I kind of get the annoyance, but is really that bad?
If the show is weekly that is 4 episodes a month, shows have always been an hour so 4 hours for 5.99 - so roughly $1.50 an hour. That feels quite cheap.
Until you compare it to what you get from Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon for a comparable price. CBS is nuts if they think they can hang.
Worst case? I see the pilot and it gets me to finally watch all of DS9.
I think I'm a winner here.
Same here! Sigsbee and I have watched every single episode of TNG together. After that, we took a Fringe-sized break. One of these days I want to finally see all of DS9. I checked out midway through the first season.
If the Netflix episode synopsis includes the words "Quark's mother," go ahead and skip that one too.
Well, except for the one where she's kidnapped. THAT is some fantastic stuff.
Bryan Fuller, who was a writer on DS9 and Voyager and also was the creator of Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Hannibal, and is heading up the adaptation of American Gods has been named show-runner for this show.
Bryan Fuller, who was a writer on DS9 and Voyager and also was the creator of Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Hannibal, and is heading up the adaptation of American Gods has been named show-runner for this show.
Yes! That is awesome. Optimism is now rising.
Rat Boy wrote:Bryan Fuller, who was a writer on DS9 and Voyager and also was the creator of Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Hannibal, and is heading up the adaptation of American Gods has been named show-runner for this show.
Yes! That is awesome. Optimism is now rising.
A good start 
If you go a bit farther back, Fuller was also the creator of Dead Like Me, another great show. I'm hoping that at some point in the new Trek, somebody gets killed by a de-orbiting toilet seat. Just for the sake of tradition.
Before y'all get too excited: showrunner Bryan Fuller made an idle comment regarding Ms. Bassett in an interview in 2013, two years before anyone had any idea that he might someday have any input in the casting of a series that hadn't even been thought of yet. And... that's it. That's the entire basis for this speculation. #SavedYouAClick.
I say click away and speculate. Speculation and excitement can affect casting (see also, GAME OF THRONES.)
I hope they don't change the computer's voice, though I admit recording new lines will be hard 
If you thought Bryan Fuller being attached to this was big, this may actually be way bigger.
Now you have my attention.
I do hate that "only the even-numbered Trek movies are good" mantra—Trekkies above all should be beyond that kind of superstitious thinking. The real reason is simple and identifiable: Nicholas Meyer, and his involvement made for the best Trek movies (First Contact was simply the least-worst TNG movie, and everything after that has been a train wreck).
If you thought Bryan Fuller being attached to this was big, this may actually be way bigger.
Well damn, now I pretty much have to be on board.
I'm betting that's just for a paycheck on his part, and the studio gets to put a new Roddenberry name on the show, as well. As far as I know, he's not terribly interested in Star Trek, and an EP can basically be anything.
I'm betting that's just for a paycheck on his part, and the studio gets to put a new Roddenberry name on the show, as well. As far as I know, he's not terribly interested in Star Trek, and an EP can basically be anything.
From what I've heard Rod has been involved with the Star Trek Continues fan series and some of the more conspiracy theory minded think that's why Axanar alone was sued and not STC*.
* = Doesn't explain why New Voyages was left alone, too.
Moonves Talks CBS/Paramount STAR TREK Rights, Mandated Post-BEYOND Delay Before Return to TV
Les Moonves: When [CBS] split from Viacom ten years ago, January 1, 2006, one of the big sticking points, as you can imagine, was "Star Trek." You know, we both wanted it.They said "It's a movie!" and I said, "No, no, no, it's a TV show." Actually, we're both right. So they kept the feature film rights, we kept the television rights; they have ["Star Trek Beyond"] coming out July 22.
Our deal with them is that we had to wait six months after their film is launched so there wouldn't be a confusion in the marketplace.
"Star Trek" is an expensive show, it's the family jewel, obviously. The previous "Star Trek" shows that we sold to Netflix did extraordinarily well; I don't think it's a great surprise that Trekkies would go to the [streaming services] of the world. So we sort of felt that we had a tiger in the bottle.We announced "Star Trek," and internationally, we basically have covered 60% of the cost of the show already... to make up that [other] 40%, it's not going to take a whole lot of subscriptions, and it says to the world that we are very serious about this.
