While “Star Trek” and “animated workplace comedy” might seem like an unlikely hybrid, that’s exactly what’s coming to CBS All Access on August 6 with “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” The 10-episode first season is created by Mike McMahan, formerly the head writer of the Adult Swim phenomenon and Emmy-winning series “Rick and Morty.” McMahan also co-created the Hulu series “Solar Opposites.” Check out the first trailer for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” below.McMahan already has plenty of experience in the “Star Trek” universe as the mastermind behind the popular Tng Season 8 Twitter account, which imagined what “Star Trek: The Next Generation” might’ve looked like had the series continued, and it even spawned a spinoff book of its own in 2015.
(Hypothetical episode logline for that non-existent Season 8: “A subspace rumple disables the Enterprise and blinds the crew.
Data & Geordi’s plan to build the perfect girlfriend backfires explosively.
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