SDCC2019 Recap: As CBS Goes Dark For AT&T , Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Revealed

Oh boy.

CBS probably picked a bad weekend to go dark. As the network went dark for 6.5 million subscribers all over the country for DirecTV, DirecTVNow, and AT&T U-verse customers, CBS trotted out Star Trek: Lower Decks for the first time for it’s CBS All-Access streaming service which is ironic because it sounds like that’s been the lynchpin in the negotiations between the two conglomerates.

During the Hall H “Star Trek” Universe panel moderated by series cast member Jerry O’Connell, STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS creator and executive producer Mike McMahan (“Rick and Morty”) unveiled the voice cast and character animations with the help of surprise guests and cast members Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin. McMahan also announced that the 10-episode long first season will premiere in 2020.

The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos, include:

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS will focus on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships. The series will be produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Television Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin and Roddenberry Entertainment’s Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth and Katie Krentz will serve as executive producers alongside creator Mike McMahan (“Rick and Morty”). Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought McMahan to the project, will serve as a co-executive producer. The series will air exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States and will be distributed concurrently internationally by CBS Studios International.