Sorry, Trekkies: CBS delays launch of 'Star Trek: Discovery'
LOS ANGELES -- Star Trek will land on CBS All Access later than expected.
CBS announced Wednesday that the release date for its new Star Trek: Discovery series has been pushed back from January 2017 to May 2017.
“Bringing Star Trek back to television carries a responsibility and mission: to connect fans and newcomers alike to the series that has fed our imaginations since childhood,” executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller said in a joint statement. “We aim to dream big and deliver, and that means making sure the demands of physical and post-production for a show that takes place entirely in space, and the need to meet an air date, don’t result in compromised quality. Before heading into production, we evaluated these realities with our partners at CBS and they agreed: 'Star Trek' deserves the very best, and these extra few months will help us achieve a vision we can all be proud of.”
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The show will consist of 13 episodes that will tell a "novel"-like story. It will be set 10 years before Captain Kirk’s five-year mission, but in the same universe. For those outside the U.S., the series will be available to stream on Netflix.
“We aim to dream big and deliver."
CBS All Access will also be home to a spinoff of The Good Wife, which the network said will debut in February 2017 (closer to when Star Trek was supposed to debut).
Robert and Michelle King, creators and executive producers of The Good Wife, will return as the showrunners and executive producers of the spinoff. Phil Alden Robinson co-wrote and will executive produce the premiere episode.
It will star Christine Baranski, who will reprise her role as Diane Lockhart, with Cush Jumbo returning as crush Lucca Quinn. New characters will be introduced "as the story evolves," CBS said.
Also coming to the platform in September: A new digital edition of Big Brother, called Big Brother: Over the Top.
“This line-up and release schedule will ensure we deliver the highest quality, premium series that are sure to appeal to both existing subscribers and new audiences alike, throughout the year," Marc DeBevoise, CBS Interactive's president and chief operating officer, in a statement.
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