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Along with a chance to hear from Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets) regarding time travel, science, and five seasons on the Paramount+ series, this week's edition of Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Ready Room brought us a sneak preview for this week's episode of Star Trek: Discovery, S05E05: "Mirrors" (written by Johanna Lee & Carlos[...]

Ever since last week's edition of Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Ready Room brought us a sneak preview for this week's episode of Star Trek: Discovery, S05E04: "Face the Strange" (directed by Lee Rose and written by Sean Cochran), we've been getting bits & pieces about what the episode could involve[...]

If you're a fan of Paramount+'s Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn & Ethan Peck-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, there are a whole ton of reasons to be feeling good right about now You've been getting a steady stream of updates on Season 2 filming, with the series set to return in 2025 – and then there's[...]

Last week's edition of Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Ready Room not only brought us a fun & informative interview with Wilson Cruz (Hugh Culber) but also a sneak preview for this week's episode, S05E04: "Face the Strange" (directed by Lee Rose and written by Sean Cochran) In the clip above, Adira (Blu[...]

In the 1968 Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren," viewers witnessed an interracial kiss between William Shatner's Capt James T Kirk and Nichelle Nichols' Lt Nyota Uhura – a moment that almost didn't happen Checking in with Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Shatner explains how the network was trying everything possible to[...]

The next stop on the Star Trek: Discovery farewell tour is Trill in the episode "Jinaal." Despite prior history, the Trill make Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) answer a riddle for the plot, not because they're friends or anything With the away team set, Adira (Blu Del Barrio) reunites with their old flame, finding out[...]

Some big news to pass along concerning Paramount+'s "Star Trek" universe Earlier today, we learned that Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn & Ethan Peck-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be returning for a fourth season (with Season 3 currently in production and set to hit screens in 2025) In addition, Tawny Newsome & Jack Quaid-starring[...]

During a profile interview with Scottish actor Martin Quinn, BBC Scotland News confirmed that the Scottish actor will be back for the third season of Paramount+'s Anson Mount (Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Una Chin-Riley) & Ethan Peck (Spock)-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Lt Montgomery Scott. Sharing how important it is to him personally to finally have[...]

There hasn't been any prime-time television franchise that's endured like Star Trek since its humble beginnings on NBC in 1966 with The Original Series The science fiction trendsetting series only lasted three seasons, but the third was only due to a fan campaign to save the series before its ultimate cancellation in 1969 Since the[...]

Star Trek 2009 is getting a prequel The new film will take place decades before that film, and was announced this afternoon at the Paramount CinemaCon presentation, where a slew of announcements were made Toby Hanes (Andor) will direct from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith JJ Abrams will produce for Bad Robot No word on[...]

Once again, Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Ready Room is back with some treats for Star Trek: Discovery fans This week, Wilson Cruz (Hugh Culber) joins Wheaton to discuss his character's evolution and the challenge of tackling a different persona during S05E03: "Jinaal." And then – at around the 12:30 mark – Wheaton drops[...]

While promoting her latest work in Netflix's 3 Body Problem, Chao spoke about her time as Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien, the spouse of Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) across two Star Trek series, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine The actress appeared in eight episodes on TNG and 19 on DS9. Rosalind Chao in "Star Trek:[...]

Last week, Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Ready Room included an interview with the amazing Doug Jones (Saru – but he will always be Baron Afanas from FX's What We Do in the Shadows to me), as well as a look at how the season is tying into Star Trek: The Next Generation[...]

Discovery, but things still need to be operated on the down low when we start in season five of Star Trek: Discovery Since this involves another mysterious ominous threat, Kovich (David Cronenberg) tasks Burnham to track down an 800-year-old Romulan ship trapped in the Beta Quadrant as a top-secret "Red Directive." It's also a point[...]

Between a two-episode return earlier today and an early sneak preview of what's to come next week later in the day, fans of Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery are having a pretty good run of things – setting aside the fact that it's the fifth & final season[...]

Setting aside the fact that this is the show's final season, there's a lot for fans of Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery to be happy about in the short term Along with a two-episode return (no spoilers, we promise), we also have the latest edition of Wil Wheaton's (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The[...]

