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New Star Trek Series Coming Early 2017

Earlier today, StarTrek. com confirmed that a new Star Trek series is in the works and is expected to debut in January 2017, hot on the heels of the Star Trek franchise’s 50th anniversary in 2016.

By Sharpkiller Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:42 PM - Last Updated: Sun 03 Apr, 2016 1:24 AM
Earlier today, StarTrek.com confirmed that a new Star Trek series is in the works and is expected to debut in January 2017, hot on the heels of the Star Trek franchise’s 50th anniversary in 2016.
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It is the first new Star Trek television series in over ten years - Star Trek Enterprise’s final episode aired in May 2005.

The untitled new series is being executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin. Kurtzman is not unfamiliar with the Star Trek franchise, having co-written and served as a producer for both blockbuster Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) films. Kadin has executive produced various other television series, including, along side Kurtzman, the popular on-going Fox series Sleepy Hollow. CBS has not revealed the premise of the series or any of the cast at this time.

The first episode will premiere on CBS and CBS All Access in the United States, with all subsequent first-run episodes airing exclusively on CBS All Access. Launched in October 2014, CBS All Access is CBS’ streaming video on demand service offered to customers in the United States for a monthly fee of $5.99. CBS has not yet announced how the new series will be distributed outside of the United States.

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53 Comments
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 4:18 PM
It doesn't specify which universe it will take place in, only that it's not related to the upcoming film. We can only hope that it will take place in the universe that we all know! A new series based around the new universe would split fans further than the films did.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 4:28 PM
Alex Kurtzman will be Executive Producer, so it might be set in the new universe. The article only says the series won't be related to the new movie.

I don't subscribe to the 'any new series is a good thing" standpoint. I'm very picky about what I watch on TV. I reserve judgment when we'll know more details, but the one thing we do know, that a producer from the new movies is pitching this series, is not a good sign for me.

So like anything old that I liked that is being rebooted, I am very cautious and keep my expectations low. Past experiences have taught me this good lesson. I am also old and crochety :emoticon_ShiftyEyes
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 4:44 PM
Also, Trek is notorious for being 'meh' until 3rd season...

Here's hoping!
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 5:06 PM
I really wish a lot of you would be more open minded.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 7:43 PM
I'm so excited for this that I just had to log in and express this. It's going to be so good!
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 8:02 PM
Originally Posted by Bond
I really wish a lot of you would be more open minded.
My glass is always half empty.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 8:43 PM
I personally wouldn't mind if it was a remake of TOS or a new universe. Unless they take the risk to go further down the current timeline (Without shoehorning as many past characters as possible) and do new stuff then they have no other choice but to reboot it. It looks promising though.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:14 PM
Hmmm never been a fan of JJ Trek personally. Don't think I'll enjoy it as much as TNG, VOY etc. That was the Trek I grew up with. Don't get me wrong the JJ Trek is cool for newer audiences but I just prefer the cast of TNG as I can relate to them more so than the new cast.

However that being said I will reserve judgement until the show launches I could be wrong and it might be amazing.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:18 PM
Originally Posted by Bond
I really wish a lot of you would be more open minded.
It's CBS and Alex Kurtzman it's hard to stay positive.

What worries me is that in the US it is only going to be available on CBS' subscription service which only recently hit the 100,000 subscriber milestone which means the potential audience in the US which is a pretty major territory will be tiny especially given the fact that Enterprise got cancelled due to poor viewing figures yet it's least viewed episode pulled in 2.53 million viewers.

Obviously I hope the show will be great but CBS has a history of poorly managing Star Trek, Alex Kurtzman is yet to convince me he understands Star Trek (although working with JJ and Orci meant he probably never had much chance of demonstrating that) and the subscription service only availability all concern me.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:23 PM
Originally Posted by Bond
I really wish a lot of you would be more open minded.
I think the phrase "Expect the worst, hope for the best" would apply. There aren't many new tv shows that I watch, mainly because tv is flooded with so-called reality shows.

I am willing to give the new series a try. However, given the history of entertainment executives doing things for the sake of ratings (or things that make no sense) I am not getting my hopes up.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:23 PM
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Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:37 PM
Originally Posted by Christopher Halsey
It's CBS and Alex Kurtzman it's hard to stay positive.

