Due to the complexities of licensing rights in the streaming age, it can sometimes be difficult to know where you can stream every Star Trek TV show and movie. Spanning almost six decades, eleven different TV shows, and 13 movies, the Star Trek franchise is a veritable goldmine of content for streamers. Indeed, Paramount+ launched itself on the fact that it was the only place to experience the Star Trek timeline in its entirety. While Paramount+’s promise didn’t hold up for long, it’s still the best place to go for the majority of the Star Trek back catalog.
Paramount+ is continuing to expand its Star Trek catalog, too, with a streaming-exclusive movie, Star Trek: Section 31, due for release next year, and a YA series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, set to enter production in the Fall. All of which cements the reputation of Paramount+ as the home of the Star Trek franchise in a heavily populated streaming landscape. However, there are one or two gaps in the collection, meaning that fans will have to turn to other streaming services to get the complete Star Trek experience.
Every Star Trek TV Series (Except Star Trek: Prodigy) Can Be Watched On Paramount+
Subscribers can watch (almost) everything from 1966 to 2024.
Ten out of the eleven existing Star Trek TV shows can be watched with a subscription to Paramount+. This covers everything from 1966’s Star Trek: The Original Series, right up to the final season of Star Trek: Discovery, released earlier in 2024. Next up on Paramount+ is the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, set to stream weekly from late summer. The ability to watch almost 60 years of Star Trek in one place means that fans can enjoy the whole rich tapestry, or cherry-pick certain stories that stretch across multiple series and timelines.
Conspicuous by its absence on Paramount+ is the animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy which was canceled and unceremoniously deleted from the service in 2023. As a sequel series to Star Trek: Voyager, it’s disappointing that fans have to go elsewhere to find out what happened next to characters like Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran). It’s a minor gap, given that there are still ten other Star Trek shows on Paramount+, but the fate of Prodigy is a sobering warning about the fragility of the streaming bubble.
Star Trek: Prodigy Can Be Watched On Netflix
Prodigy seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now.
Netflix saved Star Trek: Prodigy in October 2023, when it signed a contract to stream seasons 1 and 2 of the animated series. The streaming giant also has the option of commissioning season 3 of Prodigy. This means that, like with season 2, future installments of Star Trek: Prodigy will stream exclusively on Netflix. Therefore, Paramount+ subscribers will have to switch to Netflix to keep up to date with the adventures of Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell) and the rest of the young crew of Starfleet hopefuls.
The benefit of Star Trek: Prodigy being on Netflix is that it’s likely to be the streamer that most fans were already signed up to before Paramount+ first launched. This means that there was likely an existing audience, eager to watch the 40 episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy seasons 1 and 2 that are available to stream now on Netflix. While it might be strange that the animated series doesn’t sit alongside the other Star Trek shows on Paramount+, the critical acclaim for Prodigy season 2 proves that it’s a show that is worth seeking out.
Every Star Trek Movie Can Be Watched On Paramount+
The first 10 Star Trek movies recently left Max.
The first ten Star Trek movies were recently restored to Paramount+ after a temporary spell on Max. This deal between Paramount+ and Max has been in existence for a while, meaning that for a short spell each year, only the Chris Pine Star Trek movies are available on Paramount+. For now though, every Star Trek movie from The Motion Picture to Star Trek Beyond is available to stream on Paramount+.
The 13 existing Star Trek movies will soon be joined by Michelle Yeoh’s streaming-exclusive movie, Star Trek: Section 31, which marks a new direction for the franchise. Depending on how well Section 31 performs, more standalone streaming movies could join Star Trek’s big screen outings on Paramount+. A brand-new cinematic origin movie is also currently in development, which will likely make its streaming debut on Paramount+ in due course, further bolstering the streamer’s Star Trek catalog.