Star Trek: Discovery Will Return for Season 2

We'll be discovering more.

By Joe Skrebels

CBS has announced that Star Trek: Discovery will return on its All Access streaming service for a second season.

Announced in a press release, showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg have also signed on to return.

CBS Interactive president, Marc DeBevoise explained the decision to renew the show mid-season:

"In just six episodes, Star Trek: Discovery has driven subscriber growth, critical acclaim and huge global fan interest for the first premium version of this great franchise. This series has a remarkable creative team and cast who have demonstrated their ability to carry on the Star Trek legacy.“

Discovery has driven record growth for the network's streaming service, and the latest episode "Lethe" was our favourite of the series so far, garnering an 8.7 review and saying that it marked the point at which the show had found its pace.

While all of this has been going on, one person has been thinking about a different kind of Star Trek story - William Shatner still thinks there's more space to explore the adventures of Captain Kirk.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he wants that Daft Punk-headed lady from the first episode to come back. Follow him on Twitter.

Let's block ads! (Why?)