PARAMOUNT+ REVEALS AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK AT AN UPCOMING EPISODE OF "STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS"

New Episodes of Season Three of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Are Available to Stream Weekly on Thursdays, Exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.

September 8, 2022 - Paramount+ today released an exclusive sneak peek of a scene from an upcoming episode of the hit original animated comedy series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. The scene was revealed on-stage during today's global live-streamed "Star Trek Day" celebration.

The sneak peek is of episode "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus," in which Boimler's holodeck movie sequel tries to live up to the original, as seen in season one, which will be available to stream on Thurs., Oct. 13, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.

The STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS conversation at today's "Star Trek Day" celebration featured voice cast members Tawny Newsome, who also co-hosted the event, Noël Wells, and Paul F. Tompkins, who served as the moderator. Voice cast member Fred Tatasciore served as this year's "Star Trek Day" announcer at the in-person event.

The "Star Trek Day" celebration is available for fans to live-stream worldwide for free at StarTrek.com/Day and on YouTube (Paramount+ and Star Trek Official pages), Facebook (@StarTrek), Twitter (@StarTrekonPPlus) and TikTok (@ParamountPlus). It is available to stream for free in the U.S. only on Paramount+'s Twitch page. After the initial airing, the conversation portions of the event will be available on-demand on Paramount+.

Created by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan ("Rick and Morty," "Solar Opposites"), season three of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS challenges the U.S.S. Cerritos ensigns in (hilarious) ways they could never imagine, starting with a shocking resolution for season two's epic cliffhanger finale.

The Starfleet crew residing in the "lower decks" of the U.S.S. Cerritos includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome; Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid; Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells; and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the U.S.S. Cerritos' bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis; Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O'Connell; Lieutenant Shaxs, voiced by Fred Tatasciore; and Doctor T'Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS is produced by CBS' Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios' animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout's Alex Kurtzman, Roddenberry Entertainment's Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, Katie Krentz (219 Productions) and Heather Kadin serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers ("Secret Hideout"), who brought McMahan to the project, also serves as an executive producer. Titmouse ("Big Mouth"), the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series.

The third season of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS returned on Thursday, August 25, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays, and streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Latin America and is distributed concurrently by Paramount Global Content Distribution on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, India and more and in Canada, airs on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

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