The Ready Room
The Ready Room is a companion series for the new main Star Trek series. It first premiered in  with the second season of . It is the third companion Star Trek series, the second series to not be set in the Star Trek universe, and the replacement for the first season's companion show .

An aftershow interview series, with no predetermined run time, The Ready Room is intended to be viewed after watching a new episode of the main Star Trek series, initially on CBS All Access and subsequently on Paramount+. 

The first "season", broadcast alongside Discovery Season 2, had a very limited format: only one or two interviews, featuring only a very simple set. This season was hosted by Naomi Kyle and streamed on Facebook Live the day after the debut of each Discovery episode, starting with .

Starting with its second season, The Ready Room was hosted by Wil Wheaton. This covered the first season of , with a new episode available on both CBSAA and Facebook Live the same day as the Picard episode it was covering.  Aware that Picard was eagerly awaited by fans, the franchise opted to give the format a production upgrade by beefing it out with additional features, similar to the special features traditionally included on the DVD and Blu-ray home video format releases. However, most of these pre-recorded features (or rather "featurettes" as their run-times are typically under five minutes long) were ultimately not included on the various home video formats, so these featurettes remained Ready Room (or YouTube, where the franchise occasionally posted additional pre-recorded featurettes as well) exclusives. This particular practice was continued for the productions that came after Picard Season 1, and was indicative of the perceived diminishing value of the physical home media formats which had started with the advent of the streaming services.  Additionally, trivia questions and previews for subsequent episodes were included. The renewed enhanced formula therefore moved the aftershow format back closer to the one it was supposed to replace, After Trek.

Due to the , all episodes which aired from  through  were shot remotely at Wheaton's home, with guests appearing via video link. Beginning with the episodes accompanying Discovery Season 4, The Ready Room was shot on a new, larger set, with a combination of in-person and remote guests.

Three episodes were produced in conjunction with the first season of Lower Decks. For Discoverys third season, new Ready Room episodes aired alongside each episode of Discovery. Two more episodes aired with Lower Decks Season 2, and one  aired in conjunction with the premiere episode of . New episodes aired alongside each episode of Discoverys fourth season until the premiere of Picard Season 2, when The Ready Room shifted its focus to that series.

Episode list

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 
The Ready Room Season 1, 13 episodes:

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 
The Ready Room Season 2, 11 episodes:

Star Trek: Lower Decks Specials 
The Ready Room Lower Decks Specials, 7 episodes:

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 
The Ready Room Season 3, 13 episodes:

Star Trek: Prodigy Special 
The Ready Room Prodigy Specials, 1 episode:

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 / Star Trek: Picard Season 2 / Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 
The Ready Room Season 4, 29 episodes:

Production

Production staff 
 Naomi Kyle – Host 
 Wil Wheaton – Host

Title cards

External link 
  (US only)

Ready Room, The