Premiere Date Set for Star Trek: Discovery

CBS All Access has unveiled the premiere details for its highly anticipated Star Trek: Discovery series, which will launch September 24.

On that night, the CBS broadcast network will air the first episode at 8:30 p.m., after 60 Minutes. The premiere and the second episode will then be available to subscribers of the CBS All Access SVOD service following the on-air broadcast. New episodes will be released to CBS All Access subscribers every Sunday. The 15-episode series will roll out in two batches, with the first eight installments airing through November 5. The second half of the season will be available in January 2018.

Star Trek: Discovery is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Bryan Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Productions and Roddenberry Entertainment. Netflix has shored up the rights from CBS Studios International to take the show globally. In Canada, a deal is in place with Bell Media for the show to run on Space and on CraveTV.