Overview
- The new series launches with a two-episode debut on January 15, followed by weekly Thursday releases across a 10-episode first season.
- Co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman says Season 2 filming is close to completion and he is about to direct the finale, following an early renewal and an August 2025 production start.
- Set in the 32nd century, the show centers on the first new class of Starfleet cadets in over a century training at a reopened Academy.
- Holly Hunter leads as Chancellor Nahla Ake and Paul Giamatti appears as antagonist Nus Braka, with legacy returns from Robert Picardo’s The Doctor, Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno, Mary Wiseman’s Sylvia Tilly, and Oded Fehr’s Admiral Vance.
- Early reception is positive, with an 86% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes reported ahead of the premiere.