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From low-budget romps to high-energy blockbuster films,  Star Trek  has become one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. While  Trek  has decades worth of TV, film, and animated iterations that might rival  Star Wars , it also has its own unique legacy and long-time, passionate cult following (and merch ).

With the release of  Star Trek : Discovery in 2017, the Trek television universe has become one of the highlights of original programming on  Paramount+ . Unlike Kevin Feige ‘s aggressive rollout of new shows for Phase Four of the  Marvel Cinematic Universe on Disney+,  Paramount+  has done particularly well with releasing short series over the past few years for this newest wave of  Star Trek . Helmed by Alex Kurtzman, series like  Star Trek: Lower Decks  and  Picard  have pushed the boundaries of what can be done with the universe’s canon in their first seasons so far.

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What  Star Trek TV Shows Are Available on Paramount+?

Premiering on September 8, 1966 on NBC-TV,  Star Trek  brought in a new era of programming for the science fiction genre. Though it wasn’t a critical success at the time it aired, with all 79 episodes of the original series running in syndication, a devoted fan base grew. Decades later, there are eight TV series with hundreds of episodes, all currently streaming now on Paramount+.

• Star Trek: The Original Series  (1966-1969)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series  (1973-1974)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation  (1987-1994)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  (1993-1999)
• Star Trek: Voyager  (1995-2001)
• Star Trek: Enterprise  (2001-2005)
• Star Trek: Discovery  (2017-Present)
• Star Trek:  Short Treks  (2018-Present)
• Star Trek: Picard  (2020-Present)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks  (2020-Present)
• Star Trek: Prodigy  (2021-Present)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022-Present)
• Star Trek: Section 31  (TBA)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy  (TBA) 

What  Star Trek Movies Are Streaming on Paramount+?

Unfortunately, while Paramount+ may be home to most of the films featuring the cast of the Original Series, many other Trek  films are hosted on other streaming services.

Here are the  Star Trek movies streaming on Paramount+, and where to stream the rest of the Star Trek  films not available on their platform.

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (1979)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  (1982)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock  (1984)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home  (1986)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier  (1989)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country  (1991)
• Star Trek: Generations (1994)
• Star Trek: First Contact  (1996)
•   Star Trek: Insurrection  (1998)
• Star Trek: Nemesis  (2002)
• Star Trek  (2009)
• Star Trek Into Darkness  (2013)
• Star Trek Beyond (2016)
• Building Star Trek  (2016)  —  Documentary
• Woman In Motion  (2021) — Documentary 
• Trekkies 2  (2004) — Documentary 

How to Watch Every Star Trek Movie and Show In Timeline Order

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• Star Trek: Enterprise  (2151-2161)
• Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1 and 2  (2255-)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2255-) 
• Star Trek: The Original Series  (2265-2269)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series  (2269-2270)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (2273)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  (2285)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock  (2285)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home  (2286/1986)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ( 2287)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country  (2293)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation  (2364-2370)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  (2369-2375)
• Star Trek Generations  (2371)
• Star Trek: Voyager  (2371-2378)
• Star Trek: First Contact  (2373/2063)
• Star Trek: Insurrection  (2375)
• Star Trek: Nemesis  (2379)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks  (2380)
• Star Trek: Picard  (2399-)
• Star Trek: Discovery Season 3  (3155?)
• Star Trek: Short Treks  (2239-3300 Prime Timeline)

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Every Star Trek Series Coming To Paramount+ This Year (And Beyond)

• Star Trek: Picard (2023) 
• Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 (2023)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2(2023) 
• Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 (2023)  
• Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 (Late 2023) 
• Star Trek: Section 31  (TBA)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy  (TBA)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 (TBA)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks  Season 5 (TBA)

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Paramount+ is all in on Star Trek , as indicated by the five shows premiering or releasing new seasons in the next six months. It's wisely making earlier Trek series widely available – the five live-action shows produced before 2004 can be found on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu among others – as driver for the new content on their pay site. That makes a lot of Star Trek easily accessible, but not all of it, and with at least a dozen series – plus 13 movies – in the franchise, it’s a lot to sort out.

Paramount+ has the entirety of the various TV series on its service -- though the three Kelvinverse movies are still missing -- which simplifies the equation for subscribers. It’s an impressive list, comprising 50-plus years of pop culture in the same fictional universe and all of the vast social changes reflected along with it. A list of them is presented here in chronological order.

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Star Trek (The Original Series), 1967-1969

Creator Gene Roddenberry described the concept as “ Wagon Train to the stars;" a ship in the far future, exploring space and coming to the aid of distant planets. It was a new idea in that it endeavored to tell intelligent science fiction stories aimed at adults rather than the derivative children’s fare that comprised sci-fi television in the 1950s.

It took a colossal effort – with an unprecedented two pilots – and it was cancelled after only three seasons and 79 episodes. But the concept came through. The shows were great, bolstered by a cast of characters who felt more like a family than a ship’s crew, and as reruns played in syndication, viewers discovered its quality.

Star Trek: The Animated Series, 1973-1974

The initial burst of fan interest from The Original Series induced NBC and Gene Roddenberry to develop a Saturday morning follow-up: 30-minute animated shorts that continued the adventures of the Enterprise . Most of the original cast came back to voice their roles, as did the writing staff with Original Series stalwart DC Fontana overseeing the scripts.

The series suffered from cheap animation and often silly storylines, but it included a few gems; notably the Fontana-penned Season 1, Episode 2, “Yesteryear” which established a great deal of the canon surrounding Spock’s childhood.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1987-1994

A second Star Trek live-action series, tentatively titled Star Trek: Phase II , had been in the works since the late 1970s. The live-action Star Trek films of the 1980s necessitated changes which eventually resulted in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It featured an entirely new crew and was set 100 years after the events of The Original Series and the movies.

In the process, it firmly established that Star Trek was more than just Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, and though it struggled in its early years, it soon found its footing and today is often ranked above The Original Series  as far as fan favorites go.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 1993-1999

“The middle child” between The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager was poised to take advantage of the Trek Renaissance of the late '80s and early '90s. It made some bold choices and earned its share of controversy from fans who felt it detracted from Roddenberry’s vision.

It was set on a space station rather than a starship, for starters, and its stories often involved moral compromise and realpolitik, as well as an interstellar war against a new enemy. Its darker tone helped distinguish it from the other Trek series it ran concurrently with, and with Avery Brooks’ Captain Sisko and his family, the show broke new ground for representation on television.

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Star Trek: Voyager, 1995-2001

Billed as a return to “classic” Trek themes of exploration and alien life, Voyager served to launch a nascent TV network for Paramount: UPN. Its title spaceship was thrown across the galaxy, stranded thousands of light years from the nearest outpost, and forced to rely on a mixed crew of Starfleet officers and Maquis fugitives to get home.

It featured an array of high-concept standalone stories, as well as a host of new villains. It was topped by a series of extended storylines about the Borg, fleshing out Trek’s sinister space zombies in surprising ways as well as introducing fans to the beloved Seven of Nine.

Star Trek: Enterprise, 2001-2005

Enterprise arrived at the end of the Trek Renaissance. It sent the franchise back to the early days before the founding of the Federation, depicting humanity’s early efforts at space travel and first encounters with such species as the Klingons and the Andorians.

From the beginning, it was bested by problems out of its control, including a premiere scant weeks after the events of September 11 and a shake-up in the corporate offices that ultimately killed the series well before its time. It created a long hiatus for Star Trek TV shows, but like the original series, time allowed it to find a place of respect among the fans.

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Star Trek: Discovery, 2017-Current

The first new Star Trek series in over a decade began on the CBS All Access streaming service, which was renamed Paramount+ in 2021. Set a decade before the events of The Original Series , it depicts a Federation starship equipped with a unique propulsion system and engaged in threats against the Federation.

It embraced the multi-episode story arcs similar to that of Deep Space Nine , with each new season entailing an overarching threat or complication in need of solving. It’s also the first Trek series to feature a woman of color in the series lead. Three seasons have aired thus far, with a fourth scheduled to premiere later this year.

Star Trek: Short Treks, 2018-2020

Short Treks was a series of vignettes appearing alongside Star Trek: Discovery, intended to help introduce the new era in the Federation’s history and give viewers an idea of how the show would work.

Each episode ran between eight and 18 minutes, and each one was intended as a standalone story, ranging from the funny to the heartbreaking. It provided the universe with some depth and flavor, as well as serving as a bridge between the second season of Discovery and the premiere of Picard.

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Star Trek: Picard, 2020-Current

The success of Discovery fueled an increase in streaming subscriptions, which in turn prompted a steady stream of additional Star Trek content. That began with 2020’s Picard , picking up the titular character 20 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis.

Though he remains the focus of the series and other Next Generation characters have a cameo, it’s not strictly a sequel to The Next Generation , as Picard assembles a new crew outside of Starfleet’s chain of command to address a mystery surrounding the Romulans and artificial intelligence. A second season is slated for release in 2022, featuring the return of John De Lancie’s mischievous deity Q.

Star Trek: Lower Decks, 2020-Current

In its own way, Lower Decks might be the most daring show Star Trek has ever produced; a half-hour animated comedy from the co-creator of Rick and Morty , with adult themes and content. Inspired by a Next Generation episode of the same name, it shifts attention away from the bridge staff and focuses on the lowly underlings of a Federation starship . It pokes fun at some of the sillier and more illogical corners of the Trek universe, though always with the affection of true fans. A second season is slated to begin on Aug. 11.

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In these days of streaming services, fans are learning who owns what copyrights to track down their favorite shows. The Star Trek franchise changed hands a few times in the past generation or two but is now more or less home in the hands of Paramount, and the brand has returned to dominate not only this production company but also the cable networks that handle the shows for conventional television.

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You don't have to be a Trekker to Star Trek and chill, especially with the variety of shows Paramount+ currently has to offer. Not every Star Trek property ever made is here, with Netflix and CBS All Access also taking a share, but it's still an impressive list.

13 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

It was considered to be a failure in its time, but modern viewers are finally giving this movie the credit it deserves .

The visuals are a sight to behold, with the design, music, and long shots reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey than Star Wars , which is one of the reasons people didn't see it.

