'Star Trek Discovery' renewed for Season 2 — as CBS streaming service melts down

Star Trek: Discovery was renewed for a second season Monday — even as many CBS All Access subscribers found themselves unable to view the latest episode of Season 1.

The hit show screens exclusively on the network's own streaming service, which costs $6 a month (outside the U.S., it's available to Netflix subscribers). CBS hasn't released any figures on sign-ups. But the first episode — which screened on CBS proper and garnered 10 million viewers, almost as good as top-rated returning shows like This Is Us and NCIS — was impressive enough on its own to give Season 2 a green light.