In honor of today, September 8, being Star Trek Day, Paramount has launched two new Star Trek streaming projects and announced a slew of partnerships and content plans to promote the 60th anniversary of the original TV series next year.
The scripted podcast series Star Trek: Khan launched today on all major podcast platforms, as well as on the official Star Trek YouTube channel. New episodes will drop weekly on Mondays through November 3.
IGN previously revealed that Lost’s Naveen Andrews voices the iconic Khan Noonien Singh while For All Mankind’s Wrenn Schmidt voices his wife, Marla McGivers. Star Trek: Voyager’s Tim Russ voices Ensign Tuvok while The Original Series’ George Takei voices Captain Sulu. Sonya Cassidy voices Dr. Rosalind Lear.
The franchise’s first preschool project, Star Trek: Scouts, also premiered today. The original animated YouTube-first series was developed and produced by Nickelodeon Digital Studio in association with CBS Studios. The episodes run 3-4 minutes in length. The trailer can be seen here.
According to the official synopsis, “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!’”
Two episodes are available now on Nickelodeon’s Blaze and the Monster Machines YouTube channel. The remainder of the 20-episode order will continue to roll out into 2026.
In other Star Trek Day news, the Lego Group and Paramount announced their first-ever collaboration via a first look teaser showing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in brick form.
Meanwhile, WEBTOON will publish Star Trek digital comics described as “original stories that touch on universal genres and themes based in the world of Star Trek.”
For more Trekkin’, discover why Star Trek: The Last Starship is the must-read sci-fi comic of 2025, get the skinny on the new VR game Star Trek: Infection, and boldly go find out what we know so far about the new show Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which premieres in early 2026.
The official online hub for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary can be found here.