12 Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)

Most people mistakenly think this was the first Star Trek movie because it made a much bigger impact than the previous one.

The idea of taking a dropped story thread from The Original Series was brilliant, and the action and intrigue resonated better with audiences.

11 Star Trek 3: The Seach For Spock (1984)

An adventure that ties up the unresolved issues of the previous one, Star Trek III: The Seach For Spock is more fantasy than science.

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A small deviation to bring back everyone's favorite character, however, is something that audiences can tolerate.

10 Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (1986)

The ultimate crowd pleaser and still the most successful movie in this franchise to date, this is the movie where the crew of the Star Trek Enterprise (using another ship, however) saves the whales, the world, and most of the known universe.

That's an actual description of the plot, and it has to be seen to understand how well it works.

9 Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier (1989)

As if to balance out the success of the last movie, the fifth installment made less of a positive impact and fueled fan rumors of the odd-numbered curse.

It's still not exactly the worst movie ever, focusing mostly on Spock, and still has a few fun and classic Trek moments in a mostly weak plot.

8 Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

A Star Trek story that uses political intrigue and real-world stakes, it might not be the most exciting installment, but it holds its own as a compelling movie.

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It makes sense for more dialogue and less action since this was the last mission the crew would complete together before pulling into spacedock for the last time.

7 Star Trek 7: Generations (1994)

Star Trek: The Next Generation was one of the most popular shows on television in the 1990s , and it made perfect sense that the new captain and crew would take over.

At least it seemed to make perfect sense, but this is another time when Star Trek goes more fantasy than science. The Klingon characters and the exposition connected to their race is an interesting feature.

6 Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

It's a shakey Borg-related plot with more fanservice than reality, this might have worked better as a two-part TV special than a Hollywood-financed big-ticket film.

This isn't the last movie made using the main timeline, but a lot of people think it is because Star Trek: Nemesis was notoriously bad and seems to have fallen off the radar of any streaming services, including Paramount+.

5 Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)

Ironically, the Star Trek show for a new millennium turned out to be a prequel. Star Trek: Enterprise was about the pre-Federation days of space exploration.

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The adventures of Captain Jonathan Archer and the crew of the United Earth Ship Enterprise weren't for everyone, but it was an interesting look into an obscure but of galactic history.

4 Star Trek: Discovery (2017- )

Apparently, Spock had a sister, and her adventures were so amazing that her very existence was classified. Despite a meandering storyline there is a lot of cool stuff to see in Discovery.

A stellar cast and some impressive set designs made this a popular show, and it's still running on both CBS and Paramount+.

3 Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020- )

There hasn't been an animated Star Trek series since the one from the 1970s that's only available on Netflix, and that was a drama as opposed to a comedy .

Star Trek: Lower Decks isn't about the officer class but the ensigns and conscripts that do the packing, driving, and fixing for the rest of the ship. Even though it's animated, this isn't a show for kids.

2 Star Trek: Prodigy (2021- )

Another animated offering, but with 3D CGI as opposed to traditional 2D animation, and this is the first Star Trek show designed and intended for children.

It was produced for both Paramount+ and Nickelodeon . Most of the characters are new creations, but Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager also makes an appearance.

1 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022- )

Strange New Worlds is a Discovery spin-off that was prompted by the popularity of Christopher Pike, the captain who took the helm of the Enterprise in the years before James Kirk.

It takes a more traditional approach to the story of Star Trek , using one-and-done type episodes and plotlines that include exploring the galaxy and discovering new life and new civilizations.

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Paramount+ is home to all your Star Trek needs, from classics such as the original series and The Next Generation to current hits like Discovery and Picard .

With the Star Trek universe encompassing 10 series and 13 movies to date, we have no doubt there is Federation content out there to fill that Trek void. Whether you’re looking to go back more than four decades ago to the Original Series or witness Jean-Luc make galactic history in Starfleet, almost all Star Trek content is available in one central place. Plans for Paramount+ start at just $4.99 per month.

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And there’s even more coming.  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  arrives in May, featuring Discovery fan-favorites Spock ( Ethan Peck ), Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and Number One ( Rebecca Romijn ) as they continue their intergalactic mission aboard the iconic USS Enterprise.

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• Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy follows a group of young aliens who, upon discovering an abandoned Starfleet vessel, head out to explore the universe and search for adventure together. The U.S.S. Protostar’s alien crew are headed out on more adventures in season two, coming in 2022.

1 season, 10 episodes (2021-present)

Star Trek: The Animated Series

The Animated Series  follows the adventures of Captain Kirk (voiced by William Shatner), Spock (voiced by Leonard Nimoy) and the crew of the USS Enterprise over two seasons. Set in the 23rd century, the series chronicles the Enterprise as it explores the Milky Way galaxy.

2 seasons, 22 episodes (1973-1974)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

A  Next Generation  spinoff,  Deep Space Nine  takes place on a space station near the planet Bajor with Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)  in charge of a diverse crew . Without the help of the USS Enterprise, Sisko and his crew are tasked to fight off rival alien species who want control of Deep Space Nine because of its strategic position to a nearby wormhole, which allows speedy travel to the far reaches of space.

7 seasons, 176 episodes (1993-1999)

• Star Trek: Discovery

Discovery begins with the Starfleet crew embarking on missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer, Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself . The second season sees the USS Discovery crew joining forces with the USS Enterprise , led by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) on a new mission to investigate seven mysterious red signals and the appearance of an unknown being called the Red Angel. While the crews must work together to unravel their meaning and origin, Michael is forced to face her past with the return of her estranged brother, Spock (Ethan Peck). Season 3 transports Michael and the Discovery crew on a brand new journey hundreds of years into the future as they carve their own path.

3 seasons, 42 episodes (2017-present)

Star Trek: Enterprise

Set over 100 years before Captain James T. Kirk takes over the USS Enterprise, Enterprise follows the Enterprise NX-01, the first starship capable of warp 5, and explores the history of the interplanetary upheaval that eventually leads to the formation of the Federation. Scott Bakula’s Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew.

4 seasons, 98 episodes (2001-2005)

• Star Trek: Lower Decks

Set in the year 2380 on Starfleet's least important ship, the animated comedy follows the shenanigans aboard the USS Cerritos, with Jack Quaid voicing Ensign Brad Boimler and Tawny Newsome as the Romulan whiskey-swigging Ensign Beckett Mariner, plus Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis and Jerry O’Connell .

2 seasons, 20 episodes (2020-present)

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Next Generation picks up the action 78 years after the original Star Trek, with Patrick Stewart leading the charge as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Featuring a bigger and better USS Enterprise with a more mature captain at the helm, Next Generation follows a diverse crew of various humans and alien creatures in their adventures in space: the final frontier. 

7 seasons, 178 episodes (1987-1994)

Star Trek: The Original Series

The original iconic Star Trek series follows the crew of the USS Enterprise as it completes missions in the 23rd century. Go along for the ride as Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), along with Enterprise crewmates Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), Dr. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Ensign Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), Lt. Nyota Uhura ( Nichelle Nichols ), Lt. Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei ) and Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), confronts strange alien races -- friendly and hostile alike -- as they explore unknown worlds.

3 seasons, 79 episodes (1966-1969)

• Star Trek: Picard

Patrick Stewart returns as Jean-Luc Picard after two decades away on Picard , which finds the former Starfleet captain in the next chapter of his life. Set 20 years after the events of The Next Generation, Picard is reunited with a few familiar faces, including Brent Spiner’s Data, Jonathan Del Arco’s Hugh, Jonathan Frakes’ William Riker, Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine and Marina Sirtis’ Deanna Troi. "I felt it important that we put a lot of distance between Next Generation and what we're doing [on Picard]," Stewart said in January 2020 . "There was actually nothing that strange to be stepping into Star Trek: Picard because he's never actually left me. He's always been there. It's a relationship that I'm happy to continue. That's an understatement. I'm absolutely thrilled." 

2 seasons, 12+ episodes (2020-present)

Star Trek: Short Treks

Conceived to serve as a bridge between seasons of Discovery and expanding the Star Trek universe, the series of 10- to 15-minute standalone shorts follow key characters from Discovery -- and new faces -- in their own stories. The second batch of Short Treks , released after season 2 of Discovery, features three USS Enterprise-focused shorts featuring Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock) and Rebecca Romijn (Number One), who will lead their own upcoming spinoff, Strange New Worlds.

2 seasons, 10 shorts (2018-2020)

Star Trek: Voyager

Voyager is the first Star Trek series with a female captain leading the Starfleet crew. Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) captains a starship lost in space and must travel across an unexplored region of the galaxy to find its way back home. Along the way, the Voyager crew encounters different species they must deal with, but find that all their adventures only make them long for home even more. 

7 seasons, 172 episodes (1995-2001)

How to Watch Star Trek Movies

A slew of Star Trek films are also available to stream on Paramount+, including classic movies from the Original Series era to the Next Generation chapter, including  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (The Original Series),  Star Trek: Generations , Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Nemesis (The Next Generation).

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a sequel to the 1984 film, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley, the film follows Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew as they return to Earth in the midst of an aline probe. To save the planet, the crew has to travel back in time to 1986 San Francisco to visit the only creatures able to communicate with the aliens: humpback whales. 

Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek: Generations follows Captain Picard as he attempts to stop a deranged scientist who, years after a horrific space accident that may have killed Capt. Kirk, has a potentially deadly plan to reenter the site of the grisly incident. The film stars Patrick Stewart, William Shatner and Malcolm McDowell.

Star Trek: First Contact

Following a battle again the cybernetically-enhanced life forms known as the Borg, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew travel back in time to the 21st century to prevent the Borg from ever making contact with Earth. Star Trek: First Contact stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner. 

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Star Trek: Nemesis

On their way to Riker and Troi's wedding, Captain Picard takes the starship Enterprise on a detour to negotiate a peace treaty with the Romulans. But what the crew finds at the Romulan Empire is far from peaceful. Star Trek: Nemesis stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Tom Hardy. 

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Since September 1966, the Star Trek universe has become one of the biggest entertainment franchises of all time. While others — particularly Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe — are perhaps more popular, it was Star Trek that led the way decades ago. Its legions of fans would not let this low budget three-season series disappear. This has led to 13 feature films, six additional live action TV series, and even an animated series, with more to come.

