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[Star Trek] The voyage begins again...
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Trek returns to TV! A new series is coming to CBS' streaming service.
http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017
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.
No indication as of yet as to whether it will be set in the "Prime" universe or the reboot. It's good to see Trek return to TV though, it's definitely more at home on the small screen than the big one.
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It just doesn't make any sense for me, financially, to subscribe to a streaming thing for one network and get like 2-3 shows (Star Trek, Supergirl, Colbert) when I can do Hulu or Netflix and get a ridiculously larger amount of content
DS9
Next Gen
Original Series
Voyager
Enterprise
Oh!
Well that could be cool.
I suppose they could have done a bunch of research and figure that only Trek fans will watch it and therefore Trek fans will pay? No idea.
but like I probably wouldn't pay 6 bucks a month to watch trek.
I barely like paying 10 bucks a month for netflix, and that has waaaay more content.
They are trying to compete with Hulu as they are the only big network that isn't on that train and having a new Star Trek series tied to it is one of the biggest announcements they could make for it
The only shows they had the full catalog of was stuff from the 90s. (And primarily from other networks. Seemed pretty weird you could watch all of Frasier on cbs online)
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Star Trek had far better movies.
And when in either universe (or did I miss that)?
who would you pick to play New Picard?
Sir Patrick Stewart
But he'd be an admiral and not a part of the main cast.
I dunno, who looks like Patrick Stewart 20 years ago?
Oh hey, Patrick Stewart does!
Tom Hardy, naturally.
'kay
nothing they've done with star trek lately tells me they're ready to get back to the roots of what made TNG and DS9 so good
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because you want it to fail instantly...?
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The USS Defiant, yes.
So this means it is almost certainly set in the new universe. Guessing something happens in the new movie to setup the TV show?
not necessarily... just basic showbiz marketing crap. they assume their fans are dumb cattle and if there's two things called star trek at the same time then one necessarily loses out
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With helmsman Ensign Wesley Crusher, Jr.
I thought it was the other way around. Create massive buzz for product X, release it, then release product x and have it surf the blastwave.
and Star Trek hasn't really done that before. Hell, Star Trek movies have always been way out of sync with TV.
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How they beat Khan is great. How Khan's arrogance and drive for vengeance keeps him from killing Kirk, to Kirk confronting the "No-Win Scenario."
Love it.