CBS All Access orders a Star Trek animated comedy spinoff

TVLine

Star Trek: Lower Decks will become the first-ever official Star Trek comedy series. CBS All Access has given a two-season order to the half-hour animated series, from Rick and Morty writer Mike McMahan, that will “focus on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships." “Mike won our hearts with his first sentence: ‘I want to do a show about the people who put the yellow cartridge in the food replicator so a banana can come out the other end,'” says CBS All Access' Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman in a statement. “His cat’s name is Riker. His son’s name is Sagan. The man is committed.” McMahan adds: “As a life-long Trekkie, it’s a surreal and wonderful dream come true to be a part of this new era of Star Trek. While Star Trek: Lower Decks is a half-hour, animated show at its core, it’s undeniably Trek — and I promise not to add an episode at the very end that reveals the whole thing took place in a training program.”