What worries me is that in the US it is only going to be available on CBS' subscription service which only recently hit the 100,000 subscriber milestone which means the potential audience in the US which is a pretty major territory will be tiny especially given the fact that Enterprise got cancelled due to poor viewing figures yet it's least viewed episode pulled in 2.53 million viewers.

Obviously I hope the show will be great but CBS has a history of poorly managing Star Trek, Alex Kurtzman is yet to convince me he understands Star Trek (although working with JJ and Orci meant he probably never had much chance of demonstrating that) and the subscription service only availability all concern me.
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.

this sounds to me like itll run 1st in the net then tv a week or less later. kinda like an early access thing
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:56 PM
I hope and think it will play the the original univeres, since CBS has the right to it.
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 9:58 PM
You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/content.php?71...es-Coming-2017
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 10:03 PM
I am sure that at some point, as writers run out of ideas, the universes will intersect/blend. Then, inevitably, it will turn into an incoherent soap opera. And I am being optimistic thinking that writers will give us a couple of seasons before running out of ideas
Mon 02 Nov, 2015 10:55 PM
The article on startrek.com seems to indicate that the show will run exclusively on CBS' paid streaming service. It's a dumb move on their part if that is true because it limits the audience to a small portion of viewers who actually use their service. I either watch tv shows on the nights they are aired on tv or I watch whatever episodes are available for free on the show's official page.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 AM
I choose to be excited.

Nauseatingly optimistic? Perhaps, but I'd rather go around being positive and excited about something I'm passionate about.


Perhaps a discussion on what we would make if time/money wasn't a factor?
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 12:08 AM
I'm more afraid they'll go the DS9 route and make it a war/action story instead of one of exploration and mystery.

Yeah, yeah, hate me all you like, but I could never think of DS9 as proper Trek.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 12:24 AM
Unfortunately JJ-trek has little to do with Star Trek.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 1:15 AM
I'm hoping for Star Trek Uncharted myself. That way it can be new and different that hints at TOS inspired elements and finally moves past the TNG era.

Or something really cool like (hopefully) The Launch of the U.S.S. Constitution or the Exeter after Captain Tracy is exposed and killed off, if CBS wants to go retro.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 1:15 AM
Its going to be jj-trek or based on the reboots what ever... It makes me so sad Sad
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 2:02 AM
"A captain of a ship, no matter his rank, must follow the book.", Captain James T. Kirk TOS. That one quote illustrates the vast difference between the True Kirk and the spoiled rebellious rebook Kirk. I would not want a TV series in the reboot universe.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 2:17 AM
I really hope its in the Prime universe.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 3:24 AM
Currently I am really hoping it will be like Axanar or at least the post Enterprise pre-TOS. Really I am cool with whatever, except Renegades.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 3:29 AM
I think coming into something like this with high expectations it's doom from the get go. Its been how many years since they even considered running another series of Star Trek, I think that alone should have you excited that it's coming to the TV again. IMO, who cares what universe it is as long as they keep to Gene's dream of the franchise.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 3:30 AM
My opinion is that it's more likely to be in the reboot universe than the original one. The reason why I think this is that the new movies are fresher in the mind of the majority of the people and really it's only fans like us that really care (or remember) about the original Star Trek.

But hey, TNG eventually was very good, so maybe this new series will be as good? The thing is TNG had the benefit of having Gene Roddenberry to remind them what Star Trek was about. Alex Kurtzman, not so much.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 3:48 AM
All this conjecture about whether it will be good or bad or new or prime universe is basically like looking at a pregnant woman's stomach and saying, "It's going to be a girl because the shape of the belly is more oval than round."

Even so.... conjecture is fun. I for one, will anxiously anticipate a new foray into the trek universe.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 4:03 AM
Also I'm not sure if it was mentioned in this thread yet but If I recall the JJVerse is owned by Paramount while CBS holds the licence to the TV and STO intellectual properties. So with that said it could be in the Prime universe, or a whole new thing unless they work together.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 9:24 AM
screw it, i'm going to throw in my few pennys worth too, As you know i actually regually keep in contact with some of the old Star Trek Creative Staff after working some art with them, i Can confirm at time of writing this Both Doug Drexler and Rich Stinebach have heard nothing about this, and the first they knew about it was the star trek.com post. keeping in mind doug has personally been pushing for Enterprise s5 with his campaign.

