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Is There Even A REMOTE Chance Of A New Trek Series?
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In my opinion, there will never be a new series, for starters, no one is interested in sci-fi anymore, the only sci-fi series now are stargate: atlantis and Battlestar galactica, which has just finished. no one wants sci fiall people care about now is reality tv or crime drama.
Heroes, Sarah Conner, Dollhouse, Fringe, Lost, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Stargate Universe. I'd say sci-fi is doing well. Space opera may be in trouble, but not science fiction as a whole. And I'm sure space opera will return in a couple years.
A Star Wars show is coming out in 2010(or maybe 2011?). I'm sure it will do well, CBS will want to jump on the bandwagon and will create a Star Trek TV series. So just like Star Wars brought Star Trek to the big screen, Star Wars will bring Star Trek back to the small screen.
For awhile I have thought Star Trek: Relativity would be an awesome series too. I also like the idea of a Star Fleet Academy series because it could go a lot of different directions and have some "guest lecturers" from TNG/DS9/Voy - as long as it avoided turning into a teen drama, of course. I also figured Section 31 would make a cool series, but probably would not draw in new fans and therefore be a revenue flop.
JJ says the answer is yes. Third video down. Smart guy. 
When the movie is a big stinkin' hit, Abrams will have the credibility to get approval for a TV series. Then the question becomes whether he can think of some way of doing it that meets his stated standards.
But Trek XI's success could renew interest in the space opera genre on TV, at least to enough of a degree that a TV series could survive.
But Trek on TV will be 23rd C, a direct spinoff of the movie. Nothing else has a shred of hope. Possibly the series will have some or even all of the major movie cast.
When the movie is a big stinkin' hit, Abrams will have the credibility to get approval for a TV series. Then the question becomes whether he can think of some way of doing it that meets his stated standards.
You might check the ratings for some of those before saying that.
But Trek XI's success could renew interest in the space opera genre on TV, at least to enough of a degree that a TV series could survive.But Trek on TV will be 23rd C, a direct spinoff of the movie. Nothing else has a shred of hope. Possibly the series will have some or even all of the major movie cast.
Yay!
And I'm hoping for all (of the main cast anyway).
And I'm hoping for all (of the main cast anyway).
Well, I said this in another thread somewhere else.
I think there could be a small possibility of a TV series, but I don't believe it'll be about the USS Enterprise and its crew. If anything, it'll take place around the same timeframe of Star Trek XI - perhaps making a bridge between this film and ST XII. And I can't see any of the writers and JJ going over to the TV series except for maybe as a guest in the first or second episodes to get the ball rolling.
Even if my small idea would actually take off, I can't see it happening until atleast after (or a few months before to promote) ST XII.
I think there could be a small possibility of a TV series, but I don't believe it'll be about the USS Enterprise and its crew. If anything, it'll take place around the same timeframe of Star Trek XI - perhaps making a bridge between this film and ST XII. And I can't see any of the writers and JJ going over to the TV series except for maybe as a guest in the first or second episodes to get the ball rolling.
Even if my small idea would actually take off, I can't see it happening until atleast after (or a few months before to promote) ST XII.
If they wanted to produce a new series to promote a 12th movie they would have to get it approved and begin work right now.
Assume that a XI is very successfull. One would expect another movie in no more than three years.
It takes about two years from the point a Star Trek series is approved to get it on the air.
You can't really compare ratings for a broadcast network series to a cable series. Battlestar Galactia probably got good ratings for Sci-fi. Its not exactly the biggest cable network in the world.
In my opinion, there will never be a new series, for starters, no one is interested in sci-fi anymore, the only sci-fi series now are stargate: atlantis and Battlestar galactica, which has just finished. no one wants sci fi
Star Trek will never die. TV and film franchises never completely die. They just go away for a little while before they are rebooted. And usually there are merchandising revenues to hold the torch between these periods. Even if Adam's Trek is a huge failure, someone else will do a Trek project at some point. Even it ifs several years from now.
