For the fourth year in a row, Paramount+ is taking over September 8 with another set of Star Trek Day events intended to celebrate (most) of the Star Trek franchise.
This year, the streamer plans to give the Star Trek legacy a night in the spotlight with a new retrospective special, a prime-time network airing of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episodes, and limited theatrical screenings of Star Trek: Lower Decks’ fourth season in the US and Canada.
As hinted back during San Diego Comic Con, Star Trek: Lower Decks will be having special theatrical screenings on September 8, in eleven cities in the United States, Canada, and the UK.
Four episodes of the animated series will be shown in Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis, Washington DC, Vancouver, Calgary, and London, where fans attending the free presentation will get to experience “sneak peeks and surprises, free concessions, giveaways, and more.”
If you’re near one of the host cities, you can register for tickets through GoFobo’s Star Trek Animated Celebration Screenings link after 12PM ET today. Seating is first come, first serve (with tickets), and holding a ticket does not guarantee a seat as the theaters may overbook to ensure full attendance.
At 8PM ET on September 8, the first two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will air on the CBS television network in the United States — marking the first time a show from the Kurtzman era has aired on broadcast television since Discovery Season 1 reruns were used to fill CBS’s pandemic-caused programming void back in summer 2020.
The series’ premiere episode (“Strange New Worlds”) will air first, followed at 9PM ET by the Uhura-centric second Season 1 episode “Children of the Comet.”
Finally, the Star Trek Day celebration will continue online with a new special hosted by Star Trek: Lower Decks star Jerry O’Connell (Commander Jack Ransom), with special focus on Star Trek: Discovery ahead of its fifth and final season, a preview of Lower Decks Season 4, and a look back at 50 years of Star Trek animation.
(It’s unknown if any Star Trek: Prodigy content will be included in this special, after the show was removed from the Paramount+ service back in June.)
The “Star Trek Day” special will be available to watch for free globally on StarTrek.com/Day, YouTube (Paramount+ and STAR TREK Official pages), Twitch (ParamountPlus) and Facebook (@StarTrekOnPPlus and @StarTrek).
In the U.S., the special will be available to stream on Paramount+, Pluto TV (Paramount+ Picks, STAR TREK, More STAR TREK and Pluto TV Sci-Fi channels) and Mixable and will air on select local CBS affiliates, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Fave TV and Smithsonian.com.
More information about the planned Star Trek Day activities can be found at StarTrek.com/Day.