While there have been lots of Trek feature films, most people associate Star Trek with its many TV series incarnations. While you can find some Star Trek shows on platforms like Hulu and Netflix, Paramount Plus (previously known as CBS All Access) is the place to go if you want access to every Star Trek show. 

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The reasons why Star Trek has lasted this long as a major mainstream franchise are varied. Its many popular characters are one reason, along with its main themes of exploring space, cooperation with a variety of races and species, and more. It’s sometimes hard to believe that that it all started on a small Hollywood soundstage in late 1964, when the first of two pilots for the original series started filming.

With that in mind, here are the best Paramount Plus Star Trek shows you can stream right now. We will also take a look at all the announced Paramount Plus Star Trek shows that are planned for the future. You can sign up for the service at the link below, with a seven-day free trial.

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• The Original Series
• Lower Decks
• The Animated Series

Editors note: We will update this post when new Star Trek shows on Paramount Plus are officially launched and completed.

This might be a surprising choice for some people, including some fans. However, in our humble opinion, Deep Space Nine deserves this top spot on our best Star Trek shows list. It was the first Trek series with a black lead actor. Until Star Trek: Picard came along, it was also the only Trek series that wasn’t centered on a single starship. Being set on a remote space station allowed this series to go in different directions compared to other Trek series. It took on a ton of themes that actually make it relevant to watch today, including diversity, the use of misinformation in society, and much more.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Newer Trek fans might remember that when TNG first debuted way back in 1987, it got slammed by fans, mostly because it didn’t star the actors and characters of the original series. It took nearly three years for the show to find its own voice. For the rest of its run, TNG helped expand Star Trek beyond its base of TOS Trekkies. It presented us with great characters like the human-aspiring android Data, the complex Klingon Worf, and especially the level headed, but still determined, Captain Picard. TNG expanded the Trek universe by introducing us to its best alien villains, the Borg, along with making the Klingons more than just a violent warrior race. It still holds up today.

Star Trek: The Original Series

The Original Series will always hold a special place in the hearts of many long time Star Trek fans, if only because it was the first one out of the gate. Back in 1966, serious science fiction on television was found on anthology shows like the original The Twilight Zone (also on Paramount Plus) and The Outer Limits. TOS was the first adult sci-fi series with a recurring cast and setting. The look of the original U.S.S. Enterprise, and the many planets on its travels, definitely has a dated look (even with the remastered visual effects). However, the stories (at least from the first two seasons) still hold up, and Leonard Nimoy’s performance as Spock still stands out above the crowd.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

While there have been comedic episodes in various Star Trek series, Lower Decks is the first full-blown situation comedy set in this universe. Created by major Trek fan Mike McMahan (a former writer for Rick and Morty and the co-creator of Solar OPPOsites for Hulu ), this series examines the characters who are on board the U.S.S. Cerritos during the TNG/DS9/VOY era. The twist is the main characters of this show are not the captain or the bridge crew of this ship, but a group of lower-ranked crewmen who still have to deal with various alien and internal issues. While this series is a little mixed, Trek fans will likely smile, and even laugh out loud, when they watch this show. It’s extremely faithful to the source material but still manages to make fun of the franchise with a wink in its eyes. You can check out its second season on August 12, 2021.

Star Trek: Picard

The latest live action Trek series was something of a mixed bag in its first season. On the plus side, Sir Patrick Stewart is excellent as always, playing an older version of his TNG character. Picard remains a character who always searches for the truth in any situation, no matter how painful that truth might be. His main task is to find out the secret of a woman who apparently is an artificial being but just doesn’t know it yet. Isa Briones plays this character Dahj with both a wide-eyed innocence as well as terror (in fact, she plays multiple characters, but that’s going into spoiler territory). The visual effects of this series are the best ever made for a Trek TV show as well. On the downside, it takes far too long for this series’ story to actually get underway, and quite frankly there are lots of characters to keep up with that we don’t really care about. Hopefully, for Picard’s second season in 2022, we will get a more focused storyline, fewer characters, and more on Picard himself.

The idea behind this series was a good one; push a Federation starship into a region of space that had never before been explored, with no backup from any other Starfleet vessels. It promised us new things to see in the Trek universe, and also a chance to see how Federation values would be tested when the crew didn’t have anyone to answer to. Unfortunately, while there are a number of good Voyager episodes to watch, this series basically turned into “The Next Generation: Phase Two.” It was (mostly) the same old stories and situations we have seen before (indeed, there were more than a few episodes that connected directly with TNG). Despite excellent performances from Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway and Robert Picardo as the ship’s holographic doctor, Voyager was a missed opportunity.

This was the first of the live-action Paramount Plus Star Trek shows. Discovery is supposed to take place roughly a decade before the adventures of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in The Original Series. However, we have to wonder why the creators and producers of this show decided on this particular timeline for this series. It just feels like they used a dartboard, and the “10 years before TOS” was the section that was hit by the dart. As a result, Discovery feels like a mix of old Trek references and new storylines and formats. It just doesn’t jell well.

That’s not to say the show is all bad. Sonequa Martin-Green does an excellent job playing the rebellious Starfleet officer Michael Burnham. She has to learn some lessons herself even as she has to earn the trust of the crew of the Discovery. Jason Isaacs is excellent as Discovery’s mysterious captain Lorca and Doug Jones does his usual terrific performance, under lots of makeup, as the alien Saru. In the second season, we get treated to Anson Mount, who plays Christopher Pike, the Enterprise’s captain before Kirk, and he makes us believe in heroic Starfleet leaders again. Ethan Peck is also introduced as a young Spock, and he does an admirable job.

At the end of the second season, we saw the Discovery time-warping 900 years into the future. Free from having to meld its storylines into previous Trek continuity, Discovery told a story of a galaxy that no longer is governed by the Federation. That’s because an event in the past destroyed most of the galaxy’s dilithium crystals, which are needed for most ships to travel at warp speed. The season is devoted to figuring out what happened during “The Burn”, how to reverse its effects and restore the Federation. While it’s an improvement, the show still doesn’t have the rawest of the original series or the sense of wonder that TNG has. It will be interesting to see how the show evolves again during its upcoming fourth season.

This show seemed like a bad idea from the start. A show that takes place 100 years before Kirk and Spock, and even before the formation of the Federation? It seemed like something that could have been done in a movie, or at most a mini-series. In the end, Enterprise was an even more watered-down version of TOS and TNG, although it did get somewhat better in the final two seasons of its four-season run. Scott Bakula is always good, and he does the best that he can as Captain Archer, but this show, with the exception of a few episodes, is mostly not worth your time.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

A few years after TOS was canceled, Filmation got the rights to create a Saturday morning animated series based on the original show, with most of the cast returning to voice their roles. It was an admirable effort, with some episodes written by many of the writers of TOS. In the end, this series is more of a curiosity than anything else. It looks and feels even more dated than the live-action series in terms of visuals, and the restrictions of Saturday morning cartoons kept the storylines from being as good as the original show. This is yet another missed opportunity.

New Star Trek series on Paramount Plus

Paramount Plus will be the exclusive home to at least three new Star Trek series. 

Strange New Worlds

This is a planned spinoff of Discovery that will take place onboard the original U.S.S. Enterprise, just a few years before Captain James Kirk takes command. Anson Mount will return as Captain Christopher Pike, as well as Ethan Peck as the young Ensign Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Number One. This show will hopefully learn from the lessons of Enterprise and Voyager, with a mix of cool new encounters combined with some nods to the TOS era. There’s no release date yet for this series.

Originally set to debut on the Nickelodeon cable channel, this will now be a Paramount Plus Star Trek series. It’s also the first Trek show that was created specifically for kids. The 3D animated show will center on a group of children who find an abandoned Starfleet ship, and decide to take it and go on adventures on their own. Kate Mulgrew will return to voice her Voyager role of Captain Janeway in this series, or rather a hologram version of Janeway. There’s no word on when Prodigy will debut.

This is yet another planned Discovery spin-off, this time focusing on the mysterious, and sometimes evil, Federation agency known as Section 31. Michelle Yeoh, who played the Mirror Universe leader Emperor Georgiou, is expected to be the lead for this series. You may remember that Emperor Georgiou, after crossing over to the main universe, joined Section 31. There’s still no launch date for this series.

That’s our look at the current and new Star Trek series on Paramount Plus.

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Paramount+ announces premiere dates and additional seasons for “star trek” universe series.

Jan. 18, 2022 – Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced new season premiere dates and additional 10-episode-long season pickup orders across the service’s “Star Trek” Universe live-action series:

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY has been renewed for a fifth season. Season four of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY returns with new episodes on Thursday, Feb. 10 .

Season two of STAR TREK: PICARD will premiere on Thursday, March 3 . Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays. STAR TREK: PICARD is currently in production on a third season.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS has been renewed for a second season ahead of its season one debut, which will premiere on Thursday, May 5 . Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays.

In addition to the live action series within the “Star Trek” Universe on Paramount+, there is more animated “Star Trek” on the horizon:

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS will return summer 2022 with a 10-episode-long third season. STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS has also been renewed for a 10-episode-long fourth season.

Season one of STAR TREK: PRODIGY returned on Thursday, Jan. 6 with episode six. The remaining four episodes of season one’s first half will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays, with episode 10 available to stream on Thursday, Feb. 3 . The additional 10-episode-long second half of season one will be available on Paramount+ later in 2022.

“ Four years ago, we made a promise to grow ‘Star Trek’ into something it had never been before, and thanks to the incredibly hard work done by our many talented showrunners, writers, and directors, along with the extraordinary support of CBS Studios and Paramount+, we’re keeping our word,” said Alex Kurtzman, architect and executive producer, “Star Trek” franchise. “Now our current shows are set up for the future as we work to build ‘Trek’s’ next phase of programming for years to come.”

About STAR TREK: DISCOVERY:

Season four of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.

The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers. Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serve as co-showrunners.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY season four cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker) and Blu del Barrio (Adira).

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY currently streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. Internationally, the series is available on Paramount+ in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics, and on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

About STAR TREK: PICARD:

STAR TREK: PICARD features Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and follows this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. For season two, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin serve as executive producers. Akiva Goldsman and Terry Matalas serve as co-showrunners for season two.

