Overview
- The series will debut with two episodes before moving to a weekly Thursday release for a 10-episode season that concludes on March 12, 2026.
- The NYCC trailer showcases cadet life in the 32nd century, training aboard the U.S.S. Athena, and teases a looming threat to the Academy and the Federation.
- Holly Hunter leads as Chancellor Nahla Ake, a 422-year-old half-Lanthanite who also captains the U.S.S. Athena, while Paul Giamatti plays season one antagonist Nus Braka, a half-Klingon, half-Tellarite.
- Franchise veterans Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro, Mary Wiseman, and Oded Fehr appear, with Stephen Colbert voicing the Academy’s Digital Dean of Students.
- Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners with Gaia Violo writing the premiere, and the series streams exclusively on Paramount+ across the U.S., U.K., Latin America, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, and Canada.