Star Trek: Discovery Is Still Searching For A Premiere Date

Star Trek fans were excited to learn that their beloved science fiction franchise would be returning to television for the first time in over a decade since Star Trek: Enterprise went off the air.

Since then, it's been something of a tumultuous ride through production for Star Trek: Discovery. A highly regarded showrunner has come and gone and production and premiere dates have been announced and then delayed on multiple occasions.

But things are finally starting to come together. Showrunners have been chosen, casting has occurred, and production has officially begun. It seems like the gears are finally turning, it's just a matter of when fans will get to see the end result.

It turns out there's is still no answer to that question. In an interview with Vulture, CBS interactive president Marc DeBevoise says they still have not pinned down a release date, or even a release window, for Star Trek: Discovery, though he makes it clear that the show is coming along nicely.

"It's going great, I've actually been up there [to the set]," DeBevoise says. "It is, you know, phenomenal. It is huge. And we're very excited about the content, the creators, the actors, all coming together. As you said, we're not tied to any specific release date. It'll be there when we're ready to do it, and when we feel it's in a great place. We're not worried about anything here. We're excited, and we'll have more specifics as we get closer to what will likely be the release dates."

When pressed further about the possibility of a fall release, DeBevoise wouldn't even hazard that suggestion, dodging the question with a non-committal, "We're not stating."

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Star Trek: Discovery was originally slated for a May debut, but a production delay pushed the release window back further. When it does premiere, the first episode Star Trek: Discovery will air on CBS. The remainder of the 13-episode first season will debut on CBS's streaming subscription service CBS All Access.

Star Trek: Discovery was created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman. Fuller was originally intended to be Discovery's showrunner but was forced step down due to commitments to Starz' adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts have taken over as showrunners.

Star Trek: Discovery takes place roughly a decade prior to the five-year mission of Star Trek: The Original Series. In breaking with franchise tradition, the show's main protagonist will not be a captain. Instead, it will be First Officer Michael Burnham, played by The Walking Dead alum Sonequa Martin-Green.

Star Trek: Discovery's cast also includes Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca, Rainn Wilson as Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd, James Frain as Sarek, Spock's father, and Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, the captain of another Starfleet ship, the Shenzhou, which will be important to the plot of Star Trek: Discovery. Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp both play science officers. Mary Wiseman will play a final year Starfleet Academy cadet.

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