We’re more than halfway through the final season of Star Trek: Picard — and it’ll be until 2024 that Star Trek: Discovery returns for its final season of adventures — so today it’s time to finally learn more about all the other parts of the Star Trek Universe!
First up, the big question on everyone’s mind has been answered: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be warping back for Season 2 on June 15 on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The show finished filming Season 2 all the way back in July 2022, and the continuing adventures of Captain Pike and his Enterprise crew will be back about two months after the Picard series finale.
This will be the season in which the much-touted Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover will occur, as actors Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid will bring their Lower Decks characters Ensign Beckett Mariner and Ensign Brad Boimler to live action for the first time.
Additionally, as has been previously shared by showrunner Akiva Goldsman in an unofficial fashion, Strange New Worlds has been officially renewed for Season 3; filming is expected to begin relatively soon in Toronto.
Following Strange New Worlds Season 2 will be the returning Star Trek: Lower Decks, which will return to Paramount+ for Season 3 in “late summer” (no specific date has been set as of today’s announcement) — but the Cerritos crew will be back at for at least one additional year, as the streamer confirmed that Season 5 of the animated series has been officially ordered, expected to air on Paramount+ in 2024.
Lastly, Star Trek: Prodigy is set for a “winter 2023” return, as Season 2 of the kid-focused animated series is expected to debut on Paramount+ towards the end of this year. While not officially stated in today’s news release, we believe the 20-episode second season will be split in half once more, with 10 episodes in 2023 and the next 10 episodes to follow in late 2024. (There’s still no word from Paramount+ whether Prodigy will continue beyond the next 20 episodes.)
After the final four episodes of Star Trek: Picard, we’ll all have about two months to recharge before launching back into the final frontier — what are your thoughts on the planned release schedule for the next runs of each series? Let us know in the comments below!