Happy Star Trek Day!

September 8, 2020

Happy Star Trek Day!

Today on September 8, 1966 the first episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series” premiered on television. So today Star Trek/CBS celebrated Star Trek Day and CBS Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton hosted a 3 hour virtual panels of the cast and crew from all the Star Trek shows. It was pretty awesome. Here was the lineup:

12 p.m. PDT: “Star Trek Discovery” cast and writers will discuss the upcoming third season that premieres on Oct. 15.
12:30 p.m. PDT: The cast of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” will talk about iconic episodes that still have relevance today, including the famous episode “Far Beyond the Stars.”
1 p.m. PDT: The cast and writers of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” will discuss the new adventures featured in the reboot series, which features iconic, recast franchise characters such as Captain Pike, Spock and Number One.
1:30 p.m. PDT: The legacy of “Star Trek: The Original Series” will be discussed with original cast member George Takei, Rod Roddenberry (son of the series creator Gene Roddenberry), and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Wil Wheaton, who is hosting multiple panels during “Star Trek Day.”
2 p.m. PDT: “Star Trek: Voyager” cast members will discuss the 25-year anniversary of their series in 2020, whose plotline saw the U.S.S. Voyager starship and crew stranded in a poorly explored region of space.
2:20 p.m. PDT: “Star Trek: Enterprise” cast members will discuss their series, which was the last to air on a television service for several years before the debut of “Star Trek Discovery” in 2017.
2:40 p.m. PDT: The cast of the new “Star Trek: Lower Decks” animated series discusses what the first season holds in store.
3:05 p.m. PDT: “Star Trek: Picard” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” stars Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes helm a discussion about how TNG a generation ago informed their much more recent appearances on “Picard”, which debuted in January this year.

Lots of good stories and gossip from all the shows including Q is returning to “Star Trek: Lower Decks” and there will be a cat called Grudge The Cat on “Star Trek Discovery!” Also, and this is really cool, on “September 8, for every person that tweets the hashtag #StarTrekUnitedGives from 12AM until 11:59PM PT, CBS All Access will donate $1 to organizations who do the real-world work of championing equality, social justice and the pursuit of scientific advancements. These organizations include the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDF), National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)” (https://www.startrek.com/day#schedule).

Images from (and you can watch the panels here: https://www.startrek.com/day and https://www.youtube.com/c/cbsallaccess/videos)