Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Lower Decks is the ninth main series set in the Star Trek universe, the tenth including the companion series , and the twelfth Star Trek series overall. It is the second series to be entirely animated, after , with episodes running half an hour, and the third series to have animated episodes, after Short Treks. Lower Decks is the first original animated series commissioned by CBS All Access, as well as the first produced by the new CBS animation arm, CBS Eye Animation Productions, and was announced in , with All Access committing to a two-season order. 

Created by Mike McMahan, the series is an adult animation comedy produced in association with Titmouse, Inc. and forms part of Alex Kurtzman's five-year deal with CBS to expand the Star Trek franchise. Lower Decks focuses on "the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships." 

The show takes place aboard the   on the "lower decks".  The show's time period is described as the -era, more specifically 2380, after .  

A full-length trailer was released on 12 July 2020. 

The first season was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Animated Series. 

In  it was announced that Lower Decks had been renewed for a third season. 

McMahan has acknowledged that some fans have referred to the four leading characters as "the warp core four," though the production team's shorthand for them is "The Lower Deckers." 

↑ John Van Citters has chosen "LDS" as the series' official abbreviation, while also alluding to it being a reference to Kirk's line about LSD in .  This is consistent with the three letter abbreviations for other series, though no "official" abbreviations have been given for , , or . MA will use the abbreviation "LD" for Lower Decks to remain consistent with using the first letter in titles with more than one word after Star Trek.

On  it was announced that Lower Decks had been renewed for a fourth season.

Cast of characters

Starring 
 Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner
 Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler
 Noël Wells as Ensign D'Vana Tendi
 Eugene Cordero as Ensign Sam Rutherford
 Dawnn Lewis as Captain Freeman
 Jerry O'Connell as Commander Ransom
 Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs
 Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'Ana

Special guest stars 
 James Cromwell as "Dr. "
 Jeffrey Combs as "AGIMUS"
 John de Lancie as "Q"
 Jonathan Frakes as "Capt. William T. Riker"
 Susan Gibney as "Dr. Leah Brahms"
 J.G. Hertzler as ""
 Alice Krige as "Borg Queen"
 Robert Duncan McNeill as "Lt. Tom Paris"
 Lycia Naff as "Capt. Sonya Gomez"
 Marina Sirtis as "Cmdr. Deanna Troi"

Additional recurring characters 
 Eugene Cordero as Lieutenant j.g. Winger Bingston, Jr.
 Phil LaMarr as Admiral Freeman
 Lauren Lapkus as Ensign Jennifer Sh'reyan‎
 Jack McBrayer as Badgey
 Jessica McKenna as Ensign Barnes / Cerritos computer
 Ben Rodgers as Lieutenant Commander Steve Stevens
 Paul Scheer as Lieutenant Commander 
 Carl Tart as Lieutenant j.g. Kayshon
 Paul F. Tompkins as Dr. Migleemo
 Gillian Vigman as Captain Dayton

Opening credits
The opening credits for Star Trek: Lower Decks contain imagery of the  passing near various spatial phenomena, often with deleterious effects.

Episode list

Season 1
LD Season 1, 10 episodes:

Season 2
LD Season 2, 10 episodes:

Season 3
LD Season 3, 10 episodes:

Season 4
LD Season 4, 10 episodes:

Crew 
 Casting
 Ruth Lambert
 Robert McGee
 Casting assistants
 April Caputi
 Robert Lee Terry
 Consultant
 David Mack
 Co-executive producers
 Aaron Baiers
 Chris Kula
 Co-producers
 Robyn Johnson
 Brad Winters
 Executive producers
 Heather Kadin
 Katie Krentz
 Alex Kurtzman
 Mike McMahan – head writer
 Rod Roddenberry
 Trevor Roth
 Head writer
 Mike McMahan – executive producer
 Staff writers
 Garrick Bernard
 John Cochran
 Dave Ihlenfeld
 Ben Joseph
 Ann Kim
 Ben Rodgers
 Dave Wright
 Story editor
 M. Willis
 Supervising Producers
 Ben Kalina
 Chris Prynoski
 Shannon Prynoski
 Producers
 Dave Ihlenfeld
 David Wright

Production companies 
 CBS Eye Animation Productions
 Roddenberry Entertainment
 Secret Hideout
 Important Science
 Titmouse, Inc.

Development

Promotion 
 Season 1

 Season 2

 Season 3

Products 
Eaglemoss/Hero Collector revealed that the , , and  have been manufactured as starship miniatures and confirmed that its Lower Decks ships line would debut at retail in .  

These three starships are also explored in the second edition of the company's Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future reference book, which was released in . 

On , ViacomCBS Consumer Products and Playmates Toys jointly announced that the latter had acquired new licensing for "action figures, vehicles and ships, role play and other toy categories", and slated the first of these products for retail release in 2022. Among other Star Trek series and films, this licensing encompasses Lower Decks, , , and .

Reception 
Star Trek: Lower Decks has been nominated for one Emmy Award, in the category of "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation".

Related topics 
 LD directors
 LD performers
 LD recurring characters
 LD studio models
 LD writers

Media

External links 
 
 
 

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