Will There Be a ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Season 3?
The Star Trek franchise has a long history, and the new series on Paramount+ have just been adding to that.
The newest is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, following the young cadets at the titular school and led by Holly Hunter as the chancellor. The concept seems to lend itself to multiple seasons, and it was even renewed for its second before the first had even premiered.
However, on March 23, the show’s future was decided. Read on for everything we know so far about a Starfleet Academy Season 3.
Will there be a Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 3?
No, there won’t be. On March 23, it was announced that the newest Paramount+ series in the franchise is ending with its second season.
“We’re incredibly proud of the ambition, passion, and creativity that went into bringing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to life,” CBS Studios and Paramount+ said in a statement (via Variety). “The series introduced audiences to a bold new group of characters, welcomed familiar faces, and expanded the Star Trek universe in exciting new ways. We’re grateful to Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau, Gaia Violo, and the entire cast and crew who pushed storytelling boundaries in the spirit of Gene Roddenberry‘s vision. We look forward to sharing the upcoming second and final season with everyone, and continuing to celebrate the cast, crew, and all that was accomplished with this series.”
When will Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 premiere?
That has yet to be announced, but it has been filmed.
What could we have seen in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 3?
Executive producer Alex Kurtzman told TV Insider after the Season 1 finale that Paul Giamatti, whose part Klingon, part Tellarite Nus Braka was locked up once again, will not be back for Season 2. However, the hope was to see him again.
“There’s nothing we want more than to bring Paul back and there’s nothing Paul wants more than to come back, so we are going to figure that out in Season 3,” he added. Sadly, now that means the Season 1 finale was the last time we’ll see Giamatti.
Ahead of the series premiere, Kurtzman had also pointed out to us that Starfleet Academy “could go forever because you have the four years of our current cadets, and then it would be really interesting to follow them and see what happens once they’re deployed. But then you have every year a whole new class.”
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I am 72 years old and have been a faithful Star trek fan since it's inception. I have enjoyed every series and all movies. I am soooo disappointed in the cancellation of Starfleet Academy. This show was very unique and a tremendous mistake by the powers that be to cancel this really good show. Not enough time was given to building upon the cast. Power, money and greed is today's world. I hope that someone with an ounce of brains will pull this show out of the dumpster and give it the nurturing
it needs to succeed. I've never missed an episode of any Star Trek series and take my word that this cancellation decision will turn out to be your worst decision..... Cheers to a fabulous crew and staff for all their efforts. Somebody needs to get their head out of their butt and see a great future for Star Trek Academy before it's too late. The ratings will show how we all really feel for season 2.
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Star Fleet Academy was AWESOME! I am disappointed that there will not be more series for this show. It seems we get a good series and then a group says it's not good and its cancelled. This hole Rotten Tomato score is stupid it does not really show what is good or not. I have watched shows that Rotten Tomato's say is not got and sorry but they are GREAT. This idea of only a 10 or so episodes per season does not really finish the full story. It leaves gaps and we are left with questions. someone needs to really rethink this idea and if I'm thinking this, I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this.
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This is so disappointing. The show wasn't perfect but Holly Hunter and Tig Notaro's performances were standouts and I was looking forward to more stories. At least we will get a Season 2 but I was really hoping for more.
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The only thing more atrocious than the show were the people claiming to be fans. If you didn’t totally goon over 100% of every aspect, you were called a racist, homophobic sexist.
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Sorry. With that attitude why are you even commenting on the show? You don't seem to follow the ideals of the original show or it's predecessors.
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Have we not suffered enough with 2 Seasons... Like had been said it is not about Star Trek but is is about pushing an agenda that we think is important so this show is all about politics and brainwashing.. They do not care about the viewer but only about victim hood and narrative.
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