‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Locks In Official Release Date, Season 1 Will Air In Two Halves
It’s been a bit of a bumpy road to the small screen for CBS’sStar Trek: Discovery, with original showrunner Bryan Fuller stepping away entirely and multiple delays pushing the show’s premiere from January to May andeventually until this fall. Now, finally,Trekfans can sleep soundly knowing that the show has an official release date that seems achievable.
Below, find out exactly when the new series will debut, plus read up about how the first season ofDiscoverywill air in two separate halves.
The release date is the big news, so bust out your calendars and circleSeptember 24, 2017,as the big day.
Discovery begins September 24.#StarTrekDiscoverypic.twitter.com/F0h18l5H1g
— Star Trek: Discovery (@startrekcbs)July 07, 2025
Deadline also brings word that the show’s first season will air in two parts. It initially received an order for 13 episodes, but that was bumped up to 15 when the network liked what they saw; now the first eight episodes will be available on Sundays from September 24 to November 5, and the second batch of seven episodes will begin debuting online sometime in January of 2018.
This is the latest show to capitalize on the “season split in half” trend, following in the footsteps ofBreaking Bad,Mad Men, andGame of Thrones. But the delay will ease the load of the post-production team dealing with that the latter group of episodes and should help the show look even better when those are finally finished and ready for audiences to see. Fans have waited this long, so as frustrating as yet another delay may be, I have to imagine that everyone wants to see the best product possible and not see something that was rushed to hit an arbitrary release date.
Gretchen BergandAaron Harbertsare the new showrunners, andDiscoverystarsJason Isaacs, Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, James Frain, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp,andTerry Serpico. Think the show will be worth the wait?
