The new Star Trek TV show from Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller will be exclusive to streaming service CBS All Access, with only the premiere episode debuting on broadcast TV. But despite adopting a cord-cutter distribution model, the new Star Trek will eschew the now-standard release dump. That’s right, you’ll have to watch Star Trek one week at a time, instead of stewing in your own juices during a weekend-long couch marathon.
CBS execs say "Star Trek" episodes on CBS All Access to roll out weekly. I had no doubt.
— Cynthia Littleton (@Variety_Cynthia) May 3, 2016
Little else is yet known about the still untitled 2017 series, though it was recently announced that it will begin filming in Toronto this fall.
Although bingeing is disgusting, a search on Twitter for consensus on the new Star Trek release plans uncovered divided sentiments:
CBS cannot expect people to use their all access pass site for Star Trek and then put up episodes weekly. People need to binge.
— Monica (@Monica_TTR) May 3, 2016
The smartest thing to do with new Star Trek. Keep the hype going longer, not one shot https://t.co/z95e4Zk53F
— Stingray✌ (@Stingray_travel) May 3, 2016
Sources inside the production have shared a few more details, with Birth.Movies.Death claiming to have confirmation that the series will be set in the years after the Khitomer Accords: the peace treaty between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets. This would put the new Star Trek in between Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: The Next Generation in the timeline.
Oh, and it definitely will not be in the rebooted Abrams-verse.