What universe will it be set in?
A: (I HATE THAT IM SAYING THIS) Logically its going to be the new reboot universe, for some reason common sense to me is screaming, only trek people have known since 2009 is new trek and it's what has brought in alot of new fans (yes i am actually one of the haters so this is extremely hard for me)

The fact its going subscription only first won't make much difference, alot of people will bootleg it, the others will wait till it comes to TV, though advoiding the spoilers will be fun...

the big question to me is are we going to be getting a NEW Enterprise, BECAUSE!!! - IF its in the Prime universe it has to be the G, H, or I. Star Trek.com has 100% made the F from STO Cannon as they did a feturet on it, and we have all seen the J (though i suppose that could change due to differences in the timeline after the time war has stopped)

My last bit of HOPE:
i think it could work in the new reboot (ARG AGAIN) but i think what makes us all hate the reboot (those of us whom do) is the fact its our original family they are messing with, Kirk Spock, Mccoy. if this was a new ship, a new crew a new family and had NOTHING to do with trek we know IE doesn't interfere with anything, it could be good/great even i just have to put up with those FUGLY Nacelles Tongue Out >.<

CBS Own Prime Universe, BAD ROBOT Owns reboot - No mention anywhere there did i see Bad Robot, just Alex Kurtzman and he has worked on other things than Bad Robot productions anyway so i am keeping my fingers crossed!

and Stormy - Its schrodinger's baby, it's both and neither a boy and a girl untill born or seen on ultrasound Tongue Out
Rant over
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 4:45 PM
@ Phoenix: JJ-trek has brought in no new "trek-fans" or "trekkies", only people who got bored with Star Wars and like explosions, secondary female sexual organs, and lens-flares.

Yes I am a hater and proud of it.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 7:32 PM
I have been a Star Trek Fan since the latter of TNG, and have prayed since the cancellation of Enterprise that one day, that one day Star Trek returns to our screen.

I find it disheartening to find so many of UFP's members looking at this in such a down heartened way particularly seen as the entire community has been crying out for a new series for years to bring what we all are so passionate about back to life again from the Ashes.

I realise that re-boot trek is like an ugly cousin to the shows we love but it has kept everyone interested in the show we love. I mean not everyone loved Enterprise or DS9 but yet we find ourselves rewatching the episodes now.

How would you expect CBS to make a go of anything reading this forum thread? Why should they attempt to appeal to our audience of passionate Star Trek viewers when we are so sinacle over the future of our franchise before a storyline has been even set?

I personally am going to remain positive because I hope that if the community and some new viewers get behind the new series then we can enjoy continued prosperity, additions to our existing lore and hopefully more games, more exiciting plot lines and furthermore - something we can continue to enjoy for years to come, instead of watching it being maintained by the few of us left that actually care watching others attempt to revive doing little but complain about the end content.

CBS may not be perfect - but I will say this much at least they are trying to give us a chance to continue loving the franchise we grew up with.

So long may I hope this promising talk from CBS continues and I pray they read the more positive aspects of our chatter, not the cynicism.

LLAP UFP
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 8:47 PM
I am looking forward to this. I will enjoy wondering about the focus. Will it be another Enterprise? Will it be another Voyager? Prime universe or new, it will still be a fun adventure. If they create stories just as well as STO does, even that will be interesting, though I expect more.
Tue 03 Nov, 2015 11:31 PM
There seems to be an assumption that it will be in the JJ universe, I gather from what I read this is because all the new fans, and the new fans will know the JJ Universe better yardy, yardy yar. My question is would the new fans recognise whether or not it is the prime timeline or the alternate timeline? I have a hunch that they wouldn't notice, and for some reason I have a hunch that CBS would have the same hunch. So I think it will be based in the prime timeline.

Though i'm actively attempting to resist everyone's moodkill mentality.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 12:06 AM
Ooooh or it could be a third timeline!



I'm sure the thought of that is giving someone a twitchy eye right now, so I'd say my work here is done Big Grin
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 12:50 AM
Originally Posted by Avenger
I find it disheartening to find so many of UFP's members looking at this in such a down heartened way particularly seen as the entire community has been crying out for a new series for years to bring what we all are so passionate about back to life again from the Ashes.
I think the reason that so many people aren't optimistic is two fold.

