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No new Trek = No Paramount+ subscription
Monday, April 13th, 2026 08:21 amParamount has reportedly struck the sets for all its Star Trek properties. The new Starfleet Academy show, which my best friend hugely enjoyed and I haven't yet tried, was promptly canceled, reportedly for not cracking the top ten most streamed shows, though they had already filmed a second season and will presumably release it. Strange New Worlds, which I enjoy and look forward to, will air its fourth season sometime this year, and a fifth and final season sometime next year. (All seasons are ~10 episodes.)
In the midst of this, Paramount+ is raising prices again, even for the with-commercials tier to which I subscribe.
Trek is the only thing I watch on Paramount+ these days. It's always been the main thing. I originally subscribed for Discovery, and, for years, was genuinely content to pay what I thought of as my "Trek tax" through a continuous subscription. If they're not going to supply new Trek, I'm obviously not going to continue giving them money (completely aside from their corporate changes and etc. making them less attractive). The question is, how much trouble is it to unsubscribe and resubscribe and unsubscribe again for each of these final two seasons of Strange New Worlds?
I wonder if this is part of why they don't announce the dates for new seasons much in advance: subscription whack-a-mole. On the other hand, if they would produce 22-episode seasons of desired shows, and release episodes year-round, that would prevent such unsubscribing altogether. (As many have said, I would like longer seasons, with more character development, including "filler episodes," and would be delighted to take vastly fewer and/or cheaper special effects, sets, costumes, and props in trade.)
In the midst of this, Paramount+ is raising prices again, even for the with-commercials tier to which I subscribe.
Trek is the only thing I watch on Paramount+ these days. It's always been the main thing. I originally subscribed for Discovery, and, for years, was genuinely content to pay what I thought of as my "Trek tax" through a continuous subscription. If they're not going to supply new Trek, I'm obviously not going to continue giving them money (completely aside from their corporate changes and etc. making them less attractive). The question is, how much trouble is it to unsubscribe and resubscribe and unsubscribe again for each of these final two seasons of Strange New Worlds?
I wonder if this is part of why they don't announce the dates for new seasons much in advance: subscription whack-a-mole. On the other hand, if they would produce 22-episode seasons of desired shows, and release episodes year-round, that would prevent such unsubscribing altogether. (As many have said, I would like longer seasons, with more character development, including "filler episodes," and would be delighted to take vastly fewer and/or cheaper special effects, sets, costumes, and props in trade.)
