Today in New York City, CBS Television held their annual “upfront” presentation for advertisers, where the company showed off their broadcast network schedule for the coming 2019-2020 season, their slate of new shows for the CBS broadcast network and CBS All Access — and where they finally, after months of waiting, revealed the first official details about Patrick Stewart’s return to Star Trek.
STAR TREK: PICARD, the finally-announced official title of the upcoming Jean-Luc Picard series — one that had seemingly been debunked by pilot episode director Hanelle Culpepper two months ago — got its moniker at the CBS presentation today, where the first footage from the upcoming production was showcased for advertisers and reporters in the room.
The "Star Trek" Picard series is apparently called … "Star Trek: Picard." #CBSUpfront
— Rick Porter (@rickporter) May 15, 2019
Okay, so we're calling it STAR TREK: PICARD. As titles go, it works. #CBSUpfront
— Liz Shannon Miller (@lizlet) May 15, 2019
I can't believe the Untitled Star Trek Picard Show is actually called Star Trek: Picard
Whomst could have forseen this
— James Whitbrook (@Jwhitbrook) May 15, 2019
Despite the somewhat underwhelming title announcement — but at least we don’t have to call it “untitled” any longer! — a brief shot of Patrick Stewart was featured, showing the former captain in civilian wear… and it appears that a familiar-looking Starfleet uniform was in his vicinity.
A teeny look at the #StarTrek #Picard show coming to @CBSAllAccess. #Upfronts pic.twitter.com/1uiUkPi81r
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) May 15, 2019
We’re still waiting for an official press announcement or official release of the Patrick Stewart footage, but you can be sure we’ll update this post with that information as soon as it’s available.
They’ve released the official logo treatment through social media and on StarTrek.com:
#StarTrek: Picard will stream exclusively on @CBSAllAccess in the United States, on Amazon #PrimeVideo in more than 200 countries and territories and in Canada on Bell Media’s @SpaceChannel and OTT service @CraveCanada. @StarTrekCBS @primevideouk https://t.co/f3mVPY449M pic.twitter.com/iDrmtDiQLg
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) May 15, 2019
STAR TREK: PICARD stars Patrick Stewart, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway, and Isa Briones, and will be seen on CBS All Access in the United States, Space Channel (and Crave) in Canada, and on Amazon Prime Video in all other international regions when it debuts later this year.
Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the news on Star Trek: Picard as it breaks!