Openly gay showrunner of new Star Trek series is beamed off the show by CBS

Bryan Fuller has left the bridge of his new CBS series, “Star Trek: Discovery,” reports Variety, but apparently will remain within communication range.

He’s being replaced as showrunner by executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, according to the report. Berg and Harberts worked with Fuller on ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.”

Fuller will reportedly retain his title as executive producer, and it’s his vision that the show will follow. He wrote the first two episodes which will soon be filmed, Variety said. Fuller reportedly will still be involved in breaking stories.

Fuller, who revealed he was gay in a 2004 interview with After Ellen, tweeted the news Wednesday with an inside joke about the character of Commander William T. Riker, who was second in command in the 1987-1994 “Star Trek” TV spinoff, “Star Trek: The Next Generation:”

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