When you put something on [All Access], it's got to be something special, something you wouldn't find on the [CBS broadcast network], something that will attract subscribers. As I said, "Star Trek" was kind of a no-brainer: there aren't a lot of [properties] out there with that kind of following.
In 2017, when "Star Trek" starts on All Access, we think that's going to be extraordinarily successful.
I think when "Star Trek" starts, which is in January 2017, I think you're going to see a larger marketing push for [CAA] right then because there will be a lot of people who will sign up then.In addition, we're looking at offering a package of Showtime OTT [streaming] and All Access together, at a lower price point; we think that will be very effective.
The truth of the matter is, we haven't pulled out all the stops. We gave both of them - Showtime OTT and CBS All Access - twenty seconds during the Super Bowl, which shows that we're serious about them because that's a lot of money, but we think they're going to be both very effective and next year, it's going to add a substantial amount to our bottom line.
Much as I want a new Star Trek series, I still am reluctant to add yet another subscription service for just one show.
Oh, but you'll also be able to enjoy many other fine CBS properties, like, umm... The Good Wife, and, err... Blue Bloods, and CSI: Miami, and... MacGyver.
Seriously, those are the shows that they promote on the front page of the CBS All Access site. Those are the headliner acts that they think are going to get people to subscribe.
Also all of them except MacGyver are available on Hulu Plus, and MacGyver is on Amazon Prime.
Pretty sure The Good Wife is on Netflix. This whole CAA thing is nuts imho.
Moonves Talks CBS/Paramount STAR TREK Rights, Mandated Post-BEYOND Delay Before Return to TV
"Star Trek" is an expensive show, it's the family jewel, obviously. The previous "Star Trek" shows that we sold to Netflix did extraordinarily well; I don't think it's a great surprise that Trekkies would go to the [streaming services] of the world.
"Of the world?" How many Star Trek series made it onto Netflix Canada? Just TNG. Then it was taken off, and then it returned. We originally had all the TOS and TNG movies and STID, but now we only have the TNG movies.
Edit: Just checked, and TNG series isn't on Netflix Canada anymore. f*ck you, CBS.
When you put something on [All Access], it's got to be something special, something you wouldn't find on the [CBS broadcast network], something that will attract subscribers. As I said, "Star Trek" was kind of a no-brainer: there aren't a lot of [properties] out there with that kind of following.In 2017, when "Star Trek" starts on All Access, we think that's going to be extraordinarily successful.
I'd be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt IF I thought they were going to treat Star Trek as a purely digital property.
I still think they are going to treat this as a "tee-vee" show and saddle it with unnecessary notes from the network such as sexy sexy aliens and lots of splosions. I also think they are going to be obsessed with how many "viewers" this single series gets instead of the overall subscriber figures that Netflix uses to determine whether this show is a "hit" or not.
Prediction: Quality notwithstanding, Star Trek will be blamed for the failure of CBS All Access.
I can see them changing their minds between now and January, just like how they changed their minds fifty times before settling on TMP.
Report: Series to be an anthology, first season to be set between Star Trek VI and The Next Generation. Starting off with something familiar from the early 80s? Could work.
Report: Series to be an anthology, first season to be set between Star Trek VI and The Next Generation. Starting off with something familiar from the early 80s? Could work.
I dig that. Prime universe. Awesome.
It would probably be the perfect length for a single season, but they could totally do the Enterprise C story.
Also, Star Trek VI was the 90's, and TNG started in '87.
I don't know if I like this. An anthology series to fill in the gaps of Star Trek history just feels too fanboyish. I'd rather we get something new that doesn't cater so strongly to the hardcore fans.
I don't know if I like this. An anthology series to fill in the gaps of Star Trek history just feels too fanboyish. I'd rather we get something new that doesn't cater so strongly to the hardcore fans.
+1. I don't want canon back-filling... but I do want more Meyer-era uniforms. Wait-and-see.
I'm not sure how I feel about that. I agree it's a bit pandering in some sense, but where were they going to put it? Post-voyager? I can't help but feel that'd be challenging given all the disparate technologies that were brought back in that series, from sentient holograms transmitted across whole quadrants to trans-warp drive.
And if they're going to stick it anywhere between any of the series post-OST and pre-TNG makes a fair bit of sense, since they've already tried pre-OST and TNG is covered right up until the post-Voyager stuff.
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