I don't doubt that we will get some sort of tv series someday. But at this point, it makes more sense to focus on the movies. Star Trek needed a break, after 18 years on TV. Now that it has been gone for awhile and is only a movie franchise, there is a demand. It doesn't make sense to load up on tv projects to oversaturate the brand again.
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Any hints from CBS? They would do the TV. Not like with ENT where UPN bought the series from Paramount. Or syndicated Trek (TNG,DS9, VOY)
UPN was a CBS network, so they didn't really need to buy any rights.
Is there a chance of a TV show, of course, anytime soon? Not a chance. They will make this new trilogy and then maybe more, if not they might make a new show after the movies.
Of course if the movie(s) bomb, which I hope they do, I need a good TNG movie, than all of this is void.
Is there a chance of a TV show, of course, anytime soon? Not a chance. They will make this new trilogy and then maybe more, if not they might make a new show after the movies.
Of course if the movie(s) bomb, which I hope they do, I need a good TNG movie, than all of this is void.
CBS Television studios have the rights to make a TV series. What they do with those rights is a separate issue. They could see the rights to another studio, they could make a show and then sell the show to another network, or they could make the show and air it on a CBS network.
The networks currently owned by CBS are CBS, CW, College Sports, and Showtime. Any of those could air a new show while keeping it "in house." CBS is probably the best fit of the bunch right now, but depending on how the show is done CW or Showtime could be possibilities also.
The networks currently owned by CBS are CBS, CW, College Sports, and Showtime. Any of those could air a new show while keeping it "in house." CBS is probably the best fit of the bunch right now, but depending on how the show is done CW or Showtime could be possibilities also.
I can't see a new TV series for years, personally. I think they'll want to stay down the movie route - retaining the same personnel, much like Chris Nolan and the Batman movies.
Doing a new Trek series is a BIG gamble. You wouldn't get Abrams involved in anything more, in all likelihood, as a distant Exec Producer (a la his role on Lost) and then who do you have running it. Ira Steven Behr if you're lucky. Brannon Braga if you're not.
I think oldTrek will remain in the novels and nuTrek in the movies.
Doing a new Trek series is a BIG gamble. You wouldn't get Abrams involved in anything more, in all likelihood, as a distant Exec Producer (a la his role on Lost) and then who do you have running it. Ira Steven Behr if you're lucky. Brannon Braga if you're not.
I think oldTrek will remain in the novels and nuTrek in the movies.
I wouldn't mind a new series, but first I'd want to know who the creative team would be behind it. I don't want to go down the road of Voyager or Enterprise and I don't want to see them do another TNG or DS9 repeat either. I think a TOS era series is most likely at this point. But whichever era and whatever stars, it needs to be written well--like Battlestar Galactica or Lost.
I think there might be hope in about 10 years. Let these movies play out!
An Abrams' production stab at an Enterpise era show set around 2161. I still hunger for a serialised arc covering the Romulan War and the Federation Founding please...
You can rewrite These are the Voyages quite easily in a universe where Riker and Troi aren't around to interupt Archer's speech by saying "End Program".
You can rewrite These are the Voyages quite easily in a universe where Riker and Troi aren't around to interupt Archer's speech by saying "End Program".
I seem to recall "Star Trek" as a franchise was dead as dead after "Enterprise." The success of the new movie just proves that when your brand name you never really die. This is why Trek will return to tv someday. Plus I still think people underestimate casual fans intrest in Star Trek. People will turn to trek on tv as long as it feels like a fun action-adventure series with intresting characters. Star Trek must have a sense of fun to it to be a success. "TOS" had this and it's while it was the one "Star Trek' series that stood the test of time. People want a action-romp that also might make you think from time to time about relevant issues. Berman Trek forgot this and it's why it died. "Ds9" comes close but that show suffers from not being a great series in terms of adventure and action. Granted it had a war but 24th century conflict can be boring and stale even in "Ds9" and the show worked best when it focused on it's characters and poltics of the war. Not when it had ships blasting each other because Berman Trek wasn't good at that type of thing.
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