Chabon joined the writing team of ', a new "Star Trek" series starring Patrick Stewart, and was named showrunner in July 2019. In November 2018, a ' episode co-written by Chabon, titled "Calypso", was released. Another short, written only by Chabon and titled "Q&A" was released on October 5, 2019. Chabon's "Star Trek" series premiered on January 23, 2020, with Chabon referring to himself as a lifelong "Star Trek" fan. After the successful release of Season 1 of "Star Trek: Picard", Chabon said in an interview with "Variety" in March 2020 that he would be involved with Season 2 of "Picard", but as an executive producer rather than as showrunner.