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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to End After Season 5, Producers Tease TOS Sequel

Set for July 17, Season 3 premieres on Paramount+ following production on Season 4 with a six-episode fifth season slated to cap the five-year mission.

Jess Bush as Nurse Chapel and Ethan Peck as Spock in Strange New Worlds Season 3

Overview

  • Strange New Worlds will conclude after its fifth season under a plan designed to preserve narrative momentum, with that final chapter limited to six episodes.
  • Season 3 debuts on July 17, 2025, on Paramount+ after delays linked to the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes.
  • Production on Season 4 is already underway even before Season 3 has premiered.
  • Executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers have hinted at a potential sequel or bridging series set during the Original Series era.
  • The show’s capped run follows Paramount’s cancellation of Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks and Prodigy, leaving Strange New Worlds as the franchise’s sole active live-action series.