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Critic Reviews
ColliderJan 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
While the core tenets of the franchise are ever-present, the series breaks the mold in all the best ways. For fans who loved Star Trek's recent animated offerings for their bold willingness to do something different, Starfleet Academy is once again pushing the boundaries of this universe for the better and building a world worth returning to.
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What's Alan Watching?May 4, 2026
Jan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Starfleet Academy is off to a strong start with these first two episodes. While the pilot episode falls into a bit of the shock-and-awe trap that modern Star Trek sometimes does, it soon settles into a fun and exciting story that establishes the endearing young cast and direction of the new show.
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SlashfilmJan 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
This is a "Star Trek" show where teen shenanigans frequently take center stage, but also one that reminds us that with a little luck, these kids are going to command entire fleets one day. They just need the right education. And when it works, and it generally does, "Starfleet Academy" is a joy.
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Jan 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
This show is a significant changeup that initially shares more DNA with CW teen dramas like 90210 than Kirk or Picard’s high-stakes missions. But with time, this bizarre mishmash that no one asked for turns out to be an unexpected opposites-attract situation, a deeply sincere series that successfully combines adolescent awkwardness with plenty of sci-fi circumstances.
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Jan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
To some degree your enjoyment of “Starfleet Academy” may depend on how interested you are in a show about college kids, even one set in the future and, at times, in space. .... I did find the company of the adults more interesting — which, sure, might be my own generational prejudice, but they do get the funnier lines. .... Having seen six of its 10 episodes, I can declare that I like “Starfleet Academy” fine.
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Jan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
While the dialogue is never so dense that I felt completely lost, I found myself checking out every time the characters spent too much time explaining complicated scientific concepts or deep-cut Trek lore. Fortunately, the show has, in its talented young cast, a built-in north star.
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Jