Paramount Plus renews Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, but cancels Lower Decks, the best of today’s shows
Paramount Plus has some good news and some bad news for Star Trek fans…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks–arguably the bestStar Trekseries, if its flawless ratings from critics are anything to go by – will make its final voyage later this year. The show will come to a close after its next season, its fifth, which is expected to air later in 2024.
But there’s some solace forStar Trekfans, asStark Trek: Strange New Worldshas been renewed for a fourth season. If a fifth season is the streaming equivalent of the red uniform that indicates one of the teleported team isn’t coming back, that meansStar Trek: Strange New Worldsshould still be around for at least one more season after that.
The news ofStar Trek: Lower Decks’cancellation comes via show creator Mike McMahan and co-producer Alex Kurtzman. In a message shared with theStar Trekwebsite, they wrote: “We wanted to let you know that this fall will be the fifth and final season ofStar Trek: Lower Decks. While five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle, it’s no exaggeration to say that every second we’ve spent making this show has been a dream come true.”
Stay tuned for the “hilarious” fifth and final season
According to the duo: “We’re excited for the world to see our hilarious fifth season which we’re working on right now, and the good news is that all previous episodes will remain on Paramount+ so there is still so much to look forward to as we celebrate theCerritoscrew with a big send-off… We remain hopeful that even beyond season five, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the wholeCerritoscrew will live on with new adventures.”
Fans of the show will be disappointed. It’s been consistently great, with season four currently sitting at an impressive 100% on Rotten Tomatoes – that’s higher than even the first season ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,which has 99%. AsRolling Stoneput it: “Next GenerationandDeep Space Ninetook a while to find themselves, and so didLower Decks” – the fourth season has “become a highlight of this current phase of TV Trek”.
Hopefully it’s some consolation thatStar Trek: Strange New Worldshas been renewed for another season. It’s currently sitting with a 98% rating based on 99% for season one and 97% for season two.CBRsays “it’s shows likeStrange New Worldsthat confirm there is plenty of life in the venerable science fiction franchise, giving fans plenty to look forward to every Thursday for the exciting adventures of Captain Pike and his Enterprise”, whileThe Mary Suesays that “Strange New Worldsshows that there’s still plenty of life left in the classic Star Trek format.”
All the seasons so far ofStar Trek: Lower DecksandStar Trek: Strange New Worldsare streaming on Paramount Plus.
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