CBS Fires Two More Star Trek: Discovery Producers

CBS has fired Star Trek: Discovery executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts after budget overruns on the season premiere and reports of verbal abuse towards writers. Alex Kurtzman will remain onboard as executive producer. The crew is currently working on episode five, with a pre-planned pause in production scheduled before filming of the next episode. As part of their statement on the matter, CBS confirmed the second season will not debut until next year (there was previously speculation it might air late this year).

ST: Discovery Showrunner Swap

Variety is reporting that Bryan Fuller will be stepping down from the post of Star Trek: Discovery showrunner due to time commitments with other projects. He will remain an executive producer, with producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts taking over day-to-day operations. This follows an announcement a few weeks ago that the premiere date would be pushed back from January to May. One thing that's a bit troubling is that Variety claims the lead character has still not been cast, when filming begins next month.

Star Trek: Discovery Tidbits

Bryan Fuller has released a few details of the new Star Trek series in a recent interview. Fuller will write the first episode with help from Alex Kurtzman and run the show alongside Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts. Nicholas Meyer, Jesse Alexander, and Kemp Powers will all write for the show. Meyer will write the second episode. Fuller also revealed the main character's nickname is Number One. I'm taking this as a sign that she's the ship's first officer.

UPDATE: Apparently the lead will be referred to exclusively as Number One until we learn her name in an episode.