Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter And finally, in the ongoing battle for Paramount Mountain Here are links to 135  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories.  CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere) Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Deep Space …

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Subspace Chatter

Paramount Press Express | ACADEMY AWARD WINNER HOLLY HUNTER TO STAR IN THE PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY

Marvel’s ‘Vision’ With Paul Bettany Set for 2026

‘Star Trek’ Franchise Reboot: Simon Kinberg Eyed for Paramount Movie

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Producers Urge Fans To Be Patient Waiting For Season 2 On Netflix – TrekMovie.com

Jonathan Frakes Reveals His Star Trek Directing Future On Strange New Worlds & Starfleet Academy

And finally, in the ongoing battle for Paramount Mountain

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery bundle streaming services

Why You Don’t Want ‘the Bundle’ to Come to Streaming Services

Comcast Introduces Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle

PBR hails new domestic media rights deals as ‘game changer’ – Sportcal

Comcast to Offer Apple TV, Netflix, Peacock in Bundle – Bloomberg

Paramount Global Communications Chief Julia Phelps to Exit

Sony & Paramount Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Allowing Talks To Start

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) Given Average Recommendation of “Reduce” by Brokerages

Paramount holds talks with Amazon to expand partnership in media businesses | World News – Business Standard

Paramount Global Communications Chief Jenny Tartikoff Exits

Paramount shares fall on report that Sony is reconsidering its bid | Morningstar

Paramount in talks to open its books to Sony, Apollo, sources say | Reuters

Day 2 of Gains Streak for Paramount Global Stock with 1.2% Return (vs. -18% YTD) [5/22/2024] | Trefis

Paramount Global Cl B stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains – MarketWatch

Sony’s Totoki Declines to Comment on Potential Paramount Deal | Morningstar

Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Orlando Planned for Opening in 2026

“TRACKER” WAS TELEVISION’S #1 SHOW IN 2023-24

Here are links to 135  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Original Series

One Of Star Trek’s First Deaths In The Original Series Had William Shatner Cracking Up – IMDb

Star Trek’s Infamous Spock’s Brain Episode Was A Sneaky Dig At NBC Itself

Why Star Trek’s “City On The Edge Of Forever” Is So Important

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek’s Walter Koenig Knew How To Bring Chekov to The Next Generation

The Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode That Was So Controversial the UK Banned it – IMDb

Deep Space Nine Used the Budget for Star Trek: TNG’s The Chase Episode

Star Trek Creator’s Vicious Rant About Women | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: DS9 Had A Real Jerk On Set

Star Trek: DS9 Blew Up An Enterprise Starship To Make A Point

Star Trek: DS9 Needed USS Defiant & Season 2’s Finale Is Proof

When Star Trek Deliberately Misled Fans | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek Voyager Doctor Robert Picardo Was Unhappy With Character Change

The Male Cast of Star Trek: Voyager Was Jealous of The Doctor’s Love

Having Seven Of Nine In Star Trek: Voyager Raised Concerns For Another Character

The crew on Star Trek: Voyager were not always kind to the cast

Robert Picardo actually turned down the role of The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager

Robert Picardo wasn’t onboard for a Doctor/Seven of Nine relationship

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek Returns To A DS9 & Voyager Location For The First Time In 25 Years

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Debuts On Nielsen Streaming Top 10 – TrekMovie.com

Decades-Old Star Trek Mystery Finally Solved? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

5 Star Trek: Discovery Characters Who Left Burnham’s Ship (& Who Came Back)

Star Trek: Discovery Lands In Nielsen Streaming Top 10 Like Picard & Strange New Worlds

5 Star Trek: Discovery Characters Progenitors’ Treasure Could Resurrect

When Star Trek: Discovery Ends, I’ll Miss Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno The Most

Russell T. Davies Wishes Star Trek And Doctor Who Could Crossover, And Confirmed The Steps He’s Taken Steps To Make It Easier | Cinemablend

Is ‘Star Trek’ Real in ‘Doctor Who’? | The Mary Sue

How Star Trek: Discovery Brought Two Stamets Together In Season 1

Star Trek: Discovery’s Breen Go Too Far Beyond Other Enemy Alien Ships

A Classic Star Trek Movie Alien Returns In Discovery Season 5 Episode 8

New photos + a sneak peek at Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 8 “Labyrinths” – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Star Trek: Discovery’s Spore Drive Replacement May Not Be Explained

Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green Is “The Best Number One” Elias Toufexis Has Ever Worked With

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 8 ‘Labyrinths’ is a fun, format-following installment | Space

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 8 Ending Explained

Star Trek: Discovery Took the Best Episode of Its Season and Gave Us a Much Less Interesting Version of It

