Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 is the final season of the beloved animated comedy on Paramount+. Created by Mike McMahan, Star Trek: Lower Decks Premieres in 2020 as the third Star Trek on Paramount+ series, yet Star Trek: Discovery And Star Trek: Picard. Lower decks is also the first animated Star Trek Since Star Trek: The Animated Series In the 1970s, and this is the First-ever half-hour Star Trek Comedy.
for five seasons, Star Trek: Lower Decks has charted the hilarious voyage of the USS Cerritos, spotlighting the junior officers of “One of Starfleet’s least important ships.” Lower decks Takes place in the early 2280s, and Brought back the popular aesthetic and iconography of Star Trek: The Next Generations 24th century. Ensigns Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), D’Vana Tendi (Noel Wells), and Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) gain a fifth lower decker, T’Lyn (Gabrielle Ruiz), and the Warp Core Five. were all promoted to lieutenant, junior grade, in Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4.
Why Paramount Plus is ending Star Trek: Lower Decks after 5 seasons
Lower Decks is the fourth Star Trek series to end at Paramount+
Paramount + announced the end of Star Trek: Lower Decks With season March 5, 2024, simultaneously renewing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds For season 4. This makes Lower decks The fourth Star Trek Series wrapping up on Paramount + After Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: ProdigyAnd Star Trek: Discovery. The reason Star Trek: Lower Decks Is ending is driven by finances; Despite being a relatively cheap animated series, Paramount+ is responding to the changes in the streaming business model. In addition, the sale of Paramount Studios to Skydance has forced the streamer to trim its bottom line.
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Despite being relatively cheap to produce compared to live-action series, Star Trek: Lower Decks Unfortunately does not get the same level of streaming numbers as Star Trek: Picard Season 3 or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Star Trek on Paramount+ has scaled down its projects for the past few years, With the focus is the runaway hit Strange New Worlds And the next live-action series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Which stars Academy Award caliber actors Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. It’s a comfort that in the streaming era, Star Trek: Lower Decks‘5 Seasons is an impressive run to match Star Trek: Discoverys life.
Can Star Trek: Lower Decks jump to another streaming service?
Save lower decks!
Star Trek: Lower Decks is concluding on Paramount +, but, encouragingly, it may not be the definitive end of the animated comedy. Star Trek Executive producer Alex Kurtzman and Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Showrunner Mike McMahan is deliberately careful with their phrasing that season 5 is Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Last time On Paramount+. Kurtzman and McMahan strongly agreed that there is hope that Lower decks May go to another streaming service or continue elsewhere in some form if the streaming numbers for season 5 (and the overall series) are impressive and attractive enough to pick up the show.
Futurama has survived cancellation by FOX and jumped to Comedy Central and Hulu since its 1999 premiere.
Star Trek: Prodigy became the gold standard for jumping to a new streaming service when Paramount + suddenly canceled the CGI animated series and dumped all its episodes. A dedicated fan campaign has sprung up to the rescue Star Trek: Prodigy, Even hiring an airplane to literally fly Prodigys flag. Netflix finally picked up Star Trek: Prodigy, Acquiring and streaming all 40 episodes of season 1 and season 2. If Star Trek: Lower Decks Can harness the same passion and unyielding dedication as Star Trek: ProdigyIt could also potentially find a new streaming home.
Can lower decks cross with other Star Trek?
The lower decks of the USS Cerrtios could jump to life-combat
Although there are no indications yet that Star Trek: Lower Decks Will continue after season 5 on Paramount+, this may not be the end of the characters on the USS Cerritos. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid brought their animated characters to life-action in a crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Star Trek is a shared universe that has become even more integrated and self-referential, And there is potential for Mariner, Boimler and their friends to jump to live-action and appear in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Like holograms, through time travel, or other sci-fi means.
Another possibility for the Live-action return of Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ letters lies with Tawny Newsome. As announced at San Diego Comic-Con, Newsome and Justin Simien are developing the first live action Star Trek Half-hour workplace comedy. As an executive producer, it is quite possible that Newsome could invite Jack Quaid, Eugene Cordero, Noel Wells, Gabriel Rose, Dawn Lewis (Captain Carol Freeman), and/or Jerry O’Connell (Commander Jack Ransom) as their lower deck characters In life-combat. Even like Star Trek: Lower Decks Wraps up on Paramount+, it can’t be goodbye forever to the brave Starfleet Officers of the USS Cerritos.