After lurking here for quite a long time, I signed up here just to post some common sense points that seem to get lost on the jaded Trek community.
First of all, this exact moment is not the perfect time for a new show, but that time is rapidly approaching. I am blown away that many are arguing that there would not be an audience for a show, now, or in the near future. I would be willing to bet the farm that many of you would have said, after the unfortunate failure that ultimately was Enterprise, that multiple, large budget, feature length reboot films would have been unimaginable, yet, here we are.
The built-in fans are used to Trek in a TV show format, and that is how they are accustomed to consuming that universe, and despite what some executive at CBS may or may not have a said a few years back about not being interested in a new TV series, there are a few very important milestones in both the Trek world and in how serialized drama is consumed that very well could have changed all of that. If you think that the interest in the movies, combined with a myriad of new ways to create, produce, and distribute a show in this era of entertainment has not led to CBS very seriously considering an altogether new Trek-based show, then you are out of your mind.
Like I said, this very moment is not the time to announce, or even begin preliminary work on a new show, because at the moment, the fans new and old have something Trek that is on the horizon with the third film, but once that concludes, there will be a mainstream and cult market out there that would like to see more of the universe. I personally know several young adults who have been brought into TNG, DS9, etc. just because the movies put the idea of Trek into their minds, not to mention previous fans who are now rewatching their favorite series. There will be a market for a show, and again, you are incredibly cynical if you believe CBS will just go, "Hey those movies did great! People seem to like Star Trek! Let's put DS9 on Blu-ray and let it die."
That being said, I believe the fan base alone could make a Netflix incarnation of Star Trek a reality, and a success. I hate to say it, but the "nerd" thing is really popular right now. There is a bar near my house that shows new Game of Thrones episodes on sundays, and the place is packed. Every. Single. Time. The people who are there are from all walks of life, many are now reading the books, and to be honest, if you told me when I was 18 that soon all of the hot chicks in my class were going to be fervently watching a sword and shield fantasy show full of dragons, magic, and beards, I would have told you you were a lunatic. But here we are. Like it or not, there are those who work in mainstream television production who are definitely taking advantage of the fact the it is cool (at the moment) to be a nerd. It's the only explanation for Chris Hardwick's success. Just look around, Cosmos = Record Ratings, GoT = Gigantic in scale and popularity, The nerd sitcoms, Walking Dead = Diverse and large veiwrship. What's missing? A decent Sci-fi show. Think about it, Netflix shows are awesome, and popular, what better way to fill the Sci-fi gap than with a show with a built-in 60 years and running, fan base than with a Star Trek series? Putting it on Netflix would be the best way to make that happen, especially considering the realism they could add without having to make it Network safe.
Sorry for the rant, I'll edit to clean it up later, but I had to spill this out somewhere after reading and reading countless posts that seem like they are trying to convince the person posting them that a Trek series will never happen.
