'Star Trek' News, Plot & Air Date: Everything We Know About the New 'Star Trek' Series

New 'Star Trek' Crew Will Go Where no Man Has Gone Before

By Allen Marcon, CP Contributor Tuesday, June 28, 2016

CBS has announced that it will be airing a new "Star Trek" series headed by Alex Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller. This marks the fifth series for the long running franchise. However, there have been rumors that "Star Trek" will change its well-loved format for the new series.

Season 1 Will Be One Story

Normally, seasons of the previous "Star Trek" series where either one or two-part stories that concluded themselves very quickly. Co-head Bryan Fuller has stated that Season 1 of the new "Star Trek" series will be a 13-chapter story.

The main reason for this is that the creators wanted to delve deeper into the story and details that might have been looked over in a one-shot episodic format.

Crews Can Change

The one thing that fans of "Star Trek" relate to the most are the crews of each series. The original series saw Captain Kirk's crew while "New Generation" saw the rise of Captain Picard's crew. There is even a long standing debate on which of them is superior.

However, it is heavily rumored that each season of the new series will focus on a different Federation crew. Kurtzman has stated that the Federation has thousands of ships, and each one has its own crew and story to tell. The new "Star Trek" series will give fans a chance to see the stories of crews that might have been overlooked.

Story Not to Take Place in J.J Abrams Universe

The J.J Abram's movies have completely changed the continuity of the entire "Star Trek" universe. According to Brian Fuller, the series will not follow the events of the J.J Abrams movies but, instead, follow the storyline of the original, classic continuity

So when will this new series take place? Rumor has it that it will take place after the movie "Star Trek: Undiscovered Country," so the timeline is in between the original series and "New Generation."

Air Date at Least 6 Months After 'Star Trek Beyond'

The rights to the "Star Trek" universe used to belong to CBS and Viacom when the two companies were merged. However, when CBS split from Viacom, the rights to the "Star Trek" franchise was debated and the two sides came to an agreement.

Viacom would keep the rights to the films while CBS would keep the rights to the television series. Both sides came to an agreement that if a new film would be launched, CBS would have to wait six months before launching any new television content as to avoid confusion.