Hold on to your comm badges Trek fans, Paramount+ has confirmed a whole heap of Star Trek news for the rest of 2023 and ’24. The news includes the long-awaited premiere date for the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds which will return to screens in June.
Season two of Strange New Worlds will premiere Thursday, June 15 on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. New episodes of the 10-episode season will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays. The second season will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in South Korea, with premiere dates to be announced at a later date.
The news marks the first time that so-called “Nu Trek” will simultaneously premiere in both the US and UK. All previous seasons of Discovery, Picard, Prodigy and Lower Decks have aired new episodes in the UK the day after their US premiere.
Season four of the original animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks will premiere in late summer on Paramount+ in the U.S., with the exact date to be announced. International premiere dates will be also announced at a later date.
Fans will be treated to even more new animated Star Trek as the critically acclaimed original animated kids’ series Star Trek: Prodigy will return with season two this winter. The Children’s and Family Emmy Award-winning series is from Nickelodeon and CBS Studios’ Eye Animation Productions.
As previously announced, the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery will premiere in early 2024.
Season two of Strange New Worlds includes the previously announced special crossover episode featuring both live-action and animation, and Lower Decks’ 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.
