Star Trek: Lower Decks renewed for Season 4
David Farnor | On 23, Jan 2022
Star Trek: Lower Decks has been renewed for a fourth season.
Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), the animated series is a bold new venture for Star Trek, as it introduces a full-on comedy into the franchise. It focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.
Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
“This sci-fi workplace comedy takes Star Trek to promising new territory,” w we wrote in our review of Season 1.
Indeed, the show is part of ViacomCBS’s plans to expand the Star Trek universe into a behemoth of multiple programmes, including Picard, Discovery and Prodigy. While Discovery has departed Netflix UK and will soon stream on Paramount+ (when it launches) in the UK, Star Trek: Lower Decks remains an Amazon Prime Video exclusive, which means you can expect Season 3 to arrive in the same place this summer.
Before then, however, it has already been greenlit for a fourth run, which will once again comprise 10 episodes.
“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,” said Alex Kurtzman, architect and executive producer, Star Trek franchise. “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.”
Star Trek: Lower Decks returns this August
27th July 2021
Star Trek: Lower Decks will return this August for Season 2, Amazon Prime Video has officially confirmed.
Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.
Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
“This sci-fi workplace comedy takes Star Trek to promising new territory,” w we wrote in our review.
The series premieres on Paramount+ in the US and is distributed on Amazon Prime Video in the UK. Now, we know when the 10-episode Season 2 will return, with the sophomore run set to begin on 13th August – with episodes rolling out weekly up until the finale on 15th October.
Star Trek: Lower Decks is available to watch online on Amazon Prime Video as part of a Prime membership or a £5.99 monthly subscription.
Watch: Trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2
18th April 2021
Star Trek will once again take us down to the Lower Decks, and a new trailer gives us a first look at Season 2.
Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.
Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. Season 1 debuted earlier this year exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, also the home of Star Trek: Picard.
Now, Amazon has confirmed that the show will be back on our screens later this year. Here’s the video:
Amazon acquires Star Trek: Lower Decks for January release
17th December 2020
Amazon Prime Video will be the UK TV home of Star Trek: Lower Decks, following a new deal with CBS.
With Star Trek: Picard already available on Amazon Prime Video, the online giant is stepping up its rivalry with Netflix (home of Star Trek Discovery) to become the UK streaming home of all things Trek, with the new animated comedy to hit our screens in January.
Developed by Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites), Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos, includes “Ensign Beckett Mariner,” voiced by Tawny Newsome, “Ensign Brad Boimler,” voiced by Jack Quaid, “Ensign Tendi,” voiced by Noël Wells and “Ensign Rutherford,” voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include “Captain Carol Freeman,” voiced by Dawnn Lewis, “Commander Jack Ransom,” voiced by Jerry O’Connell, “Lieutenant Shaxs,” voiced by Fred Tatasciore and “Doctor T’Ana,” voiced by Gillian Vigman. The series includes special cameos by Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard actors Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as well as John de Lancie as Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The series is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin and Roddenberry Entertainment’s Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, and Katie Krentz (219 Productions) serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought McMahan to the project, serves as a co-executive producer. Titmouse (Big Mouth), the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series.
All 10 episodes of Season 1 will beam up to Amazon Prime Video on Friday 22nd January 2021.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: First look unveiled at Comic-Con At Home
24th July 2020
The first scene was unveiled from Star Trek: Lower Decks at Comic-Con At Home last night.
The online edition of the annual San Diego event kicked off properly on Thursday night with a bumper Star Trek Universe panel – covering everything from Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery to Star Trek: Prodigy, a new Nickelodeon series. There were no details on Season 3 of Discovery or Season 2 of Picard, with the big focus instead on Lower Decks, a new animated Star Trek comedy coming to US streaming service CBS All Access this year.
The 10-episode comedy, developed by Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites), focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the USS Cerritos includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell, Lieutenant Shaxs, voiced by Fred Tatasciore and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.
The show airs in the US from Thursday 6th August, with no UK home yet announced. With Discovery on Netflix and Picard available with Amazon Prime, though, all bets are off as to where this latest Star Trek spin-off will arrive. Watch this space for more – or head this way to watch the Comic-Con At Home Panel and see our guide to the daily highlights from the online event.