News Complete 1st Season to Air on CBS terrestrial in Sept

[KennyB]

https://www.startrek.com/news/star-...NyfmWzrhFdSotV4_QRQM5UqP0-XZIMrwyklk4AZp8xMzY

The first full season of Star Trek: Discovery makes its broadcast debut in the United States on Thursday, Sept. 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) as a special limited promotional run prior to its third season return on CBS All Access.

 

[fireproof78]

Hmm...I seem to recall that I thought this would happen.

Good for CBS.

 

[Campe]

Its gonna be sliced and diced for broadcast.

 

[Visitor1982]

CBS only has room for 40 minute episodes... That means a lot of cutting!

 

[dommecracy]

Maybe it'll get more popular now that it's in syndication.

 

[Jadeb]

Its gonna be sliced and diced for broadcast.

Gotta cut those Klingon boobies and the f bomb anyway. (If only they could cut the idiotic hydrobomb resolution while they’re at it.) And wasn’t there one ep that wasn’t even 40 mins?

I never thought I’d watch season one again, but I’m half tempted to just because I suspect I’ll like the sanitized version better than the “adult” version.

 

[Quinton]

Excellent. Though I have to say, airing the first season on weekly broadcast when three weeks into it, the third season will begin airing weekly on All Access... is kind of lol.

 

[Lord Garth]

That's one way to work around the shortage of new programming thanks to Covid-19.

 

[Cyrus]

Other than the first episode of Discovery, this is the first time a Star Trek series has been on a broadcast network since 1969 when TOS was on NBC.

 

[KennyB]

I hope the just pixelate and bleep instead of a complete edit.

 

[Lord Garth]

Other than the first episode of Discovery, this is the first time a Star Trek series has been on a broadcast network since 1969 when TOS was on NBC.

A real network, anyway.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Other than the first episode of Discovery, this is the first time a Star Trek series has been on a broadcast network since 1969 when TOS was on NBC.

What did the "n" stand for in "UPN"?

 

[Cyrus]

What did the "n" stand for in "UPN"?

sorry I meant a major broadcast network.

 

[Jadeb]

sorry I meant a major broadcast network.

Are there still such things?

 

[CorporalClegg]

This is great news.

Though since they've started putting a few shorties and LD on YouTube, I think they should add some Disco and Pic moving forward. The franchise needs exposure. And if Viacobs plays its cards right, the silver age could be a lot bigger than the golden age ever was.

But for that to happen, they need bodies. And making the earlier stuff as accessible as possible will only help. And I don't think they'll lose many subscribers (if any at all) because people will just decide to hold out on the chance that season 3 of Disco and season 2 of PIC will show up someplace else for free a year or two down the line.

And let's not forget this is the franchise that paved the road for the rerun market beyond popular half-hour shows. It seems only fitting for them to take a similar route in this new medium and once again help rewrite the paradigm.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

This is brilliant! Midnight's Edge can then use the low ratings as "proof" that DISCO was a unmitigated disaster, even though it's gone on for (so far) three seasons!

 

[Cyrus]

Some dudes will certainly look at ratings (which will obviously not be very high) and use it as evidence of failure, even though the ratings on CBS have no bearing on the future of the show on the CBS/Viacom streaming platform.

 

[King Bob!]

Commence "proof that the show is a failure", "Kurtzman has already packed up his desk and applied for unemployment" and so on...

 

[No Grave Dug]

That's one way to work around the shortage of new programming thanks to Covid-19.

^^^
Yep - that probably has more to do with the decision than anything else. There is no 'new' programming; so putting some of the CBSAA programming they've already seen a maximum return on the air to (in their eyes) having something 'new' for the people who still watch terrestrial TV (and no they haven't all disappeared ) is in the networks best interest.

 

[Quinton]

Commence "proof that the show is a failure", "Kurtzman has already packed up his desk and applied for unemployment" and so on...

I'm banking on the following clickbait riff:

"Power struggle between Emma Watson and Alex Kurtzman gets ugly; Kurtzman forces Star Trek: Discovery onto CBS ahead of third-season premiere to bullishly prove to the company that it's successful. Ratings are abysmal; sources say Emma Watson is presently tossing entire sets into the incinerator as federal law enforcement agents restrain and detain Alex Kurtzman. Anson Mount, upset with Kurtzman because he owed the star lunch money, reportedly decked the television producer in the face in the middle of his arrest. In a punitive action, Emma Watson then stuffed Mount into her car and left him in the desert, claiming that Strange New Worlds will only happen if he finds his way back."