While several attempts were made to merge Viacom and CBS, power struggles between
the major stakeholders of the companies prevented this from happening. In 2019,
after the resignation of CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, negotiations to merge CBS and
Viacom began in earnest. These negotiations were led by Shari Redstone, chairman of
National Amusements, and Joe Ianniello, CEO of CBS.[138] On August 13, 2019, CBS
and Viacom boards of directors reached an agreement to reunite the conglomerates as
a single entity called ViacomCBS.[139] National Amusements' board of directors
approved the merger on October 28, 2019, which was finalized on December 4,
bringing the Star Trek franchise back under one roof.[140][141][142] ViacomCBS was
renamed Paramount Global on February 16, 2022.[143]d writers participated in many
of these productions. Several producers turned to crowdfunding, such as
Kickstarter, to help with production and other costs.s of films based on the
character Turist Ömer.[citation needed] An entire series of films and novel
parodies titled Star Wreck has been created in Finnish.[113]
The Orville is a comedy-drama science fiction television series created by Seth
MacFarlane that premiered on September 10, 2017, on Fox. MacFarlane, a longtime fan
of the franchise who previously guest-starred on an episode of Enterprise, created
the series with a similar look and feel as the Star Trek series.[114] MacFarlane
has made references to Star Trek on his animated series Family Guy, where the Next
Generation cast guest-starred in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven".
Other Space is a science fiction comedy streaming series which premiered on Yahoo!
Screen on April 14, 2015. Created by Paul Feig, it is set in the 22nd century and
follows the dysfunctional crew of an exploratory spaceship who become trapped in an
unknown universe.
Fan productions
Main article: Star Trek fan productions
Until 2016, Paramount Pictures and CBS permitted fan-produced films and episode-
like clips to be produced. Several veteran Star Trek actors and writers
participated in many of these productions. Several producers turned to
crowdfunding, such as Kickstarter, to help with production and other costs.[115]
Popular productions include: New Voyages (2004–2016) and Star Trek Continues (2013–
2017). Additional productions include: Of Gods and Men (2008), originally released
as a three-part web series, and Prelude to Axanar.[citation needed] Audio dramatiza
