<P> The second season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery is set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery . The season will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment, and Living Dead Guy Productions, with Alex Kurtzman serving as showrunner . </P> <P> Sonequa Martin - Green stars as Michael Burnham, along with the returning Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, and Mary Wiseman; they are joined by Wilson Cruz, promoted from a recurring guest role, and Anson Mount as original Star Trek captain Christopher Pike . Original showrunner Bryan Fuller had intended for Discovery to be an anthology series that told different stories each season . CBS did not agree, but a hybrid approach was eventually used, following the same characters but telling different stories each season . The second season was officially ordered in October 2017, and filming began in April 2018 . Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts, the first season's showrunners, returned for the second but were fired during production; co-creator Kurtzman replaced them . </P> <P> The season is set to premiere in January 2019 and will consist of 13 episodes . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> Alex Kurtzman </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> January 2019 (2019 - 01) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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