STAR TREK: PICARD season two cast members include Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Jeri Ryan, Orla Brady, John de Lancie, Annie Wersching and Brent Spiner.

STAR TREK: PICARD streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and is distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

About STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS:

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise . The series will feature fan favorites from season two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise , as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

The series premiere was written by Akiva Goldsman with the story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners, with Goldsman directing the premiere episode. Goldsman, Kurtzman and Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Aaron Baiers. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS will stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Latin America and Australia. The series will air on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and stream on Crave in Canada with additional international availability to be announced at a later date. The series is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

About STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS:

Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (“Rick and Morty,” “Solar Opposites”), STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos , in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos , includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells, and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell, Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman, Lt. Shaxs voiced by Fred Tatasciore, Lt. Billups voiced by Paul Scheer and Lt. Kayshon voiced by Carl Tart.

The series is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin, Roddenberry Entertainment’s Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, and Katie Krentz (219 Productions) serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought McMahan to the project, also serves as an executive producer. Titmouse (“Big Mouth”), the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series.

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Latin America and is distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, India and more and in Canada, airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

About STAR TREK: PRODIGY:

Developed by Emmy® Award winners Kevin and Dan Hageman (“Trollhunters” and “Ninjago”), the CG-animated series STAR TREK: PRODIGY is the first “Star Trek” series aimed at younger audiences, and follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the “Star Trek” franchise – but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.

STAR TREK: PRODIGY is from CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; Nickelodeon Animation Studio, led by President of Animation Ramsey Naito; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Katie Krentz, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers, alongside co-showrunners Kevin and Dan Hageman. Ben Hibon directs, co-executive produces and serves as the creative lead of the all-new animated series.

The STAR TREK: PRODIGY voice cast includes Kate Mulgrew (Hologram Kathryn Janeway), Brett Gray (Dal), Ella Purnell (Gwyn), Rylee Alazraqui (Rok-Tahk), Angus Imrie (Zero), Jason Mantzoukas (Jankom Pog), Dee Bradley Baker (Murf), John Noble (The Diviner) and Jimmi Simpson (Drednok).

STAR TREK: PRODIGY currently streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Australia, and is coming soon to Paramount+ in Latin America and the Nordics as well as to Nickelodeon international channels, which are available in 180 countries globally. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. STAR TREK: PRODIGY is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

About Paramount+:

Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from ViacomCBS, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world’s biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream ViacomCBS Streaming’s other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.

About the “Star Trek” Universe on Paramount+:

The “Star Trek” Universe on Paramount+ includes current and upcoming seasons of the original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, STAR TREK: PICARD, the animated series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS and STAR TREK: PRODIGY, and the upcoming STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. The “Star Trek” Universe on Paramount+ also includes all 726 episodes from the six classic “Star Trek” series and a selection of “Star Trek” films, including the documentary WOMAN IN MOTION: NICHELLE NICHOLS, STAR TREK AND THE REMAKING OF NASA.

For additional info on and photography from Paramount+’s STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, STAR TREK: PICARD, STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, STAR TREK: PRODIGY and STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, please click here .

About CBS Studios:

CBS Studios is one of the world’s leading suppliers of entertainment programming, with more than 70 series currently in production for broadcast and cable networks, streaming services and other emerging platforms. The Studio’s expansive portfolio spans a diverse slate of commercially successful and critically acclaimed scripted programming, which includes genre-defining franchises such as “NCIS,” “CSI” and the ever-growing “Star Trek” universe, award-winning late night and daytime talk shows, as well as an extensive library of iconic intellectual property. The Studio also develops and produces local language and international content originating outside of the U.S. with series in the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia.

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The Star Trek Movies & TV Shows Available On Paramount Plus

In the annals of science fiction fandom, you'd be hard-pressed to find a crew quite as devoted as those who worship at the fictional alter of the "Star Trek" franchise . And those fans have been rewarded for their near-undying fidelity to all things concerning Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets with a legit cavalcade of film and television projects since 1966.

There are so many "Star Trek" offerings out there these days, it's almost impossible for even the most diehard of Trekkies or Trekkers to keep up with them, let alone sit down and watch them all. If you count yourself among that particular lot of fans, you'll likely be happy to learn Paramount+ has got you covered on all things "Star Trek," making literally every single live-action and animated iteration of the franchise available to the streaming masses.

That includes the following "Star Trek" series and films:

Network shows: "The Original Series," "The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," "Enterprise," "The Animated Series"

Movies:  "The Motion Picture," "The Wrath of Khan," "The Search for Spock," "The Voyage Home," "The Final Frontier," "The Undiscovered Country," "Generations," "First Contact," "Insurrection," "Nemesis," "Star Trek," "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Star Trek Beyond"

Paramount+ Originals: "Strange New Worlds," "Picard," "Discovery," "Lower Decks," "Short Treks"

You can still check out the entire lineup of Star Trek offerings without Parmount+

Given the broad swath of offerings available on Paramount+, the streamer is officially a one-stop shop for the entire "Star Trek" universe. But it's reasonable enough to assume not everyone has a current subscription to the platform. If that's the case, you can still track down the bulk of the greater "Star Trek" canon in the digital realm.

That prospect could get a little pricey for some, particularly in light of how many projects there are. But if you prefer to go about it that way, you'll find most of what you're looking for is available to rent or purchase through several video-on-demand outlets. You'll have to do some serious research regarding pricing for the various movies and shows. On iTunes, you can buy single episodes of the original series and several others for about $2.99 per, though they'll run about $1.99 on Prime Video. Meanwhile, going in on a full season of the original series will cost you anywhere from $9.99 (Prime Video) to $34.99 (iTunes).

For those out to binge the 13 feature films in the "Star Trek" franchise, you can rent each of them – including the 1979 original – from iTunes for $3.99. As with that original, you can also purchase most for $14.99. Those prices are roughly the same on Prime Video, even as "Star Trek Beyond" and certain other flicks can be bought for $9.99. And for the purists, physical copies are on the market for most, if not all the above. 

Every Upcoming ‘Star Trek’ Show on Paramount+

The “Star Trek” universe is expanding to theatrical, with a Michelle Yeoh-led film in the works

The “Star Trek” universe continues to expand, with fan favorites returning and new shows (and worlds) to explore on the Paramount+ streaming service even as “Star Trek: Picard” comes to an end.

“Strange New Worlds” and “Lower Decks” are eyeing a summer return, with “Prodigy” slated for a winter release.

They’re also several projects in development, including a “Starfleet Academy” focusing on young cadets, and a “Section 31” movie centered around Michelle Yeoh’s deliciously evil anti-hero from “Discovery.”

Below we run down every upcoming new “Star Trek” TV series coming to Paramount+.

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Season 2)

Premiere Date: June 15, 2023

Cast: Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock, Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga. Season 2 also features the return of special guest star Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk and new addition Carol Kane in a recurring role as Pelia.

Number of Episodes: 10

Summary: The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. The new season includes the previously announced special crossover episode featuring both live-action and animation, with “Lower Decks” stars Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner and Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler joining the U.S.S. Enterprise. The episode was directed by “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Picard” actor and director Jonathan Frakes.

Watch the teaser trailer here:

“Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Season 4)

Premiere Date: Late Summer 2023

Cast: Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner; Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler; Noël Wells as Ensign Tendi; Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman; Jerry O’Connell as Commander Jack Ransom; Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs; and Gillian Vigman as Doctor T’Ana.

Number of Episodes: TBD

Summary: An unknown force is destroying starships and threatening galactic peace. Luckily, the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos isn’t important enough for stuff like that! Instead, Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and Provisional Ensign T’Lyn are keeping up with their Starfleet duties, avoiding malevolent computers, and getting stuck in a couple caves– all while encountering new and classic aliens along the way.

“Star Trek: Prodigy” (Season 2)

Premiere Date: Winter 2023

Cast: Kate Mulgrew as Hologram Kathryn Janeway, Brett Gray as Dal, Ella Purnell as Gwyn, Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Angus Imrie as Zero, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Dee Bradley Baker as Murf. and John Noble as The Diviner.

Summary: A motley crew of young aliens must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the “Star Trek” franchise – but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents

“Star Trek: Discovery” (Season 5)

Premiere Date: 2024

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green as Captain Michael Burnham, Doug Jones as Saru, Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly, Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber, David Ajala as Cleveland “Book” Booker, Blu del Barrio as Adira, and Callum Keith Rennie as Rayner.

Summary: The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well … dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.

“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy”

Premiere Date: TBD (Production begins 2024)

Summary: “Starfleet Academy” will introduce us to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

“Star Trek: Section 31” (Film)

Premiere Date: TBD (Production begins 2023)

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, TBD

Summary: Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins Section 31, a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise , as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition, the series airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave in Canada and on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Star Trek: Picard

Taking place 20 years after we last saw Captain Jean-Luc Picard command the U.S.S. Enterprise , Star Trek: Picard picks up his story and finds him in a very different place in both his personal life and career.

In addition to streaming on Paramount+ , Star Trek: Picard also streams on Prime Video outside of the U.S. and Canada, and in Canada can be seen on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. Star Trek: Picard is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Follow the support crew on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos , in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

Star Trek: Lower Decks streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel. The series will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in the UK, Canada, Latin America, Australia, Italy, France, the Caribbean, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and South Korea.

Star Trek: Discovery

The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. Season 5, Now Streaming

Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-4 are streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The series streams on Super Drama in Japan, TVNZ in New Zealand, and SkyShowtime in Spain, Portugal, Poland, The Nordics, The Netherlands, and Central and Eastern Europe and also airs on Cosmote TV in Greece. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future.

Star Trek: Prodigy will stream on Netflix globally (excluding Canada, Nordics, CEE, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Belarus and Mainland China) and Season 1 is currently available on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe with Season 2 coming soon. Season two has launched in France on France Televisions channels and Okoo.

Star Trek Release Dates: When to Expect All the New and Returning Shows

There's so much star trek here's our guide to keeping up with when everything is expected to beam in..

Trying to keep track of what’s coming in the realm of Star Trek   feels like trying to stop a tribble from procreating. Before even more new series are announced, here’s our guide of when to expect all the new Star Trek shows , as well as returning familiar favorites , and what else is in the works right now. Engage!

