Status of the Series?

[Noname Given]

Okay, then my question would be if they knew the show was going to have a second season, why did they stop production at the end of season one? Why didn't they just keep going, after a short break start on first episode of season two after making the last episode of season one?

After a near year hiatus, they're going to have to rebuild their audience.

IDK - "Game of Thrones" and other popular pay cable series that show 10-15 episodes once a year don't have that issue;plus the xisting episodes are always available to existing and new subscribers. You can watch them anytime right now. It's not your standard 'TV' paradigm where if you didn't catch the series you need to wait until it airs again, or buy DVDs. If you're a new subscriber, there's (after Sunday) 15 episodes of the Star Trek series you never saw yet, ready to be viewed at your leisure - and the promise of more to come in less then a year (while you wait, check out what else we have available via the service like the new Twilight Zone.)

The simplest way to view it is: CBS ISN'T specifically selling ST: D itself, it's selling a full Streaming Service (and if ST: D got you to sub - here's more we hope will keep you subbed - oh and we'll have more ST: D too at some point in less then a year.)

 

[Krandor]

As I mentioned, if CBSAA goes bye-bye, I can not conceive that Netflix does not have it in their contract, that they have first dibs at global rights.

IF CBSAA goes bye-bye production on star trek will stop. There will be nothing for netflix to have global broadcast rights to.

 

[Mudd]

As I mentioned, if CBSAA goes bye-bye, I can not conceive that Netflix does not have it in their contract, that they have first dibs at global rights.

Well, it's not really a matter of what you can conceive.

 

[Refuge]

She's a talking head blogger who is just guessing without any hard data.

Here's a talking head who posts to Forbes stating ST: D is an 'unstobabke monster' as far as healping Netfix subscriptions outside of the U.S.:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianmor...overy-is-an-unstoppable-monster/#5771005b152e

In the end you could take either worth a grain of salt; but the fact is:

- CBS has stated they're pleased with ST: D's performance RE: increasing CBSAA sub numbers
- CBS has renewed the show for a second season.

I'll take the 'unstoppable monster' article with a bucket of salt too. Its criteria of what makes it unstoppable is based on 'noise'.