The Star Trek: Discovery adventures won’t be ending anytime soon — the worst-kept secret in recent Trek history is finally official: the series will be back for another season!
Continuing its run into a fourth year, Discovery was officially announced for Season 4 by CBS All Access today, after several months where folks behind the scenes have seriously intimated the next season was underway — including Trek franchise head honcho Alex Kurtzman who mentioned “future seasons” of Discovery as part of an interview in early August, a mention of a Season 4 renewal popped up in the September 2020 issue of the official Star Trek Magazine, and of course Kurtzman’s recent comments that Discovery still has “years and years” ahead of it.
Here’s today’s official announcement — in video form, from stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), and showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise — revealing that production on Season 4 will begin on November 2 at the show’s home stages in Toronto.
So there you have it: despite the long-winded rumors of the show’s demise — including one laughably-ludicrous, oft-repeated tale of the show being cancelled and its sets destroyed (all in secret, of course) — Discovery is going to keep on flying ahead for the foreseeable future.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 continues weekly through January 2021. Air dates for upcoming productions — Picard Season 2, Lower Decks Season 2, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, and Section 31 — have not yet been announced.