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Currently Airing: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2

The Enterprise is back after a successful first season , and this time Captain Kirk will be along for the ride with another appearance by Paul Wesley after his surprise finale role in season one. Not much else is known about the season so far, other than one episode will see the show crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks in a live-action/animated hybrid directed by The Next Generation ’s Jonathan Frakes. The show has also been renewed for a third season .

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Season two recaps:

• “ The Broken Circle ”
• “ Ad Astra per Aspera ”
• “ Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ”
• “ Among the Lotus Eaters ”
• “ Charades ”

Upcoming: Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4

The third season of the animated series following the misfit crew of the USS Cerritos —and in particular its cadre of ensigns, Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Tendi (Noël Wells), and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero)—once again followed our heroic ensigns and the remaining bridge officers aboard the Cerritos. Season four will be arriving in late summer . The show has also been renewed for a fifth season .

Upcoming: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

Expected in early 2024 , Discovery ’s fifth season will be 10 episodes long, down from the 13 of prior seasons. In the wake of season four‘s climax earlier this year , Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) led her crew in a desperate attempt to save the galaxy from a mysterious anomaly created by an extra-galactic race, ensuring peace and stability for the Federation once more... for now. As her romantic partner Book (David Ajala) pays time for his own role in a campaign to surreptitiously destroy that anomaly, we’re not sure what awaits Burnham and Discovery ’s crew just yet, but given this show, we’re sure it’ll be very, very dramatic.

In Flux : Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

The animated series aimed at younger Trek fans (and Janeway fans!) and kids at heart can be found on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+. The first season was divided into two parts, with part two wrapping up at the end of 2022; after Paramount+ announced it would not move forward with the show’s already greenlit season two , it was removed from the service . ( A home release of the complete first season is still possible ; the first 10 episodes are still available for purchase.) Fans are still waiting to hear if Prodigy season two will surface on a different outlet .

Upcoming : Starfleet Academy

It’s really happening! After a long tease, filming on this series will begin in 2024. Here’s the official announcement from co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau:

“Admission is now open to Starfleet Academy! Explore the galaxy! Captain your destiny! For the first time in over a century, our campus will be re-opened to admit individuals a minimum of 16 Earth years (or species equivalent) who dream of exceeding their physical, mental and spiritual limits, who value friendship, camaraderie, honor and devotion to a cause greater than themselves. The coursework will be rigorous, the instructors among the brightest lights in their respective fields, and those accepted will live and study side-by-side with the most diverse population of students ever admitted. Today we encourage all who share our dreams, goals and values to join a new generation of visionary cadets as they take their first steps toward creating a bright future for us all. Apply today!   Ex Astris, Scientia!”

Upcoming (movie) : Star Trek: Section 31

Announced as a TV series back in 2019 as a spinoff for fan-favorite Discovery guest star Michelle Yeoh, this plunge into the seediest side of Starfleet—the shadowy spy organization Section 31 first introduced in Deep Space Nine— is now planned as a Paramount+ film .

Newly minted Oscar winner Yeoh will return as former emperor of the Mirror Universe’s Terran Empire, Phillipa Georgiou, now turned into a kinder, but still kickass person by her time with Michael Burnham. “I’m beyond thrilled to return to my Star Trek family and to the role I’ve loved for so long,” Yeoh said in a statement. “ Section 31 has been near and dear to my heart since I began the journey of playing Philippa all the way back when this new golden age of Star Trek launched. To see her finally get her moment is a dream come true in a year that’s shown me the incredible power of never giving up on your dreams. We can’t wait to share what’s in store for you, and until then: live long and prosper (unless Emperor Georgiou decrees otherwise)!”

Written by Craig Sweeny and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Section 31 will start production later this year, and eventually come to Paramount+.

Where Can I Stream Classic Star Trek Shows?

That’s all the new bits of Star Trek coming. But what about the old Star Trek ? In the U.S. at least, the vast majority of classic Star Trek shows are available exclusively to stream on Paramount+ ( albeit not without issues ), although some holdouts remain on other streaming services. Here’s a full list of classic Star Trek shows and where to stream them, as well as links to our recommended episode guides for every series!

• Star Trek: The Original Series   (Paramount+)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (Paramount+)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (Paramount+, Netflix)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Paramount+, Netflix)
• Star Trek: Voyager   (Paramount+)
• Star Trek: Enterprise (Paramount+)

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Where to watch every 'Star Trek' movie and TV show, from 'The Original Series' to 'Strange New Worlds'

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• There are now 12 shows and 13 movies in the "Star Trek" franchise.
• The iconic sci-fi series focuses on the lives of Starfleet members as they explore the universe.
• Most "Star Trek" titles are available to stream on Paramount Plus ($5/month).

The "Star Trek" franchise continues to boldly go where no man has gone before. From "The Original Series" in 1966 to the spin-offs, sequels, and prequels of today, "Star Trek" has been a pop culture mainstay for more than 50 years. 

The franchise focuses on the adventures of various Starfleet crew members as they travel throughout the universe. And beneath the series' fun escapism, "Star Trek" movies and shows have used science fiction to comment on issues like racism, sexism, human rights, and politics. By exploring new worlds in "The Original Series," creator Gene Roddenberry was able to tell allegorical stories with thoughtful themes that relate to our own experiences.

In many ways, "Star Trek" has always highlighted diverse storytelling. In fact, one of the first interracial kisses ever aired on TV was in an episode of "The Original Series." This mix of sci-fi entertainment and social commentary is still present in the latest "Star Trek" installments, most of which air as Paramount Plus originals. "Star Trek: Discovery" introduced multiple queer leads, including the first transgender and non-binary characters in the "Star Trek" universe. 

If you're a new fan looking to explore the world of "Star Trek" for the first time, or you're a devoted Trekkie who just wants to watch it all over again, we've compiled a list of every "Star Trek" movie and TV show, along with details on where you can stream them all right now. 

Where to watch 'Star Trek' shows

There are 12 "Star Trek" shows in total, including nine live-action series and three animated shows. All of the shows are available on Paramount Plus, and many are also available to buy or rent from video-on-demand (VOD) services. One series, "Deep Space Nine," is also streaming on Netflix.

Where to watch 'Star Trek' movies

The "Star Trek" franchise includes 13 movies from 1979 to 2016. A new movie is also set to begin production in spring 2022. You can currently watch every "Star Trek" film on Paramount Plus. The movies are also available to buy or rent without a subscription through different VOD services, and you can stream a couple for free with ads.

'Star Trek' timeline and eras explained

"Star Trek" movies and TV shows all take place in different time periods that focus on different crews and starships. These time periods are generally categorized by fans and creators into four distinct eras: Pre-TOS, TOS, TNG, and Kelvin

Pre-TOS era

Movies and TV shows set during the Pre-The Original Series (Pre-TOS) era take place at some point before James T. Kirk becomes captain of the Enterprise.

A few notable series set during this early time period include "Star Trek: Enterprise," "Star Trek: Discovery," and " Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ."

The Original Series (TOS) era of movies and TV shows follows the crew members on the starship USS Enterprise after Kirk (William Shatner) becomes captain. Other notable characters featured during this period include Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Hikaru Sulu (George Takei).

The Original Series era includes the first "Star Trek" TV show from the 1960s, as well as several spin-off movies that feature Captain Kirk and his crew. 

The Next Generation (TNG) era is set 100 years after Kirk's adventures during "The Original Series," and includes movies and TV shows about the new crew of the USS Enterprise with Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard.

"Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager" are set during this time period as well, but focus on other crews and starships. Captain Picard's story also continues after "The Next Generation" in the Paramount Plus original series "Star Trek: Picard."

Kelvin Timeline

The Kelvin Timeline was introduced in 2009 with the release of director J.J. Abrams' first "Star Trek" movie starring Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Commander Spock. This film features the crew from "The Original Series" but takes place in an alternate universe that's separate from the main "Star Trek" timeline. 

In this version of events, Kirk still becomes Captain of the USS Enterprise but his path to get there is brand new, which gives the writers freedom to explore different storylines with familiar characters. 

The Kelvin Timeline includes "Star Trek" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013), and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). An upcoming fourth movie in the Kelvin Timeline is set to begin production in spring 2022.

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All 10 TOS And TNG Star Trek Movies Exit Paramount+ For Max And HBO (Again)

| January 2, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 136 comments so far

Paramount+ has been the sole streaming home for all 13 Star Trek feature films; however, that changed at the beginning of 2024. If you want to stream one of the TOS or TNG movies in the USA, you will have to do it on Max.

Trek to the Max

As of January 1, 2024, the six TOS-era Star Trek movies ( The Motion Picture , The Wrath of Khan , The Search for Spock , The Voyage Home , The Final Frontier , and The Undiscovered Country ) and four TNG-era movies ( Generations , First Contact , Insurrection , and Nemesis ) are streaming exclusively on Max in the USA. This includes the new 4K Directors Edition of  Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The Star Trek feature films have also started airing on HBO. History is repeating: In November 2022 the same 10 movies jumped from Paramount+ for HBO Max (now just Max), then returned in July of 2023. The three Kelvin-era movies ( Star Trek 2009, Into Darkness , and Beyond ) are still available on Paramount+.

It is unknown how long HBO and Max will have the exclusive license for the 10 Star Trek feature films this time. Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery are in talks about a potential merger, but the licensing deal for the Star Trek films is not related to those talks.

The Star Trek movies on Max

Licensing Star Trek

All 13 Star Trek feature films were first consolidated on Paramount+ exclusively in November 2021, and by July 2022, all 5 “classic” Star Trek TV shows were also exclusive to Paramount+ in the USA. During the height of the streaming wars, most media companies were keeping their own content on their own streaming services. More recently there has been an industry trend back to licensing. In fact, Warner Bros. Discovery has been licensing much of its content to other streaming services, including Netflix .

This move back to more licensing has already been seen with Star Trek: Prodigy moving from Paramount+ to Netflix . We may see more exclusive and non-exclusive licensing deals for Star Trek TV shows. Perhaps Paramount would even consider producing a new original Star Trek show for another service. There is some precedent for this, as Netflix paid much of the cost for the early seasons of Discovery for the international streaming rights. Amazon did the same for Picard and Lower Decks .

