Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Premiere Date and Trailer Unveiled
Paramount+ today revealed the official trailer for its new original series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, January 15, on Paramount+ in the U.S. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode-long season will drop weekly on Thursdays, with the season finale on Thursday, March 12.
Stephen Colbert also announced in a special video that he will be the voice of Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students, giving daily announcements to the students and alerting them to anything that needs their immediate attention.
This week also marks the launch of StarfleetAcademy.com, where fans can explore the Academy’s campus life, academics, and faculty. Enroll today to receive exclusive updates and more!
The above news was revealed today during the Star Trek universe panel at New York Comic Con. The Star Trek: Starfleet Academy panel portion featured an exclusive conversation with cast members Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, Zoë Steiner, and Paul Giamatti, plus co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves, and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy stars Holly Hunter as the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy, the Starfleet cadets played by Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard, plus Zoë Steiner, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, and guest stars Oded Fehr, Mary Wiseman, as well as recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti.
Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside executive producers Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa, and John Weber. The series’ premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo and directed by Alex Kurtzman.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Paramount Global Content Distribution distributes the series.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the U.K., Latin America, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. The series is also available on Paramount+ in Canada.
The Star Trek franchise on Paramount+ also includes Star Trek: Section 31, the original movie with Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, and the acclaimed original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which recently premiered its third season.
