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Star Trek: Discovery gets September 24th premiere date, season split into 2 parts
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tearsintherain
Member
hahahaha, our streaming only show will still have a holiday hiatus where you won't get new episodes for 10 weeks, even though the FIRST thing people think about when you say online streaming is BINGE WATCHING.
90 minute time slot for the premier?
Maybe they're airing a Big Bang Theory episode as a lead in, they had a few Star Trek themed ones and BBT repeats do still get good ratings, right?
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Finally. Can't wait to get my Star Trek fix on Netflix.
It does not. It's on some tv channel in Canada I think.
The Elite
BOSS
Having Big Bang lead in makes a huge amount of sense. I bet it's that. It could be 90 minutes as well.
Nemesis121
Member
They splitting the season for a stream network show? lol all hail King Netflix...
Dammit. That's what I was afraid of. I'm a cord cutter, so no cable channel access at all. Guess I'll wait for the Blu-Ray releases.
tearsintherain
Member
its airing after the 90 minute season premiere of 60 minutes (a paradox itself), which is the hot go to show for millennials after all.
There are also a few scheduled NFL games that night, on NBC, CBS and Fox so if any of the games go overtime who knows whats going to happen.
Some more info on air night and what it'll be available on in canada (netflix everywhere else)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-premiere-date-1014649
They're not airing a 90-minute slot, btw. This is probably just Part 1 of 2 of a two-hour premiere. It's listed as 8:30-9:30 on Star Trek's page.
http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-discovery-sets-premiere-date
http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-discovery-sets-premiere-date
The Elite
BOSS
Setzer
Member
Wow, can't believe it's been that long since Enterprise premiered.
To be fair, it's not like Star Trek shows have ever had a great track record with broadcast schedules.
The Elite
BOSS
It's been a long road, getting from there to here.
Father_Brain
Banned
Have you been living under a rock or something? This was going to be exclusive to CBS All Access from the day it was announced more than a year and a half ago.
TDLink
Member
This entire CBS all access thing is so misguided. It's a failed experiment everyone can see coming a mile away.
Are they not aware that most Star Trek fans are, you know, nerds? What is going to prevent many of them from just using a VPN to watch this on netflix?
Moreover, why even premiere the first episode on proper CBS if the rest of the series won't air there?
Also, if it's a show on a streaming service...why is there a mid-season break?! People like streaming services because they can binge it all at once, but barring that at least release it weekly like what Hulu has been doing. Airing it exactly like a network TV show, but on the Internet, is so archaic that it completely nullifies the point of putting it on a streaming service.
It makes no sense.
Are they not aware that most Star Trek fans are, you know, nerds? What is going to prevent many of them from just using a VPN to watch this on netflix?
Moreover, why even premiere the first episode on proper CBS if the rest of the series won't air there?
Also, if it's a show on a streaming service...why is there a mid-season break?! People like streaming services because they can binge it all at once, but barring that at least release it weekly like what Hulu has been doing. Airing it exactly like a network TV show, but on the Internet, is so archaic that it completely nullifies the point of putting it on a streaming service.
It makes no sense.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The break is probably because of production issues. Otherwise the whole thing would have probably come out in 2018... which might make sense, but of course, they have nothing else and given that the show is already half a year late, they probably couldn't drag it out any further.
TVGAF would know more than me, but the fact that they renewed The Good Fight presumably means that the service is hitting whatever metrics they need it to hit. One assumes this just has to draw enough attention to do the same thing until S2 of The Good Fight comes back (or whatever exclusive show they have in the wings).
I'm still thinking that the Seth McFarlane Star Trek show will end up being the better show this season... even if it's going to be cancelled so fast that even Firefly fans will look on it in pity. lol
They just want eyeballs on the premiere, hence the broadcast scheduling. They did the same thing with The Good Fight, which, for the record, delivered fairly abysmal premiere ratings. With a slot like this one, I expect Discovery not to fare much better. But The Good Fight got renewed anyway, so... yeah, the metrics are probably doing OK. Well, that and CBS is genuinely committed to making this work somehow if at all possible so they don't want to cancel anything yet.
Either way, it honestly bodes well for Discovery lasting at least three years, lol.
Either way, it honestly bodes well for Discovery lasting at least three years, lol.
TDLink
Member
I definitely believe The Good Fight was renewed entirely because CBS wants to make this work rather than whatever metrics they have.
That bodes well for this Star Trek show too, sure. But the entire "Selling point" of this service are these two shows...which are aiming for very different audiences. CBS is trying to have their own Netflix and not at all understanding why people like it.
That bodes well for this Star Trek show too, sure. But the entire "Selling point" of this service are these two shows...which are aiming for very different audiences. CBS is trying to have their own Netflix and not at all understanding why people like it.
But will it be on CraveTV as it airs or will they pull some stupid shit where they'll only put it up all at once sometime after the season has ended?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I figure the show will last as long as CBS execs want to keep All Access afloat before they give up and dump their back catalogue on Hulu or Netflix. lol
whyamihere
Banned
Netflix also did this for The Get Down.
I don't think what CBS is trying to do is that stupid, and I get it, but I also think they need to start announcing other shows for the network.
Also from the look of the Discovery trailer, this thing is very VFX heavy, and VFX takes... a while. There doesn't seem to be any more production problems (and everything on this show seems obsessively reported and we'd probably know if there was something), so my guess is that the Deadline article is right and this is mostly a post thing.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Which also had production problems.
Haha, maybe. Probably.
Perhaps it'll limp on if it's successful on Netflix internationally.
The same for me. We're birthday buddies!
whyamihere
Banned
Sure, but I edited my post to respond to yours. The Get Down wasn't a VFX heavy show, I sort of get it for this one. Like with Terra Nova, which had to know almost as soon as it premiered if it was getting a back 9 (or a season 2) because of the production issues with the VFX for the dinosaurs. Given what we've seen of the scope of the show from the pilot trailer, I'm not too surprised that there are post problems.
I think The Get Down also shut down a few times? Which I don't think has happened here.
Viewing party 😎
GuitarAtomik
Member
The app part is so annoying. It's not on PS4, Xbox One, or my Samsung TV.
The show is already profitable based purely off the Netflix international deal according to CBS. Netflix paid more than it costs CBS to produce and market it for the international rights.
Hmm, I hadn't thought about that. I guess I might have to watch the episodes on my Chromebook, plugged into the TV via HDMI. Not quite optimal. Ah, well.
funkystudent
Member
Splitting a mini series into 2 parts.
LOL.
The business around this show sure has been working hard to make it fail. I hope its good. I really, REALLY do.
LOL.
The business around this show sure has been working hard to make it fail. I hope its good. I really, REALLY do.
Right, I understand that. But whether it becomes a genuinely hot commodity -- and thus, provides sustained profitability -- hinges on whether or not it is successful in viewership and critical response going forward.
GuitarAtomik
Member
It is on the Firestick if you have one. That's literally the only device (meant for a TV) I have that has access to it.
I don't, but I'm tempted to grab one now. Good lookin' out, thanks!
Orthogonal
Member
Wait, CBS isn't running the show on the main Network after the premiere? WTF, are they sending it out to die?
Rodney McKay
Member
It's their new thing with some shows.
They did it with The Good Fight (the Good Wife spinoff), and apparently it did well enough for them that it got renewed, so I'm hoping the same thing will happen to Star Trek (assuming the show is good of course).
On the plus side and it's only a monthly subscription, so I'll just end up canceling once the hiatus starts and renew it once it's back on.