One thing is clear, Paramount+ will also have to update their latest “Home of Star Trek” promo (released during Comic-Con 2023), as it includes clips from the feature films.

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It just doesn’t make sense that Paramount wouldn’t have the rights to Trek for life! Don’t they own the IP since Paramount is the only studio (after Desilu) that Trek has ever been produced by?

Some of the deals go back years.

It’s probably a good thing Trek gets seen outside Paramount plus from time to time.

I mean, Paramount still *owns* the movies; they’re just licensing them to another service for a while.

I am a little surprised they’re doing so exclusively, when they could instead have cut a deal to let Max show them but done so non-exclusively (so that Paramount could also continue to stream them at the same time Max is doing so), but presumably Max wanted them all to itself for a while, and/or Paramount opted for an exclusive deal since it could surely command a better price for that.

I’m not surprised at all. Paramount only cares about the bottom line here, and selling the streaming rights to some of their content on an exclusive basis will net them a much bigger fee from Max if it were non exclusive.

And as I said elsewhere, Paramount also knows that Trekkies won’t dump their service just because the movies are gone: they are still the exclusive home for SNW, LDS, and at the moment, all the legacy Tv shows.

Farming the movies out makes sense for them, as it also gives a taste of trek to non-Paramount subscribers to hopefully lure them to their service.

At the end of the day, though, it shows they really don’t give a f*** about their fans. But that’s par for the course when it comes to major media companies.

Streaming is hurting right now, so side deals like this for legacy movies/shows that bring in even just a bit of cash help the bottom line a little bit.

Paramount probably should of stuck to making content for other streaming services. Let the other companies handle infrastructure and marketing ect. Paramount could just collect the money. Not every company needed a streaming service.

🤓🚨 Instead of “should of,” English (and logic) demand “should have”… you know, as in what they should HAVE done?! The sense in using “of” here, is diddly-squat.

I sadly make that mistake often if I am typing to fast. I will take my grammar speeding ticket now and be on my way Officer GrammarCop. Apologies good sir.

🤓🚨 There are crucial differences between “to,” “two,” and “too” as well… but I’ll let it slide this time, as you accepted your first grammar speeding ticket with an apology, young citizen.

Be safe out there, and watch your speed! 😎👍

What drives me more nuts than “should of” (and that’s an easy mistake to make as when you say “should have” out loud fast enough it does sound like “should of”), is “all the sudden.” It is “all OF A sudden,” “all THE sudden” makes no sense. Drives me bonkers. But I digress…

You digress? What did you digress from?

They surely got the rights, but it seems the deal they made with Max including that Paramount will take the films down for the period Max have them.. I’m sure Paramount will get a lot of more money because of this, and/because Max presumably will win new potential subscribers when they have “exclusive“ content.

Does this mean the movies aren’t profitable on Paramount+ so they have no choice but to send them off to another streamer to make some money?

Maybe the Berman era shows will go back to Netflix at some point. The streaming quality was better there.

But that’s what I don’t get. If the Trek movies aren’t profitable for P+ then why would HBO even want them?

Whatever HBO paid for them is their market value. At P+, are people going to drop the service because just the movies are gone? Probably not. So given how cash strapped they are, if HBO offered say just $1 mil, they need to take that offer given the bad financial situation the studio is in right now.

Well it’s def true that Paramount is in a bad place right now. I’m still surprised tho cause other than Trek what value is there to P+???

Movies, reality tv, Taylor Sheridan shows, CBS/live sports. I don’t subscribe for much beyond Trek, but I’m not shocked they would test the waters to see how much they could license for cold hard cash and not lose many of the Trekkie subscriptions.

Could also be an old licensing deal they are still honoring.

I think it’s the latter. IIRC Yellowstone and the offshoots are headed to CBS proper.

Even if that’s the case, over-the-air series still have to be streamed somewhere. As the upcoming “short season” of broadcast offerings begins, I wonder if CBS will license its offerings back to Hulu.

I think the future of streaming is returning to more Hulu like models where multiple studios share a service. That was the right thing to do from the start but everyone unsurprisingly got greedy,

They’re not profitable to P+ in the sense that they weren’t making any money in licensing. Now they are.

I have to believe they were at least bringing in some subs.

No. It means they can get more money on a licensing fee, while knowing that Trekkies still won’t leave their service because it offers all the new stuff, TNG, DS9, etc.

P+ isn’t profitable, period. Max made them an offer they couldn’t refuse.

I rather doubt Max is profitable right now either.

I agree with the comment that P+ has not-so-great streaming quality compared to the likes of Netflix. Perhaps P+ should work on that if it expects subscribers to keep the lights on.

Get a better internet service. Paramount works fine for me and always has. Frankly it’s one of the better services in that regard. I ditched Netflix a few years ago and just dumped Amazon after the ad announcement. Paramount and Max are all I have now, and I only have Max because I threatened to cancel and they offered me 6 months for half the price. I’ll be getting rid of it in April.

My internet service is great- but the Paramount+ app frequently won’t load. At all. Commercial breaks will repeat themselves, episodes will get stuck in a loop if you try to fast forward or rewind… it is very buggy in ways that have nothing to do with internet speeds.

Different people apparently have different experiences.

I use the Amazon Prime add-on for P+ and it works fine, beyond the hassle of trying to find live sports every now and then and the P+ dedicated app not understanding that I do have a subscription but not letting me log in

I have zero issues with my Apple + device with a direct P+ subscription. I agree with the other two posters — if you are using a cheap stick or a pc, that is likely your issue, not P+.

“ Paramount+ has been the sole streaming home for all 13 Star Trek feature films, however, that changed at the beginning of 2024. ”

That first comma should be a semicolon to avoid a run-on. :)

“ Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery are  in talks  about a potential merger, however, the licensing deal for the Star Trek films is not related to those talks. ”

Same goes with that sentence. :)

Where were you when I was doing term papers in college?

Microsoft Word is your friend LOL

Here’s a good article on the economics behind licensing the movies to another streamer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/business/media/netflix-licensed-shows.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K00.XX6p.tT8CmD-xAOI-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Great article — you just proved what I logically surmised in another post here — thanks!

Exclusive licensing needs to die a painful death. It might be good for corporate profits, but it’s horrible for the general public. We were beginning to get into the streaming thing, but because of this kind of tactic, we’re now reducing our streaming and started once again buying physical media so that we know for sure we can watch what we want to watch whenever we want to watch it. Fortunately, we’ve had all the Star Trek movies on disc for quite a while, and it’s saving us in these days of the movies bouncing from one service we have to other services we don’t, and back and forth in idiotic fashion.

Plus there are extras on the disks, and depending on your streaming service, the disks are usually better quality (except when they go bad.)

Physical media is for the elderly. Me, I’m under 90 years old, nobody my age wants to have to touch a physical disc or tape.

If that means I can’t watch some movies that are on a service I don’t have, so be it. I’m not that addicted to content. I have a life, after all.

We are very happy that you have a life. I am and elderly 66 year old with no life. I find that disks, especially 4K UHD, to be noticeably superior to streaming.

Personally like owning the stuff I enjoy so I don’t have to keep paying to watch it when I want to.

Cool — I won’t be considered “elderly” until I hit 90 years old — Who knew? :-)

Don’t ask the average 15-year-old to confirm that.

And people still wonder why I continue to purchase physical media. Streaming’s Glorious Future™️ has turned into a sick joke.

Physical media is the only way to truly own a copy of anything with certainty, and blu ray is still better quality than streaming.

But it’s really falling away as people just opt for convenience and settle. I’m in Malaysia right now, and you’d be hard pressed to find a dvd player in any stores these days.

If you’re a capitalist pig, the acquisition of physical things makes a lot of sense, yes.

Keep it up, hoo-man! Make America Great!

Ian, I admire your restraint.

Me too, but I couldn’t hold back!

That was rather bizarre, wasn’t’ it?

If you think non-physical copies don’t make you beholden to capitalists…

The key word here is ‘think.’ You clearly do. As to others …

You mean streaming services aren’t socialist paradises?

Owning physical media is protection against when the copyright owner decides that the original has to be altered to fit with the political climate, or the owner’s wife’s religious beliefs, or any number of other things in the book-burner’s handbook.

You may not be addicted to content, but you’re clearly a slave to convenience.

That’s a great point, especially given your alarming report yesterday about what is going on at Goodwill.

I got news for you, comrade, at 4K, the life cycle energy impact of streaming a movie is marginally greater than a disc viewing of the movie…and it gets progressively worse for the streaming case the more times you watch it.

So by streaming you are actually assisting the bourgeoisie

I still wonder why you buy physical media. Just don’t watch the movies that you don’t have easy access to. It’s that simple. It won’t hurt you.

Okay, now I see, you don’t really feel this way, you’re just trolling the issue because you can see that it is a touchy subject. That makes you a … jerk.

Yes, and seeing he uses age as an insult, a probably very immature jerk. You know, the kind that still thinks he knows it all…

Back when I knew it all or thought I did, I hope I didn’t come off like that !

You are just so misinformed. For example:

in 2017 consumer movie viewing in the USA was almost 8x higher than at the time of peak movie consumption when the physical distribution dominated. The comparative LCA showed that, for the example of global warming potential, the environmental emissions of digital distribution are ultimately higher.

I Love all The Star Trek Movies & TV Series / Even All The New Stuff ( Prodigy ) & Lower Decks But I Really Wish They Would Make All of it Available 24/7 For Free Like It Used to be I Already Bought the 10 Pack Of movies on Vudu Because Of this Kind of BS & Also Bought ( Prodigy ) Season 1 For the same reason C’mon Guys Unless Y’all Wanna Kill The Franchise Give us all a Big Break or at Least Leave Them available In Multiple Places ~ I Hate Digging For Gold Especially When it’s Hard to Find ….

By chance, do you work at Western Union?

So Many Capital Letters!

Do you always write in avant-grade poetry?

You beat me to it…

Been watching and enjoying Trek for all my life. Some more than others. Yet ever since Disco, Picard, Lower Decks. Not so much. Prodigy, S1 of Strange New worlds helped me get back into it. I just dont understand what Paramount is doing when it comes to Star Trek. They moved all of it to their platform, and lost $. Now moving it out again for $. Maybe they should stop messing around with the formula and stick with what has worked in the past. I just hope they get back into actual good sci fi stories, and less nonsensical emotional dramas.

