CBS Announces ‘Prime Directive’ the New Official Star Trek Podcast

CBS announced Prime Directive: The Official Star Trek Podcast during the Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The show will be co-hosted by Tawny Newsome, who also stars in the CBS All Access animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

According to CBS, the show will feature “unparalleled access to Star Trek luminaries and behind-the-scenes creative professionals,” and will “take a smart, witty and thoughtful look at all things “Trek”– both old and new.”

“Star Trek has always been a touchstone for a larger cultural conversation,” said Veronica Hart, EVP, Global Franchise Management via press release.

“Prime Directive will continue that legacy by being a launching point for wider discussions of social issues, literature, music, philosophy, popular culture, space exploration, the environment and other topics that spring out of this vast universe.”

Newsome is a sketch and improv comedian. She’s appeared in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Nobodies, and The Comedy Get Down. She also regularly appears on the podcasts Lovett or Leave It and Comedy Bang! Bang!.

When Prime Directive: The Official Star Trek Podcast launches this fall, fans will be able to subscribe and download it on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, along with other podcasting apps.

More from SDCC ’19:

• Everything We Learned from the STAR TREK: PICARD Comic-Con Panel + 5 New Photos
• Comic-Con Offers First Look at STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS
• [GALLERY] Comic-Con ‘Picard’ Museum Gives Us Our First Look at Costumes & Props From the Series
• WATCH: New STAR TREK: PICARD Comic-Con Trailer

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