This was an awesome surprise to see from the updates regarding the annual Star Trek convention in Vegas; held at Rio now, the LVH hasn’t had the Star Trek Experience in over a decade.
At age 78, I’m not sure what they have in mind for a TV show. I figure it would be his adventures as an admiral or flashbacks of when he was in command of the USS Stargazer. Whatever it may be, it couldn’t be any worse than Nemesis and Insurrection, two major turds in the punch bowl of Next Generation.
However, I have a huge concern and an irritation. The latter being this new program’s distribution via CBS online. As much as I love Star Trek, I don’t care to pay CBS $10/month for two shows while the rest subsidizes old-people TV (there must be a thousand NCIS/CSI procedurals). The former is Alex Kurtzman’s involvement. He’s one of JJ Abrams’ flunkies and a huge reason why the rebooted movies suck ass. Kurtzman may be involved with Discovery along with a small army of Hollywood’s biggest hacks (Akiva Goldsman and JJ Abrams’ army of craptaculars amongst them) but I credit Nicholas Meyer for keeping this program on track of what Star Trek is about: exploration, the human condition, how we can rise above our past (and present) awfulness and given a small-fingered vulgarian in the White House, we have a serious karma deficit to pay off in the 23rd century.
Either way, I’m glad to see Patrick Stewart returning to the role which made him a genuine star in America.
Now…to find a way to go forward in time. Beyond the finale of Voyager to see what has happened since then. Give the prequels a rest.