Recap/Review: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Navigates Its Way Through In “Labyrinths” – TrekMovie.com

RECAP | Star Trek: Discovery 508 – ‘Labyrinths’ | Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery’s Spore Drive – How It Works & Why It’s Controversial

Inside How ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Transformed A Toronto University Library Into The Eternal Archive – TrekMovie.com

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Climbs Streaming Top 10 Chart – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery’s Tig Notaro Talks Season 5, Her Casting Story, And Jett Reno’s Future

‘Discovery’s’ Most Unlikely Star Doesn’t Understand Star Trek Canon At All

Star Trek: Discovery’s Neelix Reference Reveals What Happened After Voyager

Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Legacy Of Fan-Favorite Voyager Character  | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Discovery Connection To Strange New Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Is Star Trek: Discovery Planning To Resurrect Book’s Dead Planet?

Less people are watching Star Trek: Discovery as the season goes on

Star Trek: Discovery’s Tig Notaro Clarifies Whether She Helps Writers With Jett Reno’s Lines, And I’m Surprised | Cinemablend

Interview: ‘Discovery’ Writer Eric J. Robbins On Efrosians And More Star Trek Connections In “Labyrinths” – TrekMovie.com

L’ak’s Star Trek: Discovery Costume Hinted At His True Identity As A Breen

Is Star Trek: Discovery Planning To Resurrect Book’s Dead Planet?

Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 509 With New Images, Trailer, And Clip From “Lagrange Point” – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery Finally Brought Back Saru

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Climbs Streaming Top 10 Chart – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek Picard Originally Planned to Reveal Even More About the Enterprise-E’s Fate | Den of Geek

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes Nailed It In Explaining Why Strange New Worlds Is Arguably Fans’ Favorite Show Since The Next Generation | Cinemablend


THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

“It didn’t do us any good”: Star Trek Legend Leonard Nimoy Never Forgave a Movie That “Nearly Derailed” the Franchise

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Returning To Cinemas For 40th Anniversary – New Poster Exclusive

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Will Return to Theaters for 40th Anniversary

Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock Is Returning to Theaters, But There’s a Catch

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Did Captain Kirk Really Meet God In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?

Star Trek: First Contact

I’m Glad Star Trek: First Contact Didn’t Ruin The Borg On Voyager

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Who Is Shinzon And How Did He Take Over The Romulan Star Empire?

Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-vser movie [currently NOT on Paramount announced roster]

Chris Pine was surprised by new Star Trek 4 update

Chris Pine Gives Uninspiring (and Unsurprising) Update on Star Trek 4

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek books, audio books and DVDs

Review: The Promise Of A DS9 Prelude Falls Short In ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths’ – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek video games/board games

Denise Crosby Returns As Captain Sela From Another Universe For ‘Star Trek Online: Unparalleled’ – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek Online’s Next Season, Unparalleled, Brings A New Type Of Borg Threat On May 28th | MMORPG.com

Star Trek Online’s 32nd Season — “Unparalleled” — Let’s Players Change Their Gender

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

Star Trek #20 Preview: Space Gods & Spy Games

STAR TREK 500 from IDW Sets Up Massive Trek Crossover Event for 2025 – Nerdist

IDW Celebrating 500th Star Trek Comic With Big Era-Spanning Anthology – TrekMovie.com

See Captain Sisko Meet A Familiar Face From ‘Picard’ In Preview Of ‘Star Trek’ #20 – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek’s New Warp Drive Makes All Others Look Pathetic (In Any Era)

MISCELLANEOUS

Paramount+ News

Paramount Global, Korea’s CJ ENM Scale Back Strategic Partnership

Peacock Content Spending Patterns Show Shifting Priorities

Shari Redstone was poised to make Paramount a Hollywood comeback story. What happened? – Natura Hoy

Seth Meyers Roasts Paramount and Peacock at the NBCUniversal Upfront

Shari Redstone Hits Red Carpet For Paramount Pictures’ ‘IF’ Premiere

Paramount Global Communications Chief Jenny Tartikoff Exits

Paramount Stock Falls on Report Sony Is ‘Rethinking’ $26 Billion Bid

S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Paramount Global Sinks as Sony Reconsiders Bid

Paramount Shares Dip On Report Sony May Be Cooling On $26 Billion Bid

Sony getting cold feet over Paramount deal, report claims | NASDAQ:PARA

Paramount holds talks with Amazon to expand partnership in media businesses | World News – Business Standard

Paramount M&A Fiasco Teaches a Lesson About Investor Inequality – Bloomberg

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) Given Average Recommendation of “Reduce” by Brokerages

