The first week of Star Trek: Picard is finally over, and after the premiere episode debuted this Thursday on CBS All Access and CTV Sci-Fi — and on Amazon Prime internationally — the Picard content didn’t stop when the closing credits of “Remembrance” rolled!
New video releases, podcasts, and promotional events continued to debut throughout the week — and we’ve got a full wrap-up of the Picard tie-in events for you today.
Thursday morning brought us the debut episode of The Ready Room with host Wil Wheaton, the weekly Picard after-show which is scheduled for release at 10AM after each new Picard episode drops on CBS All Access.
Arriving on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and of course CBS All Access, the first half-hour presentation featured guests Hanelle Culpepper (episode director) and Michael Chabon (series showrunner), and included some behind-the-scenes footage from production and a peek at next week’s episode, “Maps and Legends.”
Thursday afternoon brought the surprise debut of the official Star Trek: Picard Podcast, a joint production between CBS All Access and the entertainment trade Deadline, which will be a weekly release covering each episode of the first season of Picard.
Seemingly a replacement for the planned Prime Directive podcast announced back in August (that was supposed to launch in late 2019), the Deadline-hosted Picard Podcast is hosted by that publication’s editors, Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher, and is described as “a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ anticipated series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics” behind the show.
The first episode, which can be listened to here or on Spotify, includes guests Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Hanelle Culpepper, Patrick Stewart, and more.
CBS All Access also took over New York City on Thursday, with a Star Trek: Picard publicity blitz ranging from the NYC Subway system to the middle of Times Square itself.
Underground, fans of Star Trek: Picard could pick up a pair of Picard-themed MTA transit cards at six subway stations — conveniently selected to form a Starfleet delta on NYC maps.
Meanwhile, in Times Square, a Picard photo station was set up for fans to drop by and get their picture taken in front of a massive Starfleet delta, as well as pick up an exclusive poster available only at the brand activation location.
A similar event is planned for Sunday, January 26 in Los Angeles.
Finally, out in San Diego on Thursday and Friday, the Comic Con Museum hosted a gallery of Star Trek: Picard costumes and props, many of which were being showcased in public for the first time.
Along with costumes for many of the main cast in the series, the gallery also included props used by the squadron of Romulan black-ops agents sent to capture Dahj in “Remembrance.”
Special thanks to Todd Felton and Shawn Richter for sharing these photos with TrekCore.
Star Trek: Picard continues next Thursday.