With all due respect to yesterday's "holodeck" retelling of the journey so far, Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery found a way to outdo itself (and a lot of other shows) in terms of its recap video Seriously, how many other shows would be able to get someone of the caliber of Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)[...]

Pluto TV is expanding its Star Trek presence on its ad-supported platform with a dedicated Deep Space Nine channel to expand its existing offerings Paramount Global, which owns Pluto TV, also runs Paramount+, the dedicated home for the bulk of the TV franchise sans the Nickelodeon animated series Prodigy, now on Netflix The previous two[...]

Yesterday, we shared a look at what's ahead for Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery with the overviews and preview images for the season-opener "Red Directive" and the following episode, "Under the Twin Moons" (both waiting for you below) But now, we're getting a chance to look back – but this isn't any old[...]

This Thursday, the fifth & final season of Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery begins its final run Now, we're getting some clues to what's to come with the release of overviews and preview images for the season-opener "Red Directive" and the following episode, "Under the Twin Moons." Just so you're not caught off guard, we're[...]

The first selection the band performed was the theme to 1996's Star Trek: First Contact, which is regarded as the best of The Next Generation films When it came to why, "Ahead of ceremonial military events, the band will often play a range of popular music, with the band given discretion with respect to which[...]

Times have changed for Star Trek since The Next Generation, with the live-action series running seven seasons, unlike The Original Series, which ended after three seasons, and Enterprise – ending after four In the Paramount+ era, the TNG legacy sequel Picard ended after three seasons by design, and Discovery will end after five Guiding the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? CBS's Young Sheldon, HBO's Watchmen/Louis Gossett Jr., Fraggle Rock: Elmo/Larry David, AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City, WWE 2K24, TNT's AEW Rampage, MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, Prime Video's Invincible, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Dropout's Smartypants, AMC's Orphan Black: Echoes, Star Trek/Alex Kurtzman, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix's Iron Fist, ABC's The Rookie,[...]

If you had a chance to check out our coverage earlier this week of an extensive look at the long-running franchise from Variety ("The Future of 'Star Trek': From 'Starfleet Academy' to New Movies and Michelle Yeoh, How the 58-Year-Old Franchise Is Planning for the Next Generation of Fans") that included some interesting insights into[...]

Fans don't have to wait the entire 44-minute-long session to listen to the choice where the band opened with the theme to 1996's Star Trek: First Contact, originally scored by composer Jerry Goldsmith The film, directed by Jonathan Frakes, is the second theatrical adventure for the TNG crew and the first standalone following The Original[...]

After learning about a new science lab and being teased about an episode that director Jonathan Frakes described as "the best episode of television I've ever done," we're back to taking a look at the more personal side of the filming of the third season of Paramount+'s Anson Mount (Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Una Chin-Riley) & Ethan[...]

With only a week to go until the fifth & final season of Paramount+'s Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham)-starring Star Trek: Discovery begins hitting our screens, fans are getting a special look at what's to come via a new featurette that went live this afternoon In "Star Trek: Discovery – Inside The Final Season," Wil Wheaton (Star Trek:[...]

When we last checked in on how things were going with Michelle Yeoh (Philippa Georgiou)-starring Star Trek: Section 31, the good news had gone out that filming had officially wrapped (more on that in a minute) Now, thanks to an extensive profile of the franchise posted by Variety earlier today ("The Future of 'Star Trek': From 'Starfleet Academy'[...]

As production on the third season of Paramount+'s Anson Mount (Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Una Chin-Riley) & Ethan Peck (Spock)-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds rolls on, we have two pretty impressive updates to pass along In an extensive look at the long-running franchise that went live from Variety earlier today ("The Future of 'Star Trek': From[...]

If you think fans of Star Trek: Prodigy are dealing with a huge shock to their systems, just imagine how writer & executive producer Aaron Waltke and series creators Kevin Hageman & Dan Hageman are feeling With the first season hitting Netflix on Christmas Day, fans have been patiently awaiting word on when the second[...]