Discovery did air on CBS back in 2017. If at that time you set your DVR to record the series (even though only one episode was on CBS) it may have remembered so it is continuing to record the series
News Complete 1st Season to Air on CBS terrestrial in Sept
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Discovery did air on CBS back in 2017. If at that time you set your DVR to record the series (even though only one episode was on CBS) it may have remembered so it is continuing to record the series
Yeah, true.
I was just trying to think what could they do that would be interesting after 5 seasons. Use seasons 3 and 4 to reestablish the Federation, and 5 to wrap things up. Anything longer than that and you have to turn it into a regular "planet of the week/alien of the week" Star Trek, I would think. And they would also still be in their 23rd century ship in the 32nd century? That would be kind of dopey, wouldn't it?
Anyway, I dunno... we'll see.
I would be happy with five seasons, but I prefer seven... only because I want to stick it to the Fandom Menace.
Believe it or not - I think they'll still try to get to 100 episodes because years down the road, they realize streaming WON'T kill over the air/satellite TV completely and syndication will still bring in revenue decades down the road. So that's at least 7 - 8 seasons (91 - 104 episodes total) (assuming they stick with 13 eps. per season on ST: D.
I saw a little while back that they were cheering on Emma Watts because she didn't praise or mention Alex Kurtzman for his television work in that Deadline article; never mind that there was no quotes from anyone saying anything, just sources (and I don't think she's made any comments period regarding Star Trek).
Anyway, I think it'll be so funny if she greenlights the most "Woke-ish", "SJW-ish" Star Trek that the world has ever known because they will flip on her so fast.
I do want to see what Emma Watts does, though.
Watch her bring JJ Abrams back to produce/direct and I'm sure people like Smallcock's head would explode.
Yup. They do like to spin.
I’m not sure what kind of ratings people were hoping for a season of a show that aired 3 years ago and is currently available to stream or watch on Blu-ray. The way I see it is that this is 1.7 million potential new subscribers to CBS All Access or Paramount+. Remember, this same episode got 9.6 million viewers and a 1.9 share when it premiered on CBS a few years ago.
1.7 million new viewers is 1.7 million new viewers. Most people watching DSC in America are already watching on CBSAA. I'm not bothering to watch it on CBS. It's got to be the last hold-outs who wouldn't watch because they didn't want to subscribe to CBSAA. If even a fraction of those 1.7 million decide to start watching on CBSAA Paramount+, that's just adding to whatever the subscription base is. That's what they care more about. DSC wouldn't even be airing on CBS Proper if it weren't for Covid and them needing to fill airtime.
But now that they've done it, they'll probably try it again with Picard when they get a chance and the first season is no longer the newest one. More people who watch CBS Proper will watch Picard if it's on the TV because you'll get more of the "Hey, I used to watch The Next Generation!" audience.
This is strictly about filling airtime and seeing if they can get more subscribers. They can afford low ratings because it doesn't matter in this situation. The episodes have already been made and the cost has already been covered, so it's no loss for CBS or Paramount.
But now that they've done it, they'll probably try it again with Picard when they get a chance and the first season is no longer the newest one. More people who watch CBS Proper will watch Picard if it's on the TV because you'll get more of the "Hey, I used to watch The Next Generation!" audience.
This is strictly about filling airtime and seeing if they can get more subscribers. They can afford low ratings because it doesn't matter in this situation. The episodes have already been made and the cost has already been covered, so it's no loss for CBS or Paramount.
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Not that many people want to watch Trek on TV, which is why CBS didn't put it on broadcast to begin with. No matter what they do, it's not aging well at this point and younger viewers don't flock to it in numbers. Hell, they don't flock to CBS, period.
But how many were already Trek fans watching for the novelty?
That's why I said later on in that post that if even a fraction of those people became new subscribers, they've added to their subscription base. They're trying to squeeze every last drop.
The average age of a CBSAA Subscriber is 44, as you yourself have said before. If most people watching are in their 20s through 60s, 44 would be the average. So it's a situation where no one is the same age.
Yes, but America's Funniest Home Videos depends on those ratings. Discovery doesn't. This is just extra.
No one I personally know watches regular TV anymore unless they're my parents' age. And they're not going to be watching Discovery. Older people think, "Kirk and Spock or forget it!" I know. I used to moderate a forum filled with those people. And no Boomer I know cares about Star Trek passed TNG (if even that). So they wouldn't watch Discovery regardless.
Well,of course this isn't mainly new viewers.
I wish CBS All Access would release their viewership numbers for each series. That's the main source of the audience. Without it, we don't have a very major part of the picture and we're limited to just bias versus bias.
All I can go by without that raw data is whether or not CBS All Access is ramping up series or ramping them down. And right now they're ramping up.
All I can go by without that raw data is whether or not CBS All Access is ramping up series or ramping them down. And right now they're ramping up.
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