Following up the tease from the morning, much more was revealed this afternoon about the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy at New York Comic Con. We got a new trailer and a release date: January 15, 2026. Plus there are some new info and photos. And then the big surprise at the end was the reveal that Stephen Colbert has been cast in a special role.
New trailer
The second part of the Star Trek Universe panel on the Empire Stage at NYCC focused on Starfleet Academy. The Academy panel featured series stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, Zoë Steiner with Paul Giamatti along with executive producers and co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau.
At the panel they announced the show will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, January 15 on Paramount+ in the USA. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode-long season will drop weekly on Thursdays, with the season finale on Thursday, March 12.
And they showed off this brand new trailer.
Academy gets the Colbert bump
The final moments of the panel featured a surprise announcement. The show has picked someone special for the voice of the morning announcements at Starfleet Academy, Stephen Colbert of CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Here is the video announcement of Colbert as Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students. He will be “giving daily announcements to the students and alerting them of anything that needs their immediate attention.”
More Academy info and pix
Here is the official synopsis released today:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
The series stars stars Holly Hunter as the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy, the Starfleet cadets played by Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins and Bella Shepard, plus Zoë Steiner, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, and guest stars Oded Fehr, Mary Wiseman, as well as recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti.
Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside executive producers Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa and John Weber. The series’ premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo and directed by Alex Kurtzman. Starfleet Academy is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
Here are a bunch of new images released today.
L-R: Robert Picardo as The Doctor, Kerrice Brooks as Sam and Bella Shepard as Genesis in season 1 , episode 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Paramount+
L-R: Gina Yashere as Lura Throk and Tig Notaro as Jett Reno in season 1 , episode 3 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: John Medland/Paramount+
L-R, Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag, George Hawkins as Darem Reymi, Kerrice Brooks as Sam, Bella Shepard as Genesis Lythe and Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir in season 1, episode 5 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: John Medland/Paramount+
L-R: Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal and Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir in season 1 , episode 8 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Michael Gibson/Paramount+
L-R: Paul Giamatti as Nus Braka and Holly Hunter as Chancellor Nahla Ake in season 1 , episode 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Paramount+
L-R: Tig Notaro as Jett Reno, Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir and Romeo Carere as Ocam in season 1 , episode 8 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Paramount+
L-R: George Hawkins as Darem Reymi, Kerrice Brooks as Sam and Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir in season 1 , episode 3 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: John Medland/Paramount+
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the U.K., Latin America, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Japan. The series is also available on Paramount+ in Canada.
For more visit the new site StarfleetAcademy.com.
ICYMI – SDCC teaser
At San Diego Comic-Con in July they released the first look trailer for Starfleet Academy.
More Star Trek NYCC 2025 to come
We will have more coverage of what was said at the panel later this weekend. Check out the NYCC tag for all of our coverage so far.
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