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.

Kurtzman helped write the Star Trek reboots, which while being great films, were terrible Star Trek stories. Not a very auspicious announcement, in my opinion. If it's set in the reboot universe, I'll probably be skipping it entirely.

>doesn't have Picard

lol fuck off

TNG and its movies were the only good Star Trek incarnations.

JJ Abrams has potential to be one of the great directors, he just isn't very cerebral, a fundamental component to the Star Trek franchise. Someone like Denis Villeneuve would've been perfect for the reboots, whereas the Star Wars sequels fit right into his capabilities as a director.

It isn't very reassuring to know that his production buddies are part of the project tbh.

Oh look another thing I wont watch but I'll hear people never shut the fuck up about.

>doesn't have Picard

lol fuck off

TNG and its movies were the only good Star Trek incarnations.

I'd have to disagree with you.

The original films were top tier.
Wrath of Khan was a masterpiece.

I only liked the Original Series and The Next Generation, I'll probably skip this

>behind a paywall

lol no thanks

Well it'll be on CBS like a regular show, but also available through their online streaming service.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on November 03, 2015, 08:08:12 PM

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on November 03, 2015, 07:42:43 PM

>behind a paywall

lol no thanks

Well it'll be on CBS like a regular show, but also available through their online streaming service.

It seems to me the premiere is airing on regular cable, but then every subsequent episode is exclusive to their service.

Oh fuck, you're right. That's ridiculous.