Star Trek: Discovery takes place in two different eras of the Star Trek timeline. Premiering in 2017, Discovery was the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years, since Star Trek: Enterprise's 2005 cancelation. Discovery helped launch the CBS All Access streaming service, which was rebranded as Paramount+. Controversial since its inception, Discovery was nonetheless successful enough to spin off multiple Star Trek series on Paramount+. Discovery is also the first Star Trek series to run for five seasons since Star Trek: Voyager, although the upcoming Discovery season 5 is also the show's last.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Star Trek: Discovery was originally conceived as an anthology series that would take place in different eras with different characters. Behind-the-scenes creative conflicts saw Fuller leave the series before Star Trek: Discovery premiered, and season 1's showrunners were also replaced by Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise for season 2. Paradise has since served as Discovery's showrunner, guiding the series led by star and producer Sonequa Martin-Green in its latter seasons. Although the show's visual style and story created doubt in some fans' minds, Star Trek: Discovery is canonically part of Star Trek's Prime Timeline. Star Trek: Discovery has deep roots in the era of Star Trek: The Original Series but the series is now the vanguard charting the farthest point of Star Trek's distant future.
