Paramount+ Renews "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" for 5th and Final Season

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"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Renewed for Fifth & Final Season at Paramount+
by Denise Petski
June 12, 2025


Ahead of its Season 3 premiere, the end is already in sight for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds".

Paramount+ announced today it has renewed the series for a fifth and final six-episode season. Production will begin on Season 5 later this year.




The third season is set to premiere with two episodes on Thursday, July 17 on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, with the season finale on Thursday, September 11.

Season 4 is currently in production.




“From the very beginning, Strange New Worlds set out to honor what Star Trek has always stood for — boundless curiosity, hope and the belief that a better future is possible,” said executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers and Alex Kurtzman.

“We’re deeply grateful to Paramount+ for the chance to complete our five-season mission, just as we envisioned it, alongside our extraordinary cast and crew. And to the passionate fans who’ve boldly joined us on this journey — THANK YOU. With three more spectacular seasons ahead for you to see and enjoy, this adventure is far from over.”

https://deadline.com/2025/06/star-tr...ed-1236431507/

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Has To Do 1 Big Thing For Season 5’s Ending Plan To Happen

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will end in season 5, but while the plan is in place, the Starship Enterprise is still far away from its endpoint.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Deserves Better Than Six Episodes

Strange New Worlds' mission to bring Star Trek back to its roots is being cut short for its fifth and final season.

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"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" EPs Explain the Decision to End with Season 5
by Dave Nemetz
July 15, 2025


“Well, Paramount+ felt that we had sort of exhausted the appetite for Strange New Worlds after [Season 4],” executive producer Akiva Goldsman tells TVLine.

“And we said, ‘Well, remember, we made this promise to the fans that we get them right up to the edge of [the original Star Trek]’. And they were like, ‘Oh yeah, we were part of that promise, too. What do you need to get there?’ And we said, ‘I think we can do it in six [episodes].’ And they said, ‘OK, do it in six.'”



But with three more seasons still yet to air, "Strange New Worlds" isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet.

“The audience has only seen 20 episodes” so far, EP Henry Alonso Myers reminds us. “There’s still 26 to go. More than you’ve seen already. So to talk about the end of the series now seems silly for us. It would be like if you’d seen Star Wars and then you went to see the trailer for The Empire Strikes Back, and you said, ‘Well, and now it’s over.’ It is far from over.”



Season 4 is already filming, and “we’re building right now” the narrative structure of the fifth and final season, Goldsman teases.

And with "Strange New Worlds" taking place right before the original "Star Trek" TV series, “we’ll try to get right up to Kirk’s first day of command” of the Enterprise by the end of Season 5, he adds.

That means we’ll be seeing more of Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk in the final two seasons, Myers confirms: “Yes, absolutely. No maybes about it.”

https://tvline.com/interviews/star-t...rk-1235473839/