Production timeline


Timeline

Early history 
See: Early production history for all events prior to .
See also: Star Trek birthdays and Star Trek deaths

1960s 
  The first pilot  is produced
  The second pilot  is produced.
 
  (TOS) premieres on NBC.
 TOS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1967.

 Desilu Studios (and Star Trek) is sold to neighboring Paramount Pictures.
 TOS Season 2 is produced and airs into 1968.
  TOS Season 3 is produced and airs into 1969.
  TOS is canceled.

1970s 

  (TAS) premieres on NBC.
 TAS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1974.

 TAS Season 2 is produced and airs.
 TAS ends.

 Star Trek: Phase II is commissioned, but is canceled before filming begins.
 Feature films begin pre-production.

  begins filming August, 1978
  Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released in US theaters.

1980s 

   begins filming in November.
   is released in US theaters.
   is filmed between August and October.
   is released in US theaters.

   is released in US theaters.

  (TNG) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Paramount's .
 TNG Season 1 is produced and airs into 1988.

 TNG Season 2 is produced and airs into 1989.
  is filmed between October and December.
  TNG Season 3 is produced and airs into 1990.
  is released in US theaters.

1990s 
  TNG Season 4 is produced and airs into 1991.

 Gene Roddenberry dies.
 TNG Season 5 is produced and airs into 1992.
  is released in US theaters.

 TNG Season 6 is produced and airs into 1993.
 DS9 Season 1 begins production.

  (DS9) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Viacom.
 DS9 Season 1 airs.
 DS9 Season 2 is produced and airs into 1994.
 TNG Season 7 is produced and airs into 1994.

 TNG ends.
 DS9 Season 3 is produced and airs into 1995.
 VOY Season 1 begins production.
  is released in US theaters.

  (VOY) premieres on UPN in the US.
 VOY Season 1 airs.
 DS9 Season 4 is produced and airs into 1996.
 VOY Season 2 is produced and airs into 1996.

 DS9 Season 5 is produced and airs into 1997.
 VOY Season 3 is produced and airs into 1997.
  is released in US theaters.

 DS9 Season 6 is produced and airs into 1998.
 VOY Season 4 is produced and airs into 1998.

 DS9 Season 7 is produced and airs into 1999.
 VOY Season 5 is produced and airs into 1999.
  is released in US theaters.

 DS9 ends.
 VOY Season 6 is produced and airs into 2000.

2000s 
  VOY Season 7 is produced and airs into 2001.

 VOY ends.
 Enterprise (ENT) premieres on UPN in the US.
 ENT Season 1 is produced and airs into 2002.
  begins filming in November.

 ENT Season 2 is produced and airs into 2003.
  is released in US theaters.
  ENT Season 3 (renamed to Star Trek: Enterprise) is produced and airs into 2004.
  ENT Season 4 is produced and airs into 2005.
  ENT is canceled.

 40th anniversary of Star Trek
 TOS is digitally re-mastered and re-aired in syndication, starting with .
   begins production.
  Star Trek finishes production and enters post-production
  Star Trek is released to theaters.

2010s 

   begins production.
  Star Trek Into Darkness finishes shooting and enters post-production.
  Star Trek Into Darkness is released to theaters

   is produced.
   is released to theaters.

 (DIS) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
DIS Season 1 is produced and airs into 2018.

DIS Season 2 and Star Trek: Short Treks are produced.
Star Trek: Short Treks (ST) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
ST Season 1 airs into 2019.

DIS Season 2 airs.
ST Season 2 airs into 2020.
PIC Season 1 is produced.

2020s 

Star Trek: Picard (PIC) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
PIC Season 1 airs.
Star Trek: Lower Decks (LD) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
LD Season 1 is produced and airs.
DIS Season 3 is produced and airs into 2021.

LD Season 2 is produced and airs.
PIC Season 2 is produced.
DIS Season 4 is produced and airs into 2022.
SNW Season 1 is produced.
PRO Season 1 is produced and airs into 2022.

 PIC Season 2 airs.
 SNW Season 1 airs.
 LD Season 3 airs.

The future 
Upcoming productions

Concurrent episode list 
From  to , except for one film in , episodes and films for different Star Trek series were airing at the same time. This list shows the order in which these were released:
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 3 January - 
 10 January - 
 17 January - 
 24 January -  and 
 31 January -  and 
 7 February -  and 
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 3 October - 
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 7 November -   and 
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