thinking violence is the answer and disregarding scientific / peaceful methods to figure something out and then the morality of using the mutant Waterbear as an organic navigation computer becoming a focal point.

Spoiler!

I guess I was supposed to be shocked that their guild navigator killed a primary character but since they had spent zero time developing that character into anyone I would care about I was left wondering why she just did something so stupid.

As earlier poster said this show is terrible but I love Trek so I will keep watching and complaining which makes me stupid.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Spoiler!

I guess I was supposed to be shocked that their guild navigator killed a primary character but since they had spent zero time developing that character into anyone I would care about I was left wondering why she just did something so stupid.

As earlier poster said this show is terrible but I love Trek so I will keep watching and complaining which makes me stupid.

Spoiler!

Landry got herself killed because she's taken Lorca's "succeed at any cost" directives too far and was egged on by him putting the Corvan(?) 2 distress call over the PA which is stupid. Her death makes sense on a meta level because it reminds you that there are consequences that even "main" characters aren't immune from to keep the stakes and therefore view interest high and to reinforce the Star Trek narrative of "acting rationally and ethically based on science and logical reasoning = good; acting impulsively on emotion and without regards of ethics and without understanding= bad."

[Bowser]

I'm on vacation in a couple of weeks and I'm debating whether it's worth the time to watch the series while I'm off. What say you - yea or nay?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I'm on vacation in a couple of weeks and I'm debating whether it's worth the time to watch the series while I'm off. What say you - yea or nay?

Yeah, why not? Pay the full $10 so you can at least watch it without commercials.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by notorious

Decent show. Worth watching unless you require it to be like the old Star Trek.

This

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[RealSNR]

Trek movies I-VI found some way to explain/kill off the technology advances, didn't they? Project Genesis was basically explained as, "It was a cool idea, but it didn't work and everything went to shit." Transwarp drive on the Excelsior went away because... Paris and Janeway turned into salamanders? I thought there was something explained in Undiscovered Country about why the transwarp drive wasn't possible.

In any case, Discovery has to do something about all the technology that ADVANCES plot. I don't give a shit about the futuristic-looking gizmos and gadgets that are out of place. As far as I'm concerned that's all presentation stuff which is superfluous to better story telling.

The REAL problem is this spore shit. It has no place in this timeline. They're going to have to find some way to kill off this technology. I think they will. I HOPE they will.

I'm absolutely with Frazod on this. God... this could be so interesting. It's decent, but it could be so much better if it weren't a goddamn prequel.

[Discuss Thrower]

One advantage to airing the show on All Access..
We get characters dropping F-bombs like normal people