I doubt all 2 million subscribers are there just for STD.

The question is how well does it do here, on CBS's app vs. what the rest of the world shows in viewership on Netflix. How much did they leave on the table by going with their own app instead of Netflix in the US?
Looks like they have under 4 million subscribers. If 100% of them watch Star Trek, that's just enough a good Netflix show rating. I doubt that's happening. I know they're using this to grow subcribership, but that's an expensive way to do it. Why single out the US?
Apparently they have 2 levels, the cheaper one you get commercials. $6 with, $10 without. More if you want to add Showtime, $15 & $19. Not exactly a bargain.

Subscriptions to CAA has risen from 1,5 to 2 million in 6 months with their current airing schedule. Probably helped with NFL, Big Brother and others.

Who knows what kind of boost Discovery will give.

Show also have another 2 million subscribers.

CBS aim is 8 million subscribers within 2020 - so their ambition level isn't that high.

Well, I thought that was pretty good! They really should've started it on time. Those depending on their DVR to get it will be upset. Knowing my luck, I had ours set for the next show too. LOL
They should've showed both episodes on regular TV. Did the trial for the service for the second episode. Good episode, but after each commercial break the video and audio would get out of sync. Had to back out and resume to get it right again. Worked every time, but it makes it seem like they want to annoy you into the no commercial package.
I'll sub to keep watching, but after that I don't really see any reason to keep it. It will be interesting to see if we hear numbers and if they get the subs to keep this going. The show seems well made.

Tvbythenumbers.com will most certainly have the ratings for all Sunday night shows by tomorrow.

Will it show the streaming too? It would be interesting to see the difference between TV and online since their app isn't mainstream for smart TVs. I only had it on the Amazon fire on one TV.

No, it won't have streaming because all of the streaming services are very tight-lipped about publicly disclosing their streaming stats. It will only have the live + DVR viewer numbers.

Did you watch it? What did you think?
There was one character on the bridge I couldn't tell if it was a robot or a person wearing some weird helmet with a display on the visor. Looked like one of those Daft Punk guys. Never got a good look.
Really liked the look of the ships inside and out. More raw but techy, some of the NX01 exposed metal. Wasn't all white and shiny like it was made by Apple like the new movies. Don't know if they have a brewery in the basement of the ships. LOL
It wasn't your usual ST, so I suspect some won't care for it. As a sci fi show, on its own merits, it was pretty good IMO.

I got busy with some other things so I missed it but I will try and watch it today or tomorrow. I'm definitely curious.

I liked it. Was a double episode and it'll be intresting to see where the story goes.

The klingons looked a tad goofy and neckless, but I will get used to them Nice to see a good mix of races on the bridge and the SFX were stelllar.

I'll probably drop Orville before this (Orville really doesn't know what it wants to be, it doesn't dare to be funny enough to be a Galaxy Quest-successor and not serious enough to be a TNG-successor).

I have a cold so I was just lying in bed anyway and caught what I think was about 3/4 of it. It looked good, and wasn't bad, but just didn't grab me. I won't be signing up to watch it unless a hear some good buzz about it from a trusted source. I thought the Shinzhou was a cool design, but just didn't fit the timeline, in my opinion.

The ships in general did look pretty modern, but I guess they've just got to do the best they can. It's not like they should make them look like cardboard boxes like STTOS. They looked better than the released shots months ago, but then we haven't seen the real main ship yet.
I miss beam weapons. Always liked that in ST and B5, big sweeping cutting beams.

Did anyone else notice the obligatory X52? At least the throttle, or so it looked. I'll see if I can get a screenshot.

X-52 throttle, not sure what the stick is.









No idea what this is, but it was apparently female. Or shaped like.






Some eye candy.

They really just don't want me to watch:

https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/star-trek-discovery-knee-protest/

Eh, whatever. I think taking a knee is going to be the new colored ribbon for a cause that people will lose track of. People will be kneeling, jumping and kicking to protest all kinds of wrongs. Eventually it'll look like a Russian gypsy dance and we'll get on to the next thing.

I've personally never given a #%&*$# what actors do on their own time. I watch their movies/TV shows.
If you get upset about their private agendas and doings you assign them an importance they do not have and it's something I frankly never understand why people get so upset over.

Agreed. It has become the latest trendy "social justice" fad that everyone will forget about over the next couple of weeks.

ST: Discovery actually had pretty solid ratings for its only tv airing,


http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-sunday-sept-24-2017/

If it does well enough for the season, maybe they'll put it on the air for season 2 and stream it for those that have the service.

I'm not holding my breath on that but there's always a chance. Never say never!