A new showrunner will bring Star Trek: Discovery back for season three

Enlarge / Discovery lead Sonequa Martin-Green as Starfleet officer Michael Burnham. (credit: CBS)

Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a third season, Variety reports. Additionally, there will be a small shift in the show's leadership. Current writer and producer Michelle Paradise will be promoted to co-executive producer, running the show alongside Alex Kurtzman.

In a statement, Kurtzman hyped Paradise's credentials:

Michelle joined us midway through season two and energized the room with her ferocious knowledge of Trek. Her grasp of character and story detail, her drive, and her focus have already become essential in ensuring the Trek legacy, and her fresh perspective always keeps us looking forward. I'm proud to say Michelle and I are officially running Star Trek: Discovery together.

Kurtzman took over the show during season two after the previous showrunners departed amidst some workplace controversy. He previously co-wrote the 2009 Star Trek movie reboot directed by J.J. Abrams. Before that, he was a writer and producer on Alias, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Fringe, and a number of CBS broadcast procedurals like Hawaii Five-0, Limitless, and Scorpion. Paradise previously created the MTV series Exes & Ohs, worked as a writer on CW series Hart of Dixie, and was an executive producer for The Originals, also on the CW.

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