STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS TRANSPORTS TO AMAZON PRIME VIDEO IN MULTIPLE TERRITORIES AROUND THE WORLD

All Ten Episodes of the Animated Comedy Series Featuring the Voices of Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome, along with Cameos from Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and More, Will Land on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, January 22nd

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December 17th, 2020 – Amazon Prime Video today announced that it will be the home of the new animated series : Lower Decks in multiple regions and territories around the world including New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Japan, India and more. All ten episodes of the first season will premiere Friday, January 22, 2021 on Prime Video.

Developed by Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan (, ), Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of ’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos, includes “Ensign Beckett Mariner,” voiced by Tawny Newsome, “Ensign Brad Boimler,” voiced by Jack Quaid, “Ensign Tendi,” voiced by Noël Wells and “Ensign Rutherford,” voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship’s bridge crew include “Captain Carol Freeman,” voiced by Dawnn Lewis, “Commander Jack Ransom,” voiced by Jerry O’Connell, “Lieutenant Shaxs,” voiced by Fred Tatasciore and “Doctor T’Ana,” voiced by Gillian Vigman. The series includes special cameos by Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard actors Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as well as as Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The series is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; ; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout’s and and Roddenberry Entertainment’s and Trevor Roth, and Katie Krentz (219 Productions) serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought McMahan to the project, serves as a co-executive producer. Titmouse (Big Mouth), the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series. Star Trek: Lower Decks airs on CBS All Access in the and is distributed worldwide by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

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