HighlightsThe Star Trek franchise boldly went to NYCC 2025 for a panel full of updates for Trekkies. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 has a first-look clip, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy finally has an official trailer and a premiere date. We also learned that Stephen Colbert will appear in Starfleet Academy as the Digital Dean of Students. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4
The U.S.S. Enterprise set a course for NYCC 2025 this weekend with an extended first look at the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In the clip, Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew navigate a massive stellar storm. Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) detects a mayday, which Spock (Ethan Peck) clarifies is from a buoy within said storm. Pike orders Ortegas (Melissa Navia) to take them toward the buoy.
Unfortunately, the storm overtakes the ship, sending it into a warp field. With Enterprise down for the count, Pike sends La’an (Christina Chong), Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Ortegas on a shuttle to the nearest M-class planet with iridium. Side note: I’m excited that we’re getting another Vulcan Starfleet officer aboard the Enterprise.
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Season 4 stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun and Martin Quinn. Guest stars include Carol Kane and Paul Wesley. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers share showrunner duties. They’re also executive producers alongside Alex Kurtzman, Rod Roddenberry and Anson Mount.
Season 4 will premiere sometime in 2026 on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Brace yourselves for a whirlwind, intergalactic adventure, cadets. The Star Trek universe panel unveiled the official trailer for new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, along with a premiere date. In addition, we learned that Stephen Colbert will provide the voice for the titular school’s Digital Dean of Students, “giving daily announcements to the students and alerting them of anything that needs their immediate attention.”
Here’s a synopsis for the 10-episode season per Paramount+:
“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.”
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The series stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, Zoë Steiner, Tig Notaro and Robert Picardo. Guest stars include Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman, along with recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti. Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive producers alongside executive producer Rod Roddenberry.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres with two episodes on January 15, 2026, on Paramount+, with new episodes debuting weekly until the finale on March 12. Don’t forget to enroll for updates before you go.
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