Another nail in the coffin of another franchise?
The fans demanded this one.
Discovery is doing fine getting better and has one more season. Michelle Yeoh has her Section 31 (Think Agents of Shield) coming soon. But a vocal group of fans kept demanding post TNG. With Bring back Picard.
Patrick Stewart apparently changed his mind no idea if he suddenly had a leaky window again. <See Wild Geese II>
Anyway the new series is set post post TNG the year is 2402 This is 7 years before Star Trek Online and 15 years after the destruction of Romulus and Remus the twin homeworlds of the Romulan Star empire by the Hubrus Star Hyper nova. This is the background set by Star Trek 2009.
Where at that event Spock and Nero were thrown back into the early 23rd century and created the Kelvin timeline paradox.
To rectify the Paradox (and not pay JJ Abrams) CBS decided that the movies are a splintered timeline existing parallel to the “Prime” timeline which is visually rebooted by Discovery.
Anyway to appease the fans and milk trek the way Disney has Star Wars CBS is launching Discovery, Section 31, Picard, Lower decks (think the office for Star Trek but animated) and who knows what else.
Sadly this teaser... it comes off as an ED pill commercial.