Let me first say I'm immensely excited we live in a world with a confirmed premiere date for a Star Trek show again. It's been too damn long. I was 13 the last time it happened.
Unfortunately, September 24th is a bad date. I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy, so I hate to be the one to prove a previous poster's prediction correct that someone would come in here and rain on a parade. But I'm just not sure about this timeslot. It's running from 8:30-9:30PM according to the official website. A funky slot by any reckoning, but it's also following a 90-minute premiere of 60 Minutes, itself a paradoxical statement. Heh. But seriously, though, CBS wants fresh faces on this franchise -- young folks who are hip on streaming and want to fork over cash for premium content. I cannot think of a less millennial-focused show than 60 Minutes. Besides, uh, it might not even be 8:30 since football is airing throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Now, a football lead-in would deliver stellar numbers, and a timeslot shift would be fine. But there's another show sandwiched in-between, and plenty of those football eyes will have shut off their televisions by then.
It's just not a strong slot.
