Star Trek Starfleet Academy Debuts Jan 15, 2026 on Paramount+

Paramount announced on Saturday that Star Trek Starfleet Academy will premiere on Paramount on Jan. 15, 2026, debuting with two episodes and then releasing new episodes weekly through a season finale on March 12. The date and a full trailer for the series were revealed during the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con, which also confirmed Stephen Colbert will voice the show’s Digital Dean of Students.

The trailer centers on cadet Caleb Mir, played by Sandro Rosta, whose mother is abducted in a violent encounter with the series villain Nus Braka, portrayed by Paul Giamatti. Fifteen years later, Captain Nahla Ake, played by Holly Hunter, recruits Caleb to Starfleet Academy aboard the USS Athena, which doubles as the school and docks in San Francisco. The preview introduces a class of young cadets, campus life, training sequences, and interpersonal storylines that include romance and rivalry, while setting up a mystery about why Braka targets Caleb.

Colbert announced his casting in a video shown at the panel. “I am honored to announce that my beautiful voice will be joining Star Trek Starfleet Academy as the Digital Dean of Students,” he said, delivering a line the trailer...