We’re on vacation this weekend (so this won’t be a long article) but Paramount+ dropped two major news announcements on Friday — Star Trek: Lower Decks has been cancelled, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fourth season.
The Strange New Worlds renewal isn’t very surprising; the show is now the headlining Trek series on Paramount+ following the conclusion of both Star Trek: Picard and Discovery (ending in May).
Here’s the official word:
Co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers and executive producer Alex Kurtzman confirms in a statement, “On behalf of the cast and crew of ‘Strange New Worlds’ we are thrilled and grateful to continue our voyages together.
We can’t wait for you to join us and the crew of the Enterprise on another season of exploration and adventure.”
Unfortunately, the bigger news is that Star Trek: Lower Decks has been cancelled – meaning the fifth and final season, already deep into post production, will be the animated series’ final adventure.
There’s no need to worry about the series disappearing from Paramount+ however, as series creator Mike McMahan and Trek franchise boss Alex Kurtzman were clear to note that the show won’t follow Star Trek: Prodigy’s fate and get booted from the streamer.
To the fans,
We wanted to let you know that this fall will be the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. While five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle, it’s no exaggeration to say that every second we’ve spent making this show has been a dream come true.
Our incredible cast, crew and artists have given you everything they have because they love the characters they play, they love the world we’ve built, and more than anything we all love love love Star Trek.
We’re excited for the world to see our hilarious fifth season which we’re working on right now, and the good news is that all previous episodes will remain on Paramount+ so there is still so much to look forward to as we celebrate the Cerritos crew with a big send-off.
Finally, thank you for always being so creative and joyful, for filling convention halls and chanting
LOWER DECKS!” We remain hopeful that even beyond Season 5, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the whole Cerritos crew will live on with new adventures.
LLAP
Mike McMahan and Alex Kurtzman
The final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks will air this fall on Paramount+; the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will follow in 2025, which likely means Season 4 will arrive sometime in 2026.
