‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ gets all late-night with Stephen Colbert and a steamy scene in NYCC trailer (video)

School is officially in session here in the U.S. and abroad, and that also goes for the ambitious class of young starry-eyed candidates making their way in the 32nd century, as evidenced by this fresh “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” trailer that just launched at this weekend’s New York Comic Con.

After “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Season 3 wrapped up its third successful season in September, there’s a distinct absence of “Star Trek”-centric entertainment on our scanners. But not to worry, as Paramount+’s “Starfleet Academy” will arrive on January 15, 2026, to fill that dark void.

As reported when the first trailer dropped at San Diego Comic Con in July, “Starfleet Academy” hails from executive producers and showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, and revolves around Holly Hunter’s Captain Nahla Ake, new chancellor of the withered institution that is Starfleet following 120 years of diminishing importance amid the post-Burn crisis seen in “Star Trek: Discovery.”

Gathering a select group of promising interstellar adventurers, Captain Ake guides these dreamers aboard the teaching starship U.S.S. Athena to help resurrect the optimism and beliefs of Starfleet as a beacon of hope for the entire galaxy. When an enigmatic cosmic threat appears, these inexperienced students will be “forging unbreakable friendships, clashing in explosive rivalries, experiencing first loves, and stepping into their destiny as the next generation of Starfleet officers.”