“Star Trek Discovery” Executive producer Bryan Fuller divulged new details about the highly anticipated CBS TV series at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. “'Star Trek' started with a wonderful expression of diversity in its cast. “We're absolutely continuing that tradition.”Fuller said the original characters won’t be left out of the TV series. “First and foremost, I think we really want to convince you and establish the greatness of the [new] characters that are going to be introduced.”“Star Trek Discovery” premieres in January on CBS. “There’s so much about the history that once we get through this first season and establish our own ‘Star Trek’ universe with the crew… we’ll be looking in the second season to open up to more familiar characters and how they can feed into the [show],” he explained.

Source: Fox News August 11, 2016 12:00 UTC