I swear it’s like Paramount WANTS me to drop P+! Until the next seasons of SNW or Prodigy I see ZERO reason to keep it.

Prodigy is now on Netflix.

OOPS! Totally forgot!

I went to drop it yesterday and got an instant offer of two months for free, with my next bill not until mid-March now — and that keeps me in given Halo S2 in Feb and DSC in April. It’s funny, but I also went to drop HBO Max (which I get through and Amazon channel) yesterday, and they gave me 3 months for half price by not cancelling — and that gets me to Feb/March with Curb Your Enthusiasm S12 and Tokyo Vice S2.

This is pretty smart of these streaming services to give people some “bridge discounts” like this which get you to stay until the shows you are waiting for are back on.

You’re right, it is. The only 2 services I won’t cancel is Apple and Amazon because it comes with my iPhone and my Prime subscription respectively. The rest? I’m beginning to care less. So they should offer me something to stay because even if they have a show I like, at 10 eps in an entire year it’s totally not worth it and I’ll just buy the physical media copies if I am that interested, which in most cases I’m not.

Can’t they just pick a streaming service and leave the movies there, instead of moving them around all the time?

Just buy the dvds, folks. They’re cheap.

Yep, which I started doing recently.

The times, they are a changing…..welcome to Warnermount.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, If I see Superman fly up and punch the hull of the Enterprise I’ll flip my SH*****

It’d be easy to put Superman in TUC, where the torp goes up through the hull …

Ha that would be kinda funny actually.

That was a torpedo? I thought it was Captain Marvel.

Most photon torpedoes do a lot more damage, I always thought of that as more like a klingon cannonball, since it doesn’t do much besides just tear right through (was inspired by idea, ‘what would it look like to see the dish take a shotgun blast?’ – fun fact: the destruction of the MOONRAKER space station was actually accomplished by off-camera crew shotgunning the model.)

Yes when I first saw that torpedo mostly punch through the hull, I remember thinking a photorp shouldn’t have that effect, but it looked cool and it’s only a movie and the effect is going to be whatever the director wants it to be. And in TWOK, gone are the beautiful blue-white torpedoes of TMP…

I recall the special effects team of A New Hope using some kind of explosive to blow up the Y-Wings models in the Death Star trench. You better make sure you get it right the first time.

In my pointless and unfocused teenage years, I remember setting my AMT Klingon D7 cruiser on fire and wow did it look cool! I was just so disappointed I didn’t have a camera to film it, but anyway I was too occupied on putting out the fire on the carpet. That plastic burns with a deep black smoke man! Almost looked like the Admiral Kuznetsov…

This is part of the reason I still buy Blu Ray, especially for Star Trek. Plus Blu Ray looks better and sounds better than streaming. I didn’t notice this until today when I went to try and watch the Voyage Home (aka The One with the Whales).

Absolutely. The degree of compression used for streaming can be extreme, even if the resolution is nominally the same.

Star Trek The Motion Picture looks gorgeous

If the entire Prodigy debacle being cancelled by Paramount+ has done one major positive for me is that it convinced me to buy disks again in years. So that’s what I been doing and now, thankfully have all 13 movies on blu ray, even TMP, the one movie I still can’t get through more than 20 minutes lol But I now have those and moved on to the shows. I also have the TOS blu rays. I’m moving on to TNG next and buying everything in production order. No plans to buy any of the new shows yet and I want to wait until they are completed and buy them in one shot like Picard or Discovery since those are now done. But before this, the last time I bought a disk for a movie or show was back in 2008 lol. Just never saw the point, but now that has changed.

I’m tired of this nonsense. I will obviously watch this stuff if it’s on a service I have and I have HBO MAX, but I’m not going to pay extra for it anymore. Paramount+ will probably be cancelled and its library sold off if they sell it to someone but I will have every show and movie by then regardless.

Shows people don’t watch get canceled. It happens every day. Not much of a debacle in my opinion.

No genius, I’m not just talking about it getting cancelled, I’m talking about them removing the entire show completely; that’s the ‘debacle’ I’m referring to.. That was the promise all of these services were making and that original shows/movies would A. be exclusive only to those services and B. That they would always have a permanent home on them regardless if they lasted one season or ten.

And now nearly all of them are breaking both of those promises, correct? And Prodigy was the biggest slap because it was part of its largest IP on the service that they knew people like us signed up all year for–with the promise we can rewatch all these shows and movies anytime we wanted.

Imagine if your precious Discovery was removed off of P+ for good and before season 5 even aired? How would you feel about it? I’m sure there would be a lot of other angry fans and for good reason too.

A34, why do you still waste my time? Seriously. I don’t like talking to you because you only waste my time.

You can’t live without me Tiger. I complete you. 🤣🤣🤣 Well anyway I don’t remember them making a promise that Star Trek would only exist on Paramount plus. I think you just made that part up in your head. Even Disney still has contracts with Netflix btw.

I must protest. P+ prides themselves as the home of ST. When they strike it from their library it is going back on that proclamation.

Thank you. I’m convinced he’s just bored and looking to troll as usual.

Do you not understand what “Home of Star Trek” means? It’s literally what the article is discussing. Why do you think P+ bought DIS from Netflix when that platform launched globally?

Yeah Disney has contracts with them which they made last year. This was also the same company that took all their shows and movies off the site by the time Disney+ was launching because they wanted all their properties in one place. That’s no longer the case now. That’s the point getting made Einstein.

And notice you completely avoided what happened with Prodigy. Do you have shares at Paramount or something? Here’s a tip, sell now. Leave me alone loser.

I only invest in Bitcoin.

Ouch! My sympathies

Probably WB will buy Paramount

I regret donating or giving away a sizeable chunk of my physical media collection about ten years ago. I’d still kept about a quarter of them (maybe 400 DVDs and BluRays), which I now never will get rid of.

To top it off, physical media is no longer sold in my country unless one imports them at ridiculously crazy prices.

Streaming most definitely isn’t the dream it was made out to be.

I’ve never been a collector of media. I don’t even own a dvd player. Streaming has been awesome for me and I prefer to watch new content rather than rewatching old stuff.

Even in America, big top stores like Best Buy are no longer selling DVDs anymore. It is becoming a dying breed. I don’t think it will ever truly go away but I imagine it will be like how people who buy LPs and CDs today in the next twenty years and only for ‘collectors’ and no longer for the masses.

But man I really do wish I listened to people more who kept saying how good it is to have physical media today. I’ve gotten very cynical about streaming the last year or so and it’s probably only going to get worse for the next few years as they keep jacking up prices and shuffling around anything they can sell off.

It sucks you lost so much of your collection.

I have all the Trek I desire to keep forever on disc, including Pic s3 and PRO s1, which I purchased from Amazon. I plan on picking up SNW s1 in a bargain bin someday, but no hurry. And speaking of bargain bins, that’s where I go to get my dvd’s. 400 discs and counting. Thrift stores, mostly, and they have pretty extensive collections. And, it’s a fun cheap hobby to enjoy.

You were one of the people who actually convinced me to start buying physical media again Danpaine. And yeah there are so many crazy deals out there today because how out of fashion physical media has become. I picked up the TOS Blu rays on sale for $45 at my local mall. That’s for the entire show lol. I remember when they were $100 a season a decade ago.

I know we don’t talk, but man that is so great to hear that fans are doing this now. THANKS!

1800 discs and counting…about 1400 of them BR’s, approaching 100 UHD’s.

I hear you!

The whole cloud vs physical conundrum became an issue for me when I wanted to change my Apple itunes/Music account from US to Canada when I moved. I was told I would lose all my music that I had purchased years ago with the awitch – so I had to convert the hundreds of song files and store them on a hard drive. I still have a turntable, CD, DVD and LD player and even a cassette deck. (I did get rid of my 8 track player haha)

Because I dont know who is going to own the streaming rights to Star Trek in the future, I am buying hard DVD copies of Picard S3 and SNW S2 – just in case they arent available for VOD up here in the future!

Once again, good thing I got the 10-movie box set. And the three Pine-movies on BD, as well.

Please stop acting like you all haven’t seen these movies a hundred times before. Personally I haven’t seen these movies in years and I have no interest in seeing them again anytime soon.

Well, good for you. I may have seen the movies a hundred times before but I enjoy them (well, I to VI anyway) and happily watch them regularly. The criticism from fandom is legitimate given how P+ branded itself as THE home of Trek.

That was just PR since they used ST to launch the network. P+ is the home for Paramount content but that doesn’t mean their content can’t move around.

The Home for all Star Trek… seems legit.

You can’t say you are “The Home of Star Trek” when you don’t have the movies available on your network to watch.

Some Trek, some of the time.

Sounds like something Lincoln would say…

Paramount+ is one of the worst streaming services I’ve ever seen, in terms of functionality. The more they remove exclusive Trek content, the less reason I have to keep my subscription…

I can’t wait for Halo season two

Hmm, it works perfectly on my high-end Apple TV device. Perhaps if you are using a cheap stick or your pc, that may be the issue?

I have both services and am actually happy they are back on HBO/Max. I find the quality and streaming much better/more stable than on P+ (I have the Playstation P+ App and it’s terrible).

Also, last time these were on HBO you could go into “You may also like” of TMP, II and VI and it would link to the Directors Cut versions that also streamable (doesn’t look like that is the case this time around).

I would rather the Star Trek movies be on another streamer. Paramount + is the absolute worse streamer interface of them all. It’s weird because when it was CBSAA, that streamer was one of the first. So they had a lot of time to work on that really bad interface.

Here’s hoping all the Star Trek shows will end up on Netflix where they used to be. Netflix is by far the best service (easy to navigate, easy to fast-forward, rewind, pause, change subtitles, find shows, etc.)

If Max and P+ merge, it will become the 4th largest streaming service and within legit striking distance of overtaking Disney+ That would make the top 4 – Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and then P+ Max, with Netflix the king at around a quarter billion subs. Based on some of the comments, it sounds like the Max platform may also bring higher quality streaming to P+.

