Amazon Gets International Streaming Rights To ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Amid Reports Of The Series Possibly Showing Up On Netflix In The United States

Star Trek: Lower Decks has become a pivotal series for CBS All Access here in the States. However, starting next year, ViacomCBS is readying an international expansion of it’s operations in both the United States and International for Paramount+ which will take some time, so for now, the company will continue to license content to 3rd parties that are a bit more established.

Ergo, Amazon has been licensed for the international distribution of Star Trek: Lower Decks. We’re also hearing rumors that the series could also be made available as part of other Star Trek back catalog made available on Netflix.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is an American adult animated television series created by Mike McMahan for the streaming service CBS All Access. It is the ninth series in the Star Trek franchise, and was launched in 2020 as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s expansion of the franchise. Lower Decks is the first animated series created for All Access, and the first animated Star Trek series since the 1973–74 series Star Trek: The Animated Series. It follows the support crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos in the year 2380.

Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero voice “lower decks” crew members of the Cerritos, with Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore, and Gillian Vigman also providing voices for the series. Work on an animated Star Trek series began in June 2018, with Mike McMahan joining as creator and showrunner by that October when Lower Decks was ordered for two seasons by All Access. Animation studio Titmouse began work by the following February, with the main cast announced in July 2019. Production on the first two seasons shifted to taking place remotely by March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read our review of Star Trek: Lower Decks here.