Firstly, CBS have not handled Star Trek particularly well and a lot of fans were disappointed by reboot movies (although made by Paramount). Secondly, CBS haven't given enough information yet to get people excited, all we really know is that the Executive Producer is partly responsible for some of the least Star Trek like Star Trek ever made.

Originally Posted by Avenger
How would you expect CBS to make a go of anything reading this forum thread? Why should they attempt to appeal to our audience of passionate Star Trek viewers when we are so sinacle over the future of our franchise before a storyline has been even set?
They should attempt to appeal to us as they are a business that wants to make money and a good way of doing that is by making your customers happy. Ultimately though CBS needs to realise that a lot of long term Star Trek fans are disenchanted with the current state of Star Trek. Even when fans were willing to fund a new Star Trek series themselves CBS weren't willing.

Originally Posted by Avenger
I personally am going to remain positive because I hope that if the community and some new viewers get behind the new series then we can enjoy continued prosperity, additions to our existing lore and hopefully more games, more exiciting plot lines and furthermore - something we can continue to enjoy for years to come, instead of watching it being maintained by the few of us left that actually care watching others attempt to revive doing little but complain about the end content.
It's great that you want to remain positive, I don't think it's that most people here don't want to be positive, it is that the most recent Star Trek offerings have not been good and a lot of people don't want to get their hopes up for fear of those hopes being crushed. I really hope it will be great but I'm not going to assume that it will be before I know more about it.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 7:15 AM
I agree in so much that JJ Trek hasn't specifically helped the cause for the Trek we know and love and has made a severe hash of the storyline! However, some middle ground between the two I'm personally hoping for and being optimistic for so that hopefully new fans will come and that we are all kept happy as well.

They'd be daft to ignore the demands of their most passionate fans to appeal the greater public!
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 8:51 AM
TLE would be kinda cool
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 3:26 PM
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Wed 04 Nov, 2015 3:55 PM
All the haters, each and every one...are going to have to get over it.

They've gotten too comfortable with having Star Trek a certain way that they mistakingly believe that the franchise is tailor made and catered directly for them. Because of their refusal to move with the times and to accept what was before Star Trek was dull, lifeless, repetitive...BORING.

Obviously, alot of you don't like the new material because you're too stuck in your own ways. You're old, dinosaurs. Stick to your TNG era bubbles and don't ever come out. Keep reliving the glory days of Picard, Sisko, and Janeway to your hearts content. Where everything relied on technology and everything was sterile, lifeless. Where you constantly drone on and on about how great Voyager and the Dominion War were.

While you're at it, don't forget how "great and good" Generations, Insurrection, and Nemesis were as well. Because those stories really helped take Star Trek to another level of importance and respect of the science fiction community haven't they?

In all honesty, and if I lose my command for this then so be it. You haters are a cancer. You don't like that Star Trek has evolved into something different and have moved on without you. For you naysayers saying it hasn't brought in fans you're absolutely wrong. People who like the new movies do watch and like the old shows. They're better people than you because at least they have objectivity and don't nag and nag and nag when they don't have their own way.

And last I checked, the last two movies alone have outgrossed anything from 1994-2002.

Get out. Just leave, Go to Doctor Who or Babylon 5 or Galatica. Star Trek used to be about optimism and objectivity. But you sorry pathetic sods are ruining it. Get. Out.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 4:29 PM
A new Star Trek TV series is something I believe *all* of us will watch... as it is new and it is Star Trek. Good or Bad, we will watch it.... if it isn't a stupid streaming subscription.

My biggest concern is the method by which CBS plans to air this... subscription? This does not bode well. Why? TV Networks do not make shows just to make shows. They make shows to make money. If the series doesn't bring in money, it gets the axe. Thus my worry is that whatever this new Star Trek TV series is... that it may end up like "Firefly". No matter how good it is or how much the fans love it... if it doesn't bring in the money, it will not live for long.

Hopefully some CBS executive with some common sense will recognize that whatever bean counter statistician gave them the number that a streaming subscription would generate more revenue than view-rating TV advertisements is an idiot.