In addition to this deal, the Prodigy to Netflix deal shows that P+ is not averse to licensing out its current properties, so we shall see how the M&A game plays out and how it would affect the Star Trek franchise long-term.

I have all the Blu-ray and 4k Discs. Except for the big box for the motion picture, and the directors cut which they made not a combo set. I just got the standard blu for that. Wish i had the Special Longer version but in a out of print hundred dollar set i don’t think so. I also have all the Kelvin blu’s and 4k. My problem with 1-6 is complete lack of original audio, except for TMP SLV. I shouldn’t have to hold onto laserdiscs and DVDs for original audio.

It’s good to see that the shows, at least the newer ones, apparently aren’t afftected. Just last week I decided to watch Picard s3 again and have two more episodes to go. They appear to still be there.

I really don’t care about the movies, for me Star Trek it’s all about the TV series

Paramount+ will not last.

It’s likely most Star Trek fans have more than a few copies of the TOS/TNG films, physically or digitally. Licensing these out is a good thing since it means they remain valuable properties and continue to raise money on behalf of the franchise while reaching more people. We are also facing a point where Star Trek is being scattered to the winds once again as Paramount+ starts to come apart.

I made a deal with myself to purchase Trek via digital downoad ( itunes). The first time anything trek related gets “yanked” away from a purchased digital downoad, I will switch to physical media. To date , that has yet to happen . Unless that actually happens (not saying it couldn’t) I’m enjoying the convenience of streaming trek (via permanent download) without the fear it being dropped by a subscription streamer

OMG does that mean only the JJ verse movies are on Paramount+ right now?!??

KIll me, kill me now! 😭

Right? Get rid of the timeless classics but keep the Lens Flares, *P+ Logic*

Exactly man, it’s a punch in the groin!

I’m not going to go into a rant like last time lol and I know these movies have their fans (and I do at least like Beyond because it was the least dumb one) but removing the classic movies AGAIN is another reminder why I always cancel my subscription after the last show airs.

Stop calling yourself the home of Star Trek if you keep removing them from their home.

No, no you don’t get it! That way when you cancel P+ it’s going to feel like a direct pushback against the JJ verse drivel!

One more proof my decision to get all on disc is the correct decision!

This will keep happening until the existing distribution deals (that predate Paramount+) expire.

WB is in the same boat — the Harry Potter movies have been going back and forth between Max and Peacock for the last couple of years.

Material on your own streaming service = cost. Material licensed to another streaming service = revenue (profit).

And this is why I have the DVD’s. Streaming can be a sketchy proposition. I don’t download music either. Proud boomer here.

Glad I held onto my DVD’s! You can’t trust Paramount to keep its word, that’s for sure!

Who is Dr. Kovich in 'Star Trek: Discovery'? The mystery explained

Why Discovery's most enigmatic character has a very long association with Starfleet.

Who is Dr. Kovich?

What's with the suit and tie, but who is kovich really, why is agent daniels important in 'star trek'.

With his trademark suit-and-tie an anomaly among the primary-coloured uniforms of the 32nd century, Dr. Kovich always looked like a man out of time. Played by legendary director David Cronenberg — who, like "Star Trek: Discovery" itself, hails from Toronto — Starfleet's biggest enigma has been an unknowable presence at Starfleet headquarters ever since the Disco crew landed in the distant future.

Now, thanks to a major revelation in series finale "Life, Itself" , Kovich's true identity is no longer a mystery — in fact, we now know where we've seen him before, and that he's had a significant role to play in the history (and future) or Star Trek. Read on to find out about Kovich's history, but be warned — major spoilers lie ahead. (Check out our Star Trek streaming guide for how to watch nearly every series on Paramount Plus -- except Star Trek: Prodigy, which is on Netflix.)

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This has always been a mystery, but that appears to be the way he likes it. 

Kovich has been a presence at Federation HQ since the USS Discovery jumped forward to the 32nd century in season 3, yet his exact role in the chain of command has never been clear. So while Admiral Vance is top dog at Starfleet and President Rillak takes responsibility for the Federation as a whole, Kovich appears to follow his own agenda — albeit with the sort of sky-high security clearance that allows him to issue top-secret Red Directives from his very own Infinity Room.

Whatever his actual job description, Kovich's broad skill set takes in medicine, artificial intelligence , interrogation, and a variety of consultancy roles, including helping out at the resurrected Starfleet Academy , and working out how to communicate with the existential threat of Species 10-C. 

The look may have been out of style in the Alpha Quadrant for centuries, but Kovich has always been a big advocate of 20th/21st century formalwear. The "Discovery" finale revealed, however, that his interest in nostalgia stretches way beyond fashion.

His office is stuffed with artefacts from Starfleet's past, including a bottle of wine from Jean-Luc Picard's vineyard , Geordi La Forge's VISOR, and a baseball which (we're assuming) is the one Captain Sisko kept on his desk in the Deep Space Nine ready room. 

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Kovich has also been known to make notes on a 21st century legal pad, and has previously expressed an interest in the history of the Mirror Universe's Terran Empire.

During the series finale, Kovich tells Captain Burnham — in a typically cryptic manner — that "I've lived many years and many lives". It's all the invitation she needs to ask him outright: "Kovich is a codename, isn't it? Who are you really?"

"My real name is a bit of a Red Directive in and of itself," he admits, before the big reveal: " Agent Daniels , USS Enterprise … and other places. Nice to meet you."

Daniels was an important character in " Star Trek: Enterprise ," where he was played by Matt Winston. 

A temporal agent from the 31st century, Daniels went undercover as a crewman on Captain Jonathan Archer's Enterprise, a century or so before Kirk and Spock's famous five-year-mission. 

Daniels was a soldier in the so-called Temporal Cold War, protecting the timeline from sinister forces out to alter history. But, seeing as all time travel has been made illegal by the 32nd century, we're guessing that Kovich/Daniels prefers to keep the events of his past, present and future lives on a need-to-know basis.

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Paramount is struggling more than we know and it will affect Star Trek

W e've been very aware of the situation at Paramount for a while now. The studio has been struggling to make money, the streaming service has been a black hole financially and layoffs are affecting every factor of the company. It's so bad that franchises like Star Trek have been modified, going from mass-producing longer episodic series, to much less expensive, one-off films.

It's now gotten so bad that the woman at the center of Paramount, Shari Redstone, is struggling to decide what to do with the company. A merger with Skydance was the best bet for the fans, as they'd have every incentive to produce as much content from their strongest libraries, meaning more Star Trek to come.

However, that deal fell apart and now more cutthroat companies, backed by dastardly private equity groups, who will sell off scraps at a premium just to make money, are likely to get control of the company. That is if a deal can be made. Redstone has been hesitant to sell, after all, she had to fight to get control in the first place.

That said, Paramount has not thrived under her leadership. In fact, AXIOS has now gone out of its way to call the company a "shell of its former self." Even further going on to say that there may not be much left to fight over at the current rate. If that's the case, then things are far worse than we had any idea of.

It appears that the merger between Viacom and CBS was seen as a bad call, even then. What made things even worse is the albatross of a streaming service in Paramount+. An entity that AXIOS would describe as a "misguided" move. Essentially that service, once known as CBS All-Access, made any sale of the company overly complicated.

Most people have their streaming service or streaming deal, and having to pay extra for a service that wasn't worth much, if anything, was not seen as a prudent financial move. Now there's in-fighting among the higher-ups at the company.

Which means instability for series like Star Trek. We're optimistic that Strange New Worlds will be a strong contender to succeed and survive on any platform but until Star Trek properties start dropping on services for people to see, we're going to be mighty surprised if any new Star Trek shows or films make it to air before or after any sales.

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DEADLINE: Where did the idea come from to have an animated  Star Trek  that can kind of make fun of itself?

DEADLINE: For season four, can you talk about exploring more of Mariner [Tawny Newsome]’s character arc, beginning with that promotion in the first episode?

MCMAHAN : When we’re planning this stuff out for character arcs, you don’t want the comedy to be affected. You don’t want the show to be affected. You don’t want it to feel like it isn’t the show, right? There’s a reason why the Simpsons stay the same age, because you’ve got a great format with the show that you want to still be telling jokes and stories in. Being able to do character arcs, seeing people grow and change season to season was something that was available to me that I really didn’t have access to before. If we were going to do serialized stuff before, it had to be very lightly serialized previously and not rely on you having seen everything.

But in this, there is the fun of getting to arc people out. In writing the character of Mariner and in seeing Tawny interpret her, there was a cool thing to get to do because the theme of the show is all about finding yourself in your 20s and the funny stuff that’s happening around then while you’re still figuring stuff out. Mariner was a star fleet officer who was great at her job, but was still dealing with stuff and figuring stuff out. And then we were finding a lower deck story to tell with her where she loved to rage against the machine, but slowly there was less and less of a machine to rage against. So, once you’re promoted and people aren’t feeding into your chaotic persona, if there’s nobody else to fight, you have to address the stuff that may have been motivating you to do fight the whole time.

Trying to do that in a way that felt honest, felt like  Star Trek  and was still fun and funny, was the best kind of problem to have as a writer. That was something that was really exciting to me. And then, leading into season five, you’ll see that Mariner’s come out the other side of a pretty heavy emotional arc for her in season four, but she’s still funny and she’s still herself. I think it really speaks a lot to how  Star Trek  can let characters do that and then it doesn’t make them less likable or less interesting, but actually enhances them moving forward.

DEADLINE: Speaking of Tawny, you have some incredible improvisors doing the voice acting. Are you ever able to use improvised dialogue, or is everything scripted?

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The final episodes of “ Yellowstone ” will arrive Nov. 10 on Paramount, with or without Kevin Costner .

The Western drama, which was the most-watched series of the 2022-2023 season besides “NFL Sunday Night Football,” is currently filming Season 5 Part 2 in Montana. The series’ final six episodes will premiere the next day, on Nov. 11, in the U.K. and will get a release date later in November in Latin America, Brazil and France.

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Back in April, Costner sang a similar tune, saying he’d “like to be able” to return, “but we haven’t been able to.” “I thought I was going to make seven [seasons] but right now we’re at five. So how it works out — I hope it does — but they’ve got a lot of different shows going on. Maybe it will. Maybe this will circle back to me. If it does and I feel really comfortable with [it], I’d love to do it.”

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