Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns with genre-hopping fourth season
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season, which began streaming on Paramount+ on 23 July 2026, had a sneak peek unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con by co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman. The preview highlighted an unusually varied run of episodes, with the crew of the USS Enterprise, led by Captain Christopher Pike, facing both personal struggles and external dangers across several genre-inspired settings, in keeping with the show's reputation for anthology-style storytelling within its ongoing narrative.
New episodes are released weekly on Thursdays and will run until 24 September, taking in western, horror, disaster-movie and puppet-themed instalments. Ongoing storylines include La'an's relationship with Spock, Pike navigating life after Batel, and a budding romance between Scotty and Ortegas. The season's cast is led by Anson Mount, Christina Chong, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding and Babs Olusanmokun, with guest appearances from Carol Kane and Paul Wesley; the series is produced by CBS Studios with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
- Strange New Worlds season 4 preview shown at Comic-Con after 23 July premiere
- Weekly Thursday episodes run through 24 September
- Season spans western, horror, disaster and puppet-themed episodes
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Star Trek is a long-running science-fiction series set in a future where Earth is part of the United Federation of Planets. Its stories often follow Starfleet crews exploring space, meeting new civilisations and dealing with political or scientific problems.
Strange New Worlds follows the USS Enterprise before the events of the original 1960s Star Trek television series. Captain Christopher Pike leads the ship, with familiar characters including Spock, Una Chin-Riley and Scotty appearing in earlier stages of their stories.
The programme is known for giving individual episodes different tones and styles, while keeping an ongoing story about the crew’s lives and relationships. It is one of several newer Star Trek series made for Paramount+, which is using the franchise to reach both established fans and new viewers.
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Originally published by Deadline as “‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Unveils Season 4 Sneak Peek At Comic-Con”.