Star Trek Day 2025 was yesterday. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original TV series next year, Paramount has announced several collaborations and content ideas, in addition to launching two new Star Trek streaming projects.
The launching of a brand-new web series targeted at children is the surprise that no one saw coming.
Star Trek: Scouts is the “first preschool extension of the Star Trek franchise” and is a brand-new, original animated series that debuted on YouTube. The official logline is as follows:
Star Trek: Scouts follows three 8-year-old friends, JR, Sprocket, and Roo, as they train to become future Starfleet explorers by going on epic, out-of-this-world missions that push them to “discover, grow, and boldly go!”
Watch the trailer below:
Twenty 3 to 4-minute video episodes of Star Trek: Scouts will be made available on Nickelodeon’s “Blaze and the Monster Machines” YouTube channel. In collaboration with CBS Studios, Nickelodeon Digital Studio created and produced the program. This is the trailer for the launch.
The first two episodes (“Asteroid Blasters #1 and #2”) are available for free now. The remainder of the 20-episode order will continue to roll out via YouTube subscription into next year.
From enormous rubber ducks to meatball-destroying forks, JR, Roo, and Sprocket (a Vulcan with an Inspector Gadget-style robotic arm) protect Earth from spaceborne threats from their Earthbound base. Each of them has a pet as well; one is a cute but foul-smelling targ, a pig/dog hybrid from Kronos, the Klingons’ homeworld.
In other Trek news, Star Trek: Khan, a scripted audio series, debuted on the official Star Trek YouTube channel and all major podcast platforms. The episodes will be released weekly on Mondays through November 3.
Khan Noonien Singh’s lost 18 years on Ceti Alpha V, one of Trek’s most notorious chapters, is explored in this brand-new narrative audio series. What actually transpired between Wrath of Khan and “Space Seed”? How did the vengeance-driven tyrant we encounter in what is undoubtedly Trek’s most popular movie evolve from a genetically altered idealist? Dr. Lear convinces Sulu to retrieve McGiver’s audio logs to find out.
Wrenn Schmidt from For All Mankind portrays Khan Noonien Singh’s wife, Marla McGivers, and Naveen Andrews from Lost voices the legendary Khan Noonien Singh. Star Trek: Voyager actor Tim Russ reprised his role as the relatively younger (85-year-old) Ensign Tuvok. Original Series actor George Takei reprises his role as Captain Sulu. Dr. Rosalind Lear is voiced by Sonya Cassidy.
This is the first time that Khan is played by an East Indian. In the script, the character is from northern India, with a name suggesting a Sikh origin, although the character is a genetically engineered being. The name “Khan” itself is a historic title of Turkic and Mongol origin, not tied to one ethnicity, but the specific character Khan Noonien Singh was conceived as a Sikh. Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban was cast in the show and the movie. British actor Benedict Cumberbatch played the role in Into Darkness. “I’m not just of Indian descent. I actually am full-blooded Indian. And that’s part of why I thought I should do this,” Andrews told Inverse.
Watch the trailer below:
The two projects highlight the close partnership between YouTube TV and Paramount. The two reached a multi-year distribution deal earlier this year, preventing a blackout of Paramount channels, including CBS, and ensuring continued access for YouTube TV’s 8 million subscribers. The agreement resolved carriage fee negotiations that had threatened to remove the channels and also included the option for subscribers to add Paramount+ with Showtime to their service. This deal reinforces YouTube TV’s position as a major live TV provider and provides Paramount with crucial revenue from subscription fees.
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