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Slashdot: CBS Delaying ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ To Maintain Quality

CBS Delaying ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ To Maintain Quality
Published on August 02, 2017 at 08:25PM
New submitter Zorro shares a report from Fox News: The premiere of “Star Trek: Discovery” on CBS’ subscription streaming service, CBS All Access, was postponed nine months to maintain the quality of the brand. Executive producer Alex Kurtzman told the Television Critics Association Tuesday that they “spent a lot of time” discussing how to create this new world for TV that felt authentic to the “Star Trek” universe. Also during that time, executive producer Bryan Fuller decided to exit the series as showrunner to focus on other projects. Kurtzman said “it became clearer and clearer” that the targeted January debut would “compromise the quality of the show,” so it was pushed with the blessing of CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves.

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