Today was a big day for Star Trek fans around the world, as ViacomCBS at long last revealed the premiere dates and renewals for upcoming Star Trek shows for 2022!
For many of us, the suspense was downright torturous and speculation spread like wildfire, but now we know when our favourite shows are coming back to Paramount+!
Star Trek: Discovery
First up, Star Trek: Discovery return from its midseason hiatus for the remainder of its fourth season on February 10. Running for 13 episodes, the second half of season 4 will run for 6 episodes and end on March 17th
In addition, regardless of what you read online, the show continues to grow and go from strength to strength, and this shows by ViacomCBS announcing that Discovery has been renewed for a fifth season! which will at this time consist of 10 episodes.
There is no date for its release but it is likely to be 2023 as the show has yet to return to its home at Pinewood Toronto Studios in Toronto, Canada, to shoot season 5.
Season 4 part 2 will return to Plutotv internationally and season 5 is likely to air on Paramount+ as it is launched sometime “early” 2022
Star Trek: Picard
Originally slated for a release in February the second season of Picard has been pushed back until March 3rd where its second season will air for 10 episodes.
Season 2 will see the return of Q (John De Lance) and involve alternate timelines and Annie Wersching will be playing the Borg Queen.
Season 2’s finale will air on May 5.
Also confirmed today was something we’ve known for a while, namely that season 3 is in production! however, there is no air date for season 3
Picard Season 2 will remain on Amazon Prime internationally
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
May 5th is the day the long-awaited Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres!
We here at Treksphere have been waiting ever so patiently (not really) for this one, chronicling the adventures of the Starship Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.
The series has promised a return to the more episodic storytelling of legacy Trek shows, something many fans have been anxious to see.
Fortunately, we’re just over three months away!
Strange New Worlds is set to be rolled out with the launch of Paramount+ sometime “early” 2022
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Moving into the realm of animation, Star Trek: Lower Decks will return this summer for a ten-episode third season!
The previous (hilarious!) seasons premiered in August, and we anticipate Season 3 will follow this pattern.
Also, Lower Decks has been renewed for a fourth season of ten episodes!
Lower Decks Season 3 will remain on Amazon Prime internationally
Star Trek: Prodigy
The delightful animated series Star Trek: Prodigy is currently airing new episodes on Thursdays on Paramount+, with the tenth episode of this run airing on February 3.
Ten more episodes are slated to air later in 2022 to finish out the first season. Prodigy has already been renewed for a second season! Internationally,
Prodigy is set to be rolled out with the launch of Paramount+ sometime “early” 2022
Year of Trek Watch Shedule
Below is the updated release schedule for the shows and as you can see this year is going to be JAMMED packed with NEW episodes for almost the entire year!
- JANUARY 20: PROD 108
- JANUARY 27: PROD 109
- FEBUARY 3: PROD 110
- FEBRUARY 10: Discovery 408
- FEBRUARY 17: Discovery 409
- FEBRUARY 24: Discovery 410
- MARCH 3: Discovery 411 – PICARD 201
- MARCH 10: Discovery 412 – PICARD 202
- MARCH 17: Discovery 413 – PICARD 203
- MARCH 24: PICARD 204
- MARCH 31: PICARD 205
- APRIL 7: PICARD 206
- APRIL 14: PICARD 207
- APRIL 21: PICARD 208
- APRIL 28: PICARD 209
- MAY 5: PICARD 210 – SNW 101
- MAY 12: SNW 102
- MAY 19: SNW 103
- MAY 26: SNW 104
- JUNE 2: SNW 105
- JUNE 9: SNW 106
- JUNE 16: SNW 107
- JUNE 23: SNW 108
- JUNE 30: SNW 109
- JULY 7: SNW 110
- LOWER DECKS SEASON 3 – Possible August release if it follows the pattern
- PRODIGY Season 1 part 3 – will return late 2022
Promo Images
Paramount+ released some new posters in honour of the various notifications about the show renewals on social media.
The Next Phase
Alex Kurtzman, the executive producer in charge of Star Trek, released a statement about the current shows and the future of the Trek franchise:
“Four years ago, we made a promise to grow ‘Star Trek’ into something it had never been before, and thanks to the incredibly hard work done by our many talented showrunners, writers, and directors, along with the extraordinary support of CBS Studios and Paramount+, we’re keeping our word.
Now our current shows are set up for the future as we work to build ‘Trek’s’ next phase of programming for years to come.”
“Next phase,” eh? I wonder what that could entail. This could mean that some of the current shows may be ending to make way for others; Picard has long been rumoured to be a limited-run series, so it may very well end after Season 3.
But what could follow? Kurtzman has spoken about a Starfleet Academy show in early development, which could be interesting, as well as the continued development of the Section 31 series to be led by Michelle Yeoh. Either of these shows could be on the horizon for 2023 or later.
There’s also the little matter of a new Star Trek film slated for release in December 2023. Consistent movie universes are well established these days, with Marvel and Star Wars being the prime examples. Star Trek has always maintained a close continuity between series and films, so perhaps the “next phase” is a Star Trek Cinematic Universe!
Maybe Kurtzman has something else up his sleeve which he can’t discuss yet?
As always, when Treksphere knows, you will too!
