The Ready Room
The Ready Room is an American aftershow made for Facebook Live in which a host discusses episodes of a CBS All Access-streamed Star Trek television series with cast and crew members from the series. It replaced a previous aftershow, After Trek, which was live streamed on All Access following episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery.
| The Ready Room | |
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| Genre | Aftershow |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 14–44 minutes |
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| Original network | Facebook Live |
| Original release | January 26, 2019 – present |
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| Preceded by | After Trek |
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CBS revealed plans in January 2019 to re-imagine After Trek for the second season of Discovery, and announced The Ready Room shortly after. Naomi Kyle hosted the aftershow for that season. In January 2020, Wil Wheaton was named as host for a second season of The Ready Room that serves as an aftershow for the first season of the series Star Trek: Picard. Wheaton returned to host aftershow episodes for the series Star Trek: Lower Decks and the third season of Discovery.
In addition to Facebook Live, The Ready Room is released on IGTV, YouTube, and on All Access for subscribers.
Development
CBS announced an aftershow companion series to its CBS All Access television series Star Trek: Discovery in May 2017.[1] Titled After Trek, it was hosted by Matt Mira and streamed live on All Access following the release of Discovery episodes.[2] By June 2018, with production on the second season of Discovery underway, CBS was "reimagining" After Trek for the next season. The network said the next iteration would "continue to have all the fan-driven elements that Star Trek: Discovery viewers enjoyed this season and more."[3]
In January 2019, CBS announced that After Trek had been canceled and was being replaced by weekly Facebook Live events to be streamed the day after each Discovery episode was released.[4] These Facebook Live events were soon revealed to be a new interview-style aftershow named The Ready Room, hosted by Naomi Kyle.[5] The title comes from the captain's private room onboard many Star Trek starships.[6] In January 2020, CBS announced a second season of The Ready Room would serve as the aftershow for its new series Star Trek: Picard, with former Star Trek: The Next Generation cast member Wil Wheaton taking over as host for the season.[6]
Wheaton returned for a bonus episode, recorded remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that focuses on the making of the first season of Picard. It was released in July 2020.[7] Wheaton then hosted several special episodes of The Ready Room that accompany key episodes of the new animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks,[8] before hosting a new season of The Ready Room with aftershows for each episode of the third season of Discovery.[9]
Episodes
| Season | Host | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| Discovery S2 | Naomi Kyle | 13 | January 26, 2019 | April 19, 2019 | ||
| Picard S1 | Wil Wheaton | 11 | January 23, 2020 | July 2, 2020 | ||
| Lower Decks S1 | 3 | August 6, 2020 | October 8, 2020 | |||
| Discovery S3 | 13 | October 15, 2020 | January 7, 2021 | |||
Discovery season 2 (2019)
The first season of The Ready Room serves as an aftershow for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, with Naomi Kyle serving as host. Episodes were released the day after an episode of Discovery, on Facebook Live as well as CBS All Access.[5]
| No. overall | No. in season | Episode(s) discussed | Guests | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Brother" "New Eden" | Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin | January 26, 2019 |
| 2 | 2 | "Point of Light" | Mary Chieffo | February 4, 2019 |
| 3 | 3 | "An Obol for Charon" | Anthony Rapp | February 8, 2019 |
| 4 | 4 | "Saints of Imperfection" | Wilson Cruz | February 15, 2019 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Sound of Thunder" | Doug Jones | February 22, 2019 |
| 6 | 6 | "Light and Shadows" | James Frain | March 1, 2019 |
| 7 | 7 | "If Memory Serves" | Ethan Peck | March 8, 2019 |
| 8 | 8 | "Project Daedalus" | Hannah Cheesman | March 15, 2019 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Red Angel" | Sonequa Martin-Green | March 22, 2019 |
| 10 | 10 | "Perpetual Infinity" | Shazad Latif | March 29, 2019 |
| 11 | 11 | "Through the Valley of Shadows" | Anson Mount | April 5, 2019 |
| 12 | 12 | "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1" | Michelle Paradise | April 12, 2019 |
| 13 | 13 | "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" | Sonequa Martin-Green | April 19, 2019 |
Picard season 1 (2020)
The second season of The Ready Room serves as an aftershow for the first season of Star Trek: Picard, with Wil Wheaton serving as host.[6] Episodes were released hours after an episode of Picard, free-to-air on Facebook Live, IGTV, and YouTube as well as on CBS All Access for subscribers.[10]
| No. overall | No. in season | Episode(s) discussed | Guests | Original air date | ||||||||
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| 14 | 1 | "Remembrance" | Michael Chabon and Hanelle Culpepper | January 23, 2020 | ||||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Maps and Legends" | Akiva Goldsman | January 30, 2020 | ||||||||
| 16 | 3 | "The End Is the Beginning" | Michelle Hurd | February 6, 2020 | ||||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Absolute Candor" | Santiago Cabrera | February 13, 2020 | ||||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Stardust City Rag" | Evan Evagora | February 20, 2020 | ||||||||
