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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @05:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the to-boldy-go? dept.

CBS premiered its new Star Trek series "Discovery" on Sunday. The first episode was made available on OTA (over-the-air) CBS stations — but it and all subsequent episodes are available strictly on CBS's All Access streaming service. Cost is $6/month with ads, $10/month ad-free. (NOTE: The second episode was made available immediately after episode 1 aired. Episodes 3-7 will be released weekly, there will be a break, and then the remaining episodes will again be released weekly early in 2018.)

Ars Technica has a review that mostly praised the new show. (There were at least two technical inaccuracies in the review concerning the first episode.)

For those who may not yet have seen it, I kindly ask folks who comment on this story to make liberal use of the <spoiler>don't show this unless they click here</spoiler> tags.

What did you think? Was it entertaining? Did it hold closely [enough] to existing Star Trek canon? Was any 'ideology' change you saw sufficiently warranted?


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by EvilSS on Tuesday September 26 2017, @07:06PM

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 26 2017, @07:06PM (#573395)
    Viacom and CBS have a weird and sometimes contentious relationship. I don't see Viacom getting in bed with All Access. Plus Viacom is currently doubling down on traditional cable, pulling their content from SVOD services like Netflix and Hulu as the contracts expire. They are trying to prop up their ratings and, in turn, ad revenue, which the new CEO feels was being hurt by their SVOD deals.
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