New Star Trek series announced

[2curlydogs]

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Ohhhhh myyyyyy… Stream Me Up, Scotty!



Trekkies around the world woke up to amazing news this morning when Alex Kurtzman, a well-known player in the Star Trek feature films, announced that he will be executive producing an all-new Star Trek series set to premiere in January of 2017 on CBS: All Access.



Along with Star Trek behind-the-scenes power player Bob Orci, Kurtzman will bring to life a completely, totally, all-new Star Trek series with new characters, original alien races and unknown exotic interplanetary locations.

The presently untitled Star Trek series will be available exclusively on CBS All Access, CBS’s cross-platform streaming network, which already offers viewers access to every episode of all the previous Star Trek television series.



Kurtzman and Orci certainly have their Trek pedigrees. Together they co-wrote and produced 2009’s feature film Star Trek as well as Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013.



“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.”

The Star Trek franchise is approaching its legendary 50th anniversary in 2016, having successfully brought hungry Trekkies like us five television series as well as a dozen feature films.



The future looks bright for us fans of the adventures of the Enterprise, Voyager, and Deep Space 9. In summer 2016 we get the highly anticipated feature film Star Trek Beyond, and then, in 2017, this all-new television series. Hooray!



“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.”



This will also be a very bold move for the franchise to online stream an all-new Star Trek, versus airing it on broadcast or basic cable. How will it fare? Only time will tell.



There is clearly still much to learn about this upcoming series, and we will keep you updated as additional news appears in our in-house teleporter. Until then, grab a couple of champagne glasses from your replicator and let’s cheers to this exciting announcement!

[2curlydogs]

Official Press Release

www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-series/

[meshaliuknits]

A) Two movies does not a ST pedigree make.

B) 2cd I'm counting on you to tell me how it is. The only thing I have ever watched only online is Bravest Warrior.

[LadySusan]

MOAR STAR TREK!

I need this! I'm almost done watching that one about Australians In Space.

[niki]

While I'm really excited about a new ST series, doesn't CBS: All Access have a monthly cost? Blah. I didn't get rid of cable to have network TV make me pay for their programs.

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Nov 2, 2015 14:58:02 GMT -5 niki said:

While I'm really excited about a new ST series, doesn't CBS: All Access have a monthly cost? Blah. I didn't get rid of cable to have network TV make me pay for their programs.

Yep. It's $6 a month and you won't be able to watch it anywhere else. Which means I probably won't watch.

[meshaliuknits]

Nov 2, 2015 14:59:53 GMT -5 @ameliapond said:

Nov 2, 2015 14:58:02 GMT -5 niki said:

While I'm really excited about a new ST series, doesn't CBS: All Access have a monthly cost? Blah. I didn't get rid of cable to have network TV make me pay for their programs.

Yep. It's $6 a month and you won't be able to watch it anywhere else. Which means I probably won't watch.

Can I wait until all the episodes are out, invite everyone to my house and pound through them in a month?


Who wants to come over? Password is Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam. Bathlaths, phasers and disruptors will be left at the door. Must love cats.

[blink]

This is super exciting! I'm always up for more Star Trek.

Though the exclusiveness behind CBS's paid subscription is annoying. Though depending on where they plan to go with it, I may get over it.

[pescalita]

I'm not a Trek fan, but the model is interesting. It's no different than something like Netflix or Amazon, or a cable channel you can only access through subscription. It's a big misnomer that cord-cutting is going to get you access to the same content for free.

[niemand88f]

Nov 2, 2015 15:49:14 GMT -5 pescalita said:

I'm not a Trek fan, but the model is interesting. It's no different than something like Netflix or Amazon, or a cable channel you can only access through subscription. It's a big misnomer that cord-cutting is going to get you access to the same content for free.

Yep Hulu/Amazon/Netflix carry shows & movies from a variety of networks, I imagine the content is a lot more limited on CBS's service. Like I happily subscribe to Hulu for $8 a month because they have a good variety of shows, and I love that they picked up the Mindy Project, but I don't know that I would have paid for a Fox-only service if it had moved there. At some point you'll have to cobble together a million different streaming sites to see everything you want.

But who am I kidding, I'm totally going to pay whatever it takes to watch this, as long as it is nothing like Enterprise.