More good news: Nicholas Meyer will be on the writing team.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/26...nicholas-meyer

Please bring the Khan and leave the whales.

How much do I trust CBS to do this right?

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Bryan Fuller and Nicholes Myer is a pretty strong pedigree

Any leaked info on when and where in the Star Trek universe the show will be set in?

With so many reasons to be excited about CBS All Access’ upcoming trip to the Star Trek universe, it’s hard to believe that there can possibly be new announcements that amp up our interest even higher. And yet now it’s happening. While nothing is confirmed by anyone involved behind the scenes just yet, it appears as if the show’s first season will take place between the film Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country and the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. And that’s far from the only awesome factoid.

Fans always wonder about what goes on between major timelines within popular franchises, and few have as many established points of reference as Star Trek. The new show’s narrative would allow for showrunner Bryan Fuller and his killer crew to develop a new branch of the mythos with a new crew, while also firmly fitting into established territory, which is a good fit for both them and us.

And if BirthMoviesDeath is to be believed, we might not even need to get too used to those new characters from one season to the next, as the series is allegedly being considered as an anthology. So while this first season will take place in this particular window of time, the second season could be set in the years before Spock and Kirk ever met, or in the time of recovery following Deep Space Nine’s war years. It’s a concept that has worked for shows like American Horror Story and American Crime, so adapting it for a preexisting fictional universe has some crazy intriguing potential going for it, and Star Trek’s near infinite avenues to storytelling could make this series as important and enjoyable as any others that came before it.

There’s also another rumor floating that Bryan Fuller has figured out a way to give this new Star Trek series a set of villainous Klingons for the protagonists to have problems with. Sure, most of the Klingons are peacefully dealing with humanity, but there are always bushy-eyebrowed exceptions to be found. And if this ends up happening, we can probably expect several other callbacks to the universe in fun ways like this.

This potential timeline placement obviously means the new show will have nothing to do with the current franchise spearheaded by J.J. Abrams, and it will do more to honor Star Trek’s TV roots. And that’s perfectly fine with us. Considering we won’t get this show for a while, we’ll have some time to considering all the options. What do you guys think about these new details, assuming they’re true?

http://www.cinemablend.com/televisio...et-131077.html

Other than having nothing to do with Abrams reboot, none of that make me any more excited. Was already very skeptical about this project, and this just makes it worse.

Very cool

I like the sound of it. Between Undiscovered Country and Next Generation should be ripe for potential stories.

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I just don't get how CBS thinks that people will pay $5.99 a month for a service that is free for ABC, Fox and NBC.

It's completely senseless.

People will pay for exclusive content which is what's this new Star Trek will be right?

HBO, Showtime, Netflix, etc

But HBO, Showtime and Netflix offer much more content than CBS.

Everyone in America receives CBS for free. The same can't be said for the premium channels.

I wonder if they're going to stick to the Enterprise theme (i.e. having a ship named Enterprise), which has been the series' "Artoo and Threepio" since the get-go in the 60s. If so, they launched the NCC-1701B at the start of "Generations" (it's what Kirk was "killed" on when it was hit by the Nexus ribbon) and NCC-1701C was mentioned in an episode of TNG when it came back in time during a battle at a Klingon outpost. So would they use the B ship?

Personally, I'm not so sure the whole Star Trek universe has much left in it to tell. The brilliance of "a 'Wagon Train' to the stars" has sort of run its course. Yes, when TOS was on the air, it was cutting-edge to have a black woman in a job, and kissing a white guy, and to have minorities like an Asian and a Russian in the crew. But the newness of that aspect is long-gone, and the power-trio aspect of TOS (Kirk as brawn, McCoy as emotion, Spock as brain) has also never been recreated. "DS9" was decent. "Voyager" was kind of a dud. "Enterprise" more of the same. "TNG" had 7 strong seasons. "DS9" had 7 so-so seasons. "Voyager" had 7 weak-ass seasons. "Enterprise" had 4 weak-ass seasons. Can we see the diminishing returns here?

I hope this works but I just can't see it happening.

Star Trek The Next Generation worked because of Patrick Stewart and IMO, it took a few seasons before it become a really good series. That kind of leash just doesn't exist today.

If CBS is to have any success, they'll need to spend a lot of money on this series, like GOT type of money, where they're shelling out $6-10 million per episode. Quite frankly, I don't see that happening, especially since it'll be for their start up internet channel, with the only difference between it and OTA broadcasts is Star Trek.

I agree Dane. CBS is going to have to add alot more exclusive/original programming than just Star Trek