Overview
- Paramount+ premiered Star Trek: Starfleet Academy with two episodes, with new installments set to roll out weekly through March 15.
- Deadline reported that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller criticized the series on X and proposed William Shatner take creative control to 'save' the franchise.
- The post was framed by Deadline as part of a broader MAGA backlash against the show’s perceived 'wokification.'
- William Shatner is a self-declared proud Canadian who has not taken U.S. citizenship and he publicly pushed back in 2025 on talk of the U.S. absorbing Canada.
- Reporting from Deadline and the Independent says a second season is already in production, as Miller’s comments drew online ridicule including a joke from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.