# What's this? Another Star Trek TV series reboot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762 "2016-02-10T23:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/1 "2016-02-10T23:13:53Z")
[This time on CBS All Access](http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017). Premiering in January 2017. Haven’t they gone back to the well enough times? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/2 "2016-02-10T23:27:46Z")
There’s no word on whether the series is a reboot or just a new series set in the Trek-a-verse. And in my opinion, Trek is far better suited to TV than movies, so I’m far more optimistic about this than the next film. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/3 "2016-02-10T23:41:47Z")
Unfortunately, it looks right now like it’s only going to be on CBS All Access, so if you don’t subscribe to that service, you won’t get to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/4 "2016-02-10T23:48:27Z")
I’ll give it a try. Heck, I watched _Enterprise_ regularly and that was pretty painful, pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/5 "2016-02-11T18:48:37Z")
It appears that Brian Fuller, of Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, and Hannibal (and, I guess, more relevantly, a writer for episodes of Voyager and DS9) is going to be the showrunner… which bodes well. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/6 "2016-02-11T18:52:25Z")
Is it set in the awful reboot universe? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/7 "2016-02-11T20:41:42Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > I’ll give it a try. Heck, I watched _Enterprise_ regularly and that was pretty painful, pretty fast. It was doing better. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/8 "2016-02-11T20:46:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Is it set in the awful reboot universe? Yes ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/9 "2016-02-11T20:48:24Z")
Who is going to pay for CBS All Access just to watch Star Trek? I think this will doom the show to lack of viewers. I’m unlikely to subscribe to another streaming service for one show. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/10 "2016-02-11T20:54:31Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Yes What’s your source on that? [The wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_2017_Star_Trek_TV_series) just says it’s not related to the movie coming out this year. It will feature no overlap characters, so aside from a couple of issues (does Vulcan exist or not? Will they ever reference Captain Pike or Khan, so will it matter if they answer which version?) it’s not really a relevant question. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/11 "2016-02-11T21:03:36Z")
This thread from a couple of months ago. > **[New Star Trek Series coming January 2017!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773994)** > > Some details here. It will be set in the Movie continuity. Alex Kurtzman is the show runner. The bad news: while the pilot will on on CBS TV, the series swill be on their all access Streaming service which costs $5.99 a month. That part sucks and... ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/12 "2016-02-11T21:04:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It was doing better. It’s nailed to its perch! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/13 "2016-02-11T21:32:32Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Who is going to pay for CBS All Access just to watch Star Trek? I think this will doom the show to lack of viewers. I’m unlikely to subscribe to another streaming service for one show. awful reboot universe and yet another streaming service- Two strikes , it’s OUT! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/14 "2016-02-11T22:02:20Z")
[fighting ignorance] One is not out until three strikes. [/fighting ignorance] ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/15 "2016-02-11T22:17:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > awful reboot universe and yet another streaming service- > Two strikes , it’s OUT! Again, there’s no evidence if it will be in the reboot universe or not. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/16 "2016-02-11T22:43:43Z")
Will it be dark? And gritty? Please say it’ll be dark and gritty. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/17 "2016-02-11T22:59:35Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Will it be dark? And gritty? > Please say it’ll be dark and gritty. I am so fucking tired of dark and gritty. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-another-star-trek-tv-series-reboot/745762/18 "2016-02-12T00:46:46Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > It’s nailed to its perch! The fan fic author wasted time showing sealots and nicitating membranes. The time travel arc fellated with great allacrity. Some morons think that time travel makes good trek. :dubious: