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The first-ever official Star Trek comedy series has been ordered.

Emmy-winner Mike McMahan, writer on Adult Swim's sensation Rick and MortyThe half-hour series is titled Star Trek: Lower Decks and will tackle the Federation from a comedic perspective, focusing on the support crew serving Starfleet's least important ships.

"Mike won our hearts with his first sentence: 'I want to do a show about the people who can put the yellow cartridge in the food replicator so we banana can come out the other end,'" said executive producer Alex Kurtzman. "[McMahan’s] cat's name is Riker. His son's name is Sagan. The man is committed. He's brilliantly funny and knows every inch of every Trek episode, and that's his secret sauce: he writes with the pure, the joyful heart of a true fan. As we broaden the world of Trek Mike's extraordinary voice. "

Added McMahan: "As a life-long Trekkie, it's a surreal and wonderful dream come true to be part of this new era Star Trek. while Star Trek: Lower Decks is a half-hour, animated show at its core, it's undeniably Trek – and I promise not to add an episode to the very end that reveals the whole thing took place in a training program. "

Fans will recognize the Lower Decks title as referencing the name of one of the best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 2011, McMahan started a Twitter account posting fake TGN plots, then scored a book deal to turn his tweets into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season.

The new project will bring to mind Fox's The Orville, a dramedy from Family GuySeth MacFarlane, which is clearly inspired by Trek.

And previously, there was a much-loved Star Trek: The Animated Series which expanded on The Original Series episodes and ran from 1973-74 (but not a comedy).

The new show is the latest Trek CBS All Access streaming service, which also has Star Trek: Discovery, which returns for its second season in January, and a new show with Patrick Stewart reprising his TNG character Jean-Luc Picard in the works.

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