Sony & Paramount Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Allowing Talks To Start

Paramount Global Chief Communications, Corporate Marketing Officer Julia Phelps to Exit

Free streaming channel count drops slightly to 1,943, report says

Paramount Global’s Communications & Corporate Marketing Chief To Exit

Paramount Global Taps Jonathan Bingaman To Head Domestic Distribution

Paramount Global Head of Marketing, Communications Julia Phelps Exits

Paramount Global Chief Communications Officer Julia Phelps to Exit

Sony and Apollo step closer to Paramount Global deal (reports) | News | Screen

Sony Joins Talks To Buy Paramount—Boosting Paramount Shares 12%

Sony and Apollo’s Plan for Paramount: Break It Up – The New York Times

CBS News Could be Sold Should Apollo and Sony Acquire Paramount Global

Sony’s plans for Paramount include sale of famous studio lot

Shari Redstone Has Three Options for Paramount Global – Bloomberg

How to stop another Paramount fiasco | The Star

PBR hails new domestic media rights deals as ‘game changer’ – Sportcal

Why You Don’t Want ‘the Bundle’ to Come to Streaming Services

Comcast to Offer Apple TV, Netflix, Peacock in Bundle – Bloomberg

RedBird Capital ‘has US$4.7bn arsenal’ to pursue further deals – SportsPro

Paramount Global Cl B stock remains steady Monday, underperforms market – MarketWatch

Byron Allen Resubmits $3.5 Billion Bid For Paramount Global’s BET, VH1

Paramount Global executive Phelps to depart

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

Star Trek Creator’s Overlooked Sci-Fi Series Streaming Without Netflix  | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Discovery’s Commander Rayner Tragedy Echoes Strange New Worlds’ La’an

Star Trek: Discovery – The Tardigrade, Explained

Interview: Elias Toufexis On Making Star Trek History Playing L’ak And Nerding Out In ‘Discovery’ – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek’s Biggest Year? What Discovery’s Callback To 2371 In TNG’s Era Means

Star Trek: Discovery Is Ending Soon, And L’ak Actor Elias Toufexis Told Us Why He Thinks The Show ‘Wraps Up Really Nicely’ | Cinemablend

Every Star Trek Captain Who Led a Series, Ranked

5 Star Trek Actors With Real-Life Children In TV & Movies

The One Thing Star Trek’s George Takei Really Wanted For Sulu But Never Got

Seven Of Nine Became Starfleet Famous Because Of Star Trek: Picard, Not Voyager

Star Trek’s Time Travel Rules, Explained

Picard’s Enterprise Tried To Save Chief O’Brien After Star Trek: TNG’s Finale

The Baddest Part of Space: A Brief History of the Badlands | Star Trek

10 Star Trek Aliens Who Don’t Look Human

Star Trek: World War III, Explained

Chris Pine’s Best Moment As Star Trek’s Captain Kirk Isn’t the One You Think

8 Important Star Trek Events That Happened In The Badlands

Going Nucleonic: Star Trek’s Wildest Mindscape Episodes | Star Trek

“We absolutely keep track of it”: Despite 5 Seasons, Star Trek: Discovery Failed to Learn the Real Reason Strange New Worlds is a Better Show

New photos + a sneak peek at Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 9 “Lagrange Point” – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

FIRST LOOK | Star Trek: Discovery – ‘Lagrange Point’ | Star Trek

Star Trek’s New Warp Drive Breaks the Prime Directive in a Way No-One Expected

Convention news/fandom

Every Partner Announced for IGN Live (So Far) – IGN

Actor Watch

Fallout’s Ella Purnell Shines in Star Trek Role – ScreenRant – YouTube

“I think I stole them”: Marina Sirtis Stole 2 Star Trek Props, One of Which She Ended up Wearing 18 Years Later in ‘Picard’

Christina Chong & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Cast Collaborate On New Song ‘Space Girlz’

Before we begin our main mission, I have a question from Listener Kyle:

What is the significance of your ratings?
Some seem to struggle over awarding half points for no perceivable
reason.  What’s the difference between 7.5 and 8 McGuffins?
When I replay an audiobook for background listening, that book series is
at least a 8 out of 10 stars in my personal opinion.
I won’t recommend a movie / TV show/ author / book series unless it is 9
out of 10 stars.

Main Mission, Part 1

Star Trek Discovery
Season 5, Episode 8
“Labyrinths”
Written by Lauren Wilkinson & Eric J. Robbins
Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour

Main Mission, Part 2

Star Trek Discovery
Season 5, Episode 9
“Lagrange Point”
Written by Sean Cochran & Ari Friedman
Directed by Jonathan Frakes

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