STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
CBS, 10:00 p.m. ET
This series is a couple of years old now, and previously was streamed exclusively on CBS All Access. But now, with the pandemic continuing and few current drama series in production, the inventory of already produced streaming shows from CBS All Access suddenly looks very attractive to CBS, the major network, as a source of programming that is “new” to most Americans, who neglected to pony up for the CBS All Access monthly fees. Tonight is the episode in which the setting of Star Trek: Discovery is revealed to be something other than what viewers, and this show’s protagonist, had presumed. And it’s a revelation that calls back plots and premises from the original Star Trek series, and almost every Star Trek spinoff since – so it’s no mirror coincidence.