The newest installment in the Star Trek series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is getting very mixed reactions from both critics and viewers, according to Rotten Tomatoes. After Star Trek: Discovery ended in 2024, Paramount decided to create a spin-off series focusing on the lives of cadets training at Starfleet Academy.
The new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy launched on Paramount+ on January 15th and has received mixed reactions. Critics generally like it, giving it an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but viewers are less enthusiastic with a score of 37%. These scores are based on 31 critic reviews and over 100 viewer ratings, so they may change as more people share their opinions. Here’s a look at how this compares to ratings for other Star Trek shows.
| RT Critics Score | RT Audience Score | |
| Discovery season 1 | 82% | 48% |
| Discovery season 2 | 81% | 36% |
| Discovery season 3 | 91% | 40% |
| Discovery season 4 | 88% | 21% |
| Discovery season 5 | 81% | 26% |
| Picard season 1 | 86% | 52% |
| Picard season 2 | 85% | 31% |
| Picard season 3 | 97% | 88% |
| Strange New Worlds season 1 | 98% | 81% |
| Strange New Worlds season 2 | 97% | 76% |
| Strange New Worlds season 3 | 88% | 52% |
The new Star Trek series, created by Gaia Violo and led by showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, takes place in the 32nd century – a future timeline first seen in Discovery. The show centers on a new group of Starfleet cadets as they train to become officers, marking the first new class in over a century.
The cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy features Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard as the new cadets. Holly Hunter, Zoë Steiner, Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro, and Oded Fehr play key roles, while Gina Yashere, Paul Giamatti, and Tatiana Maslany appear throughout the series. Mary Wiseman, Becky Lynch, Stephen Colbert, and Brit Marling will make guest appearances.
In a review for ScreenRant, Gregory Nussen described Star Trek: Starfleet Academy as a school-set comedy-drama with a decent young cast. He highlighted the strong performances of Holly Hunter, Gina Yashere, and Robert Picardo, but felt the show didn’t focus enough on these established actors.
While Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has a good Rotten Tomatoes score, critics have mixed feelings about it. Many appreciate its positive outlook, diverse representation, and innovative approach to the Star Trek universe, even if the show isn’t always perfectly executed. Some praise its hopeful tone and potential, while others find it overly dramatic, tonally inconsistent, and a bit chaotic with too many alien ideas, leading to a lack of suspense. Overall, it’s seen as flawed but shows promise.
Viewers have much stronger and more divided reactions to the show than critics do, with opinions ranging from loving it to strongly disliking it. While many appreciate its positive outlook, humor, and new approach – finding it enjoyable and a welcome distraction – others fiercely criticize it for not living up to the original Star Trek. Unlike critics who are cautiously optimistic, audiences are responding to Star Trek: Starfleet Academy with intense and conflicting emotions.
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