Please CBS... do not let this new Star Trek become another Firefly... Smile

P.S. Comparison to Firefly is because I want the new TV series to be *just as or better*. Wink
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 4:50 PM
As a reminder, all debates and discussions on the forums are expected to remain civil. I understand that this is a divisive and exciting topic - just remain respectful of others differing opinions.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 4:59 PM
Yeah, the streaming service thing has me scratching my head. Had this discussion with a couple of folks at work and we were trying to hash out some rough numbers to see what the motivation might be...

... and I have no idea. Even if there was an explosion of subscribers (Like 200% growth), it alone cannot justify a season of a modern sci-fi show.

I must be missing something, as I assume some basic math was done.

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Wed 04 Nov, 2015 5:17 PM
Almost anything that television executives do makes me scratch my head.

Limiting the show to run on their paid streaming service may be a desperate attempt to get more subscribers. As I previously said, it would be a dumb move by CBS to limit their audience like that.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 5:46 PM
I think a new star trek series will be great, let the kiddies enjoy it as much as us oldies did.
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 6:50 PM
here is a thought, subscription services might be the right way to go, they will know how many have watched it, in this day and age where people can't be on at a certain time to watch what they want they stream it, and i know for a fact that has been the death of many people's favorite shows, i remember doug saying about enterprise, that if the people that "VHS'ED it - VHS LOL So Old!" The figures would double....now we might get a true viewing
Wed 04 Nov, 2015 8:06 PM
Viewership demographics might be an interesting point, and I suppose I'm also not considering what companies might pony up in advertising to exclusive Star Trek people.

We shall have to wait and see. A lot can happen between now and then.

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Thu 05 Nov, 2015 2:40 AM
Originally Posted by Bond
...You haters are a cancer. You don't like that Star Trek has evolved into something different and have moved on without you. For you naysayers saying it hasn't brought in fans you're absolutely wrong. People who like the new movies do watch and like the old shows. They're better people than you because at least they have objectivity and don't nag and nag and nag when they don't have their own way...
Stories are about plot twists, about building up our expectations and thinking in one way, and then pointing to a new avenue or direction. The kind of twist that it involves changes by genre. In mysteries, the plot twists are about building the reader's expectation one way, while hiding the truth of the mystery in plain sight, trying to disguise. In drama, the actual expectation of the plot doesn't necessarily change, but the twist is that the context changes our view of it. In science fiction, the twist is often a fact or logical conclusion after building the layman's expectations one way, or the realization of an idea, even philosphical (such as didactic sci-fi like Heinlein, or Trek). These are not hard and fast rules, but they are methods of storytelling. Heroic fantasy, of course, is a sort of drama.

I'm not a hater of JJ Trek. They're fine movies, on their own. But moving from science fiction to heroic fantasy isn't an 'evolution', only a change. I just want science fiction stories. I apologize if that makes me a cancer. Sad
Thu 05 Nov, 2015 5:47 AM
Found a great article about this show which really gives me hope now that the series will be back to the prime universe I though I would share in this thread since it's relevant.

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/11/...ith-the-movies
Thu 05 Nov, 2015 1:50 PM
After reading that it sounds like CBS are ready to make a big shakeup to make it less dull than previous series but not as outrageously wrong in continuity terms as what JJ Trek has been - sounds really interesting times are ahead! No doubt they'll make another announcement post Xmas about the actual content of the show and ease everyones quarms about what its actually going to be about .....we hope :-D
Sat 07 Nov, 2015 10:25 PM
Personally very intrigued by this - and I think the appetite is there for a new series after a 12-year break (by the time this airs). Kurtzman claims to be the most Trek, Trek-fan of the lot from the JJ universe, so I would hope it will be a series set in the Prime universe.

Personally I've always wanted to see a 25th or 26th century trek, set aboard an Enterprise-H or something, but the Federation is on its knees. A real twist on the universe as we know it - forcing perhaps a more grittier Trek than we have seen in the past. As long as its got high production values, and keeps true to Roddenberry;s original vision...I'm happy.
Sat 07 Nov, 2015 10:36 PM
im hoping for the B or the C, doubt itl be the E as too many fantastic books after Nemisis.
Sun 08 Nov, 2015 12:15 PM
From what I am hearing is everyone get to access to the pilot episode then you would have pay to watch the rest of the air shows when they air.
Thu 12 Nov, 2015 6:45 PM
I'm just pleased to know that Trek will live on other than in Syndication :-D