| 19 | 6 | "The Impossible Box" | Jeri Ryan and Rod Roddenberry | February 27, 2020 | ||||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Nepenthe" | Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner | March 5, 2020 | ||||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Broken Pieces" | Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Del Arco | March 12, 2020 | ||||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1" | Isa Briones | March 19, 2020 | ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2" | Alison Pill and Patrick Stewart | March 26, 2020 | ||||||||
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| 24 | 11 | "Away Mission Special" | Patrick Stewart, Christine Clark, and James MacKinnon | July 2, 2020 | ||||||||
| CBS released a bonus episode of The Ready Room discussing the making of the first season of Picard on July 2, 2020, to coincide with the first day of voting for the 72nd Emmy Award nominations. Wil Wheaton returned as host for the special which was filmed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and referred to as an "Away Mission".[7] | ||||||||||||
Lower Decks season 1 (2020)
A special episode of The Ready Room, with Wil Wheaton returning as host, was released following the premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks.[8] Another aftershow episode was released following the sixth episode,[11] and a virtual panel for the 2020 New York Comic Con was recorded as a third aftershow for the series following its season finale.[12]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guests | Original air date |
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| 25 | 1 | "Premiere Special" | Mike McMahan and Barry Kelly | August 6, 2020 |
| 26 | 2 | "Midseason Special" | Mike McMahan, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero | September 10, 2020 |
| 27 | 3 | "Finale Special" | Mike McMahan, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O'Connell, Fred Tatasciore, Gillian Vigman, and Jonathan Frakes | October 8, 2020 |
Discovery season 3 (2020–21)
This season of The Ready Room serves as an aftershow for the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, hosted by Wil Wheaton.[9]
| No. overall | No. in season | Episode(s) discussed | Guests | Original air date |
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| 28 | 1 | "That Hope Is You, Part 1" | David Ajala | October 15, 2020 |
| 29 | 2 | "Far from Home" | Doug Jones and Mary Wiseman | October 22, 2020 |
| 30 | 3 | "People of Earth" | Jonathan Frakes, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, and Jeff Russo | October 29, 2020 |
| 31 | 4 | "Forget Me Not" | Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz | November 5, 2020 |
| 32 | 5 | "Die Trying" | Rachael Ancheril and Jason Zimmerman | November 12, 2020 |
| 33 | 6 | "Scavengers" | Neville Page | November 19, 2020 |
| 34 | 7 | "Unification III" | Sonequa Martin-Green | November 26, 2020 |
| 35 | 8 | "The Sanctuary" | Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander | December 3, 2020 |
| 36 | 9 | "Terra Firma, Part 1" | Emily Coutts, Oyin Oladejo, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Sara Mitch | December 10, 2020 |
| 37 | 10 | "Terra Firma, Part 2" | Michelle Yeoh | December 17, 2020 |
| 38 | 11 | "Su'Kal" | Doug Jones and Janet Kidder | December 24, 2020 |
| 39 | 12 | "There Is a Tide..." | Jonathan Frakes | December 31, 2020 |
| 40 | 13 | "That Hope Is You, Part 2" | Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Paradise, Olatunde Osunsanmi | January 7, 2021 |
References
- Andreeva, Nellie (May 17, 2017). "'Star Trek: Discovery' Gets Order Increase & Companion Show On CBS All Access". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- Petski, Denise (September 22, 2017). "'Star Trek: Discovery': Live After-Show Gets New Name; Matt Mira Set As Host". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- "CBS Planning "Reimagining" Of 'After Trek' For Season 2 Of 'Star Trek: Discovery'". TrekMovie.com. June 6, 2018. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- Pascale, Anthony (January 17, 2019). "CBS Launching Weekly 'Star Trek: Discovery' Facebook Live Events, Starting Tonight From NYC Premiere". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- "Watch 'The Ready Room' – New Official 'Star Trek: Discovery' Facebook Live Show Starting 2 PM (PST)". TrekMovie.com. January 25, 2019. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- Bullard, Benjamin (January 12, 2020). "Wil Wheaton to Host Star Trek: Picard Aftershow The Ready Room at CBS All Access". SyFy Wire. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- "Patrick Stewart Gives A 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 Update; Talks Changing Federation Politics And More". TrekMovie.com. July 2, 2020. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- Star Trek: Lower Decks – Premiere Special – The Ready Room. Facebook. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- "That Hope Is You, Part 1". The Ready Room. Season 4. Episode 1. October 15, 2020. Facebook Live.
- "How And When To Stream The Ready Room After Star Trek: Picard". CBS. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- Star Trek: Lower Decks – Midseason Special – The Ready Room. YouTube. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 16, 2020). "New York Comic Con Sets Panels For 'Star Trek: Discovery', 'Lower Decks' And 'The Stand'". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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