The Ready Room

The Ready Room is an American aftershow made for Facebook Live in which a host discusses episodes of a CBS All Access-streamed Star Trek television series with cast and crew members from the series. It replaced a previous aftershow, After Trek, which was live streamed on All Access following episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery.

For the general use, see Ready room.
The Ready Room
GenreAftershow
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes25 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time14–44 minutes
Release
Original network
Original releaseJanuary 26, 2019 (2019-01-26) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byAfter Trek
Related shows

CBS revealed plans in January 2019 to re-imagine After Trek for the second season of Discovery, and announced The Ready Room shortly after. Naomi Kyle hosted the aftershow for that season. In January 2020, Wil Wheaton was named as host for a second season of The Ready Room that serves as an aftershow for the first season of the series Star Trek: Picard. Wheaton returned to host several special episodes of the aftershow for the series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

In addition to Facebook Live, The Ready Room is released on IGTV, YouTube, and on All Access for subscribers.

Development

CBS announced an aftershow companion series to its CBS All Access television series Star Trek: Discovery in May 2017.[1] Titled After Trek, it was hosted by Matt Mira and streamed live on All Access following the release of Discovery episodes.[2] By June 2018, with production on the second season of Discovery underway, CBS was "reimagining" After Trek for the next season. The network said the next iteration would "continue to have all the fan-driven elements that Star Trek: Discovery viewers enjoyed this season and more."[3]

In January 2019, CBS announced that After Trek had been canceled and was being replaced by weekly Facebook Live events to be streamed the day after each Discovery episode was released.[4] These Facebook Live events were soon revealed to be a new interview-style aftershow named The Ready Room, hosted by Naomi Kyle.[5] The title comes from the captain's private room onboard many Star Trek starships.[6] In January 2020, CBS announced a second season of The Ready Room would serve as the aftershow for its new series Star Trek: Picard, with former Star Trek: The Next Generation cast member Wil Wheaton taking over as host for the season.[6]

Wheaton returned for a bonus episode, recorded remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that focuses on the making of the first season of Picard and was released in July 2020.[7] He again returned for several special episodes of The Ready Room accompanying key episodes of the new animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.[8]

Episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
Discovery S213January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26)April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)
Picard S111January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02)
Lower Decks S1TBAAugust 6, 2020 (2020-08-06)TBA

Discovery season 2 (2019)

The first season of The Ready Room serves as an aftershow for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, with Naomi Kyle serving as host. Episodes were released the day after an episode of Discovery, on Facebook Live as well as CBS All Access.[5]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Episode(s) discussedGuestsOriginal air date
11"Brother"
"New Eden"		Alex Kurtzman and Heather KadinJanuary 26, 2019 (2019-01-26)
22"Point of Light"Mary ChieffoFebruary 4, 2019 (2019-02-04)
33"An Obol for Charon"Anthony RappFebruary 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
44"Saints of Imperfection"Wilson CruzFebruary 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
55"The Sound of Thunder"Doug JonesFebruary 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
66"Light and Shadows"James FrainMarch 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)
77"If Memory Serves"Ethan PeckMarch 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)
88"Project Daedalus"Hannah CheesmanMarch 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
99"The Red Angel"Sonequa Martin-GreenMarch 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)
1010"Perpetual Infinity"Shazad LatifMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
1111"Through the Valley of Shadows"Anson MountApril 5, 2019 (2019-04-05)
1212"Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"Michelle ParadiseApril 12, 2019 (2019-04-12)
1313"Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2"Sonequa Martin-GreenApril 19, 2019 (2019-04-19)

Picard season 1 (2020)

The second season of The Ready Room serves as an aftershow for the first season of Star Trek: Picard, with Wil Wheaton serving as host.[6] Episodes were released hours after an episode of Picard, free-to-air on Facebook Live, IGTV, and YouTube as well as on CBS All Access for subscribers.[9]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Episode(s) discussedGuestsOriginal air date
141"Remembrance"Michael Chabon and Hanelle CulpepperJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
152"Maps and Legends"Akiva GoldsmanJanuary 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)
163"The End is the Beginning"Michelle HurdFebruary 6, 2020 (2020-02-06)
174"Absolute Candor"Santiago CabreraFebruary 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)
185"Stardust City Rag"Evan EvagoraFebruary 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)
196"The Impossible Box"Jeri Ryan and Rod RoddenberryFebruary 27, 2020 (2020-02-27)
207"Nepenthe"Jonathan Frakes and Brent SpinerMarch 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)
218"Broken Pieces"Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Del ArcoMarch 12, 2020 (2020-03-12)
229"Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1"Isa BrionesMarch 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)
2310"Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2"Alison Pill and Patrick StewartMarch 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
Bonus Episode
24–"Away Mission Special"Patrick Stewart, Christine Clark, and James MacKinnonJuly 2, 2020 (2020-07-02)
CBS released a bonus episode of The Ready Room discussing the making of the first season of Picard on July 2, 2020, to coincide with the first day of voting for the 72nd Emmy Award nominations. Wil Wheaton returned as host for the special which was filmed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and referred to as an "Away Mission".[7]

Lower Decks season 1 (2020)

A special episode of The Ready Room, with Wil Wheaton returning as host, was released following the premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Another aftershow episode will be released following the sixth episode of the series' first season.[8]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleGuestsOriginal air date
251"Premiere Special"Mike McMahan and Barry KellyAugust 6, 2020 (2020-08-06)
gollark: Teleportation good, ridiculously slow transport bad.
gollark: Is it, though?
gollark: *can't tell if joke or insane person*
gollark: …
gollark: I think quite a lot of countries allow arbitrary recording of calls.

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