If There is a Second Season, We May Wait a While...

[Quinton O'Connor]

That's likely not what Vger23 is referencing. There have been at least a couple of interviews over the past month or two in which the producers talk about the Federation-Klingon War being very much a first-season thing.

 

[tomalak301]

It's working just fine for Marvel with Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Fists of Irony. S3 of Daredevil won't be around until next year, don't even get me started on how long we've been waiting for JJ's second season!

But, I suppose The Defenders kind of kept the momentum and consciousness of the characters circulating to maintain interest. At the same time, Doctor Who has had a few gap years and half-years since 2005 and we're onto our fifth Doctor for this generation in 2018.

i might have liked defenders more had JJ done a second season.

 

[Logopolis]

I think a lot more people would have liked The Defenders if Misty had replaced Danny Rand as the fourth Defender.

 

[DigificWriter]

That's likely not what Vger23 is referencing. There have been at least a couple of interviews over the past month or two in which the producers talk about the Federation-Klingon War being very much a first-season thing.

Hmm.

I don't see why the show having a new storyline for S2, provided it gets one, would be considered out-of-the-ordinary, or be affected in any way by a delay into 2019, though.

 

[Logopolis]

Well, David Tennant is back.

I always had this theory which could really cross-over very nicely into S1 of Daredevil where Karen Page is under mind control when she killed the employee of that building firm. What if Kilgrave possessed her?

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I'm still shocked that season 1 will have a huge gap in it. They couldn't even get me to watch Episode 2 something like that would put me right off the rest of it--unless it had been, you know, good.

 

[F. King Daniel]

If they can keep the quality of episodes one and two going, they can take all the time they need.

There won't be a Trek 4. Beyond bombed too heavily.

There will definitely be another Star Trek movie from Paramount. What form it takes is anyone's guess, but they're already working on Terminator VI after the last one atomic bombed and the one before that underperformed so badly it never got the intended direct sequels.

 

[guyute03]

As a Game Of Thrones fan as well, not totally unexpected. This stuff takes time.

 

[MacLeod]

Waiting a year isn't that bad, plenty of shows make us wait a year between seasons.

Of course I fully expect early 2019 to become mid 2019.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Waiting a year isn't that bad, plenty of shows make us wait a year between seasons.

Of course I fully expect early 2019 to become mid 2019.

And maybe even 2020, if Paramount do another movie for 2019.

 

[cultcross]

It will be 2018 before this season's done, and waiting a full year between seasons is normal for streaming shows. No biggy. The question in the US will be whether CBSAA can hold subscribers in between seasons. Netflix won't worry too much about it because they have far more to offer.

 

[dahj]

And maybe even 2020, if Paramount do another movie for 2019.

There is absolutely no way they'll wait till 2020.
They must have learned (from Paramount's Star Trek movies no less) that extra long waits are an excellent way to kill any momentum for the show...

 

[StarMan]

This is season one, for pete's sake. I really don't think a year+ gap before the second season is helpful (see dodge's comments re: momentum). Also, I don't think it's reasonable to compare to Game Of Thrones, given GoT's increasing scale of production in its final seasons.

 

[Kirk the Jerk]

Jesus guys we’re only 2/3 months away from 2018... 2019 is not that far away.

 

[The Habs Fan]

Maybe they're planning to bridge the gaps with Star Trek miniseries in between. Maybe with something like that rumored Khan miniseries.

 

[cultcross]

This is season one, for pete's sake. I really don't think a year+ gap before the second season is helpful (see dodge's comments re: momentum). Also, I don't think it's reasonable to compare to Game Of Thrones, given GoT's increasing scale of production in its final seasons.

But it is also a valid comparison with a cheap bottle show like Orange is the New Black, or the small cast and contemporary setting of Jessica Jones. In both cases, there was a year+ wait after season 1. It's quite common in streaming land, and Discovery actually softens the blow by releasing week-by-week. Fans of House of Cards binge watch one day a year.

 

[Visitor1982]

I'm sure CBS is considering to produce more Star Trek TV series or mini series to bridge the gap on All Access when Discovery isn't on.

 

[cultcross]

I doubt it. We might get another series in three or four years, but the lead in time for a Trek series is long, and there's no sign of a green light yet.

 

[Visitor1982]

Oh, I wasn't saying we'll be getting a new series next year or something. More around the 3rd or 4th season of Discovery.

 

[Apparition B5]

I wonder if Discovery will be on ITunes after the season ends. Now that I have Apple TV, I can see myself adding the show to my digital collection, if it improves.

The Good Fight made its way to Amazon Video and VUDU (not sure about iTunes) about five months after the last episode aired on CBS All Access. If that holds for Discovery, I would expect it to show up around August next year.