We’re in a slight pause in the long marathon of Star Trek content that’s been coming our way for the last year, so here’s a quick roundup of the latest franchise news!

Paramount+ today announced that over the course of the last 90 days, the debut season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has become the most-watched original Trek series since the franchise returned to television in 2017 — edging out the opening viewership numbers of Star Trek: Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy — and has also risen to the top tier of Paramount+ UK’s programming.

“‘Star Trek’ fans all over the world embraced this incredible new ‘Star Trek’ journey,” said Tanya Giles, chief programming officer of Paramount Streaming. “We are thrilled that the ‘Star Trek’ universe continues to be one of the most-watched franchises on the service.”

“Over the past six years, Alex Kurtzman and his amazing team have brilliantly created and carefully curated a new ‘Star Trek’ universe for Paramount+ with five complementary series – each different in tone, style, story and in some cases target audience,” said George Cheeks, president and chief executive officer at CBS.

“Each series is a success in its own right, and now the franchise’s newest edition, STRANGE NEW WORLDS, is earning critical acclaim and delivering notable performance achievements on the service, both domestically and internationally. We look forward to the franchise’s continuing journey on Paramount+ here in the U.S. and globally, where in the case of STRANGE NEW WORLDS, we’re just getting started.”

Strange New Worlds completed its first season in the US on July 7 (and wrapped this week in the UK), and its second season is in post-production now for a 2023 debut. While there’s been no formal announcement yet, the show is almost certainly going to continue into a third season — and likely beyond.

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Speaking of the UK, fans in the United Kingdom — and everywhere else outside of the US, Canada, and Latin America — can rest easy knowing that the animated crew of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be returning to Prime Video later this month.

Prime Video UK today finally confirmed that Lower Decks Season 3 will keep pace with the North American release schedule, just like Season 2 in 2021. Lower Decks Season 3 will debut on Thursday, August 25 in the United States, Canada, and Latin America — and for all other regions where the series is hosted on Prime Video, Lower Decks will return on Friday, August 26 and continue weekly all season long.

Prime Video has announced that season three of its hit original half-hour animated comedy series ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ will launch on Friday 26th August, exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland. Following the premiere, the remaining nine episodes of the 10-episode long season will be available to stream weekly on Fridays.

Distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution and created by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites), season three of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ challenges the U.S.S. Cerritos ensigns in (hilarious) ways they could never imagine, starting with a shocking resolution for season two’s epic cliff hanger finale.

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 U.S.S. Cerritos’ bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis; Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell; and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.

Watch for our weekly reviews here at TrekCore, starting August 25 and continuing through the entire 10-episode season.

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The new Star Trek: Prodigy tie-in video game, Star Trek: Prodigy — Supernova, now has an official street date of October 14, 2022.

While it will be available through the Steam and Stadia digital gaming services for PC players, you can preorder the game for Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 consoles today — the game is also coming to PlayStation 5 consoles, though a preorder link isn’t yet available for that release.

If you missed it, the first trailer for this new Prodigy game was released back in May.

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Finally, while we extensively covered the conservation of the original USS Enterprise filming model at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum a few years ago, the great starship left public view in 2019 when the museum began a years-long extensive renovation project to revamp the famed building on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Announced on social media this week, the Constitution-class model will be returning to the museum this October as the NASM reopens its doors to the public after competing the first sections of the ‘new’ museum facility. Originally expected to be out of sight for another few years, this is welcome news for Star Trek fans who missed the model’s post-restoration debut back in 2016.

The Enterprise will return to its massive display case in the Boeing Milestones of Flight hall in the museum on the National Mall beginning October 14 — and as our friend and Smithsonian curator Margaret Weitekamp noted, access to the reopened museum will require timed tickets expected to become available sometime in September.

We invite you to check out our extensive photography of the Enterprise model during its disassembly, renovation, and return to public view!

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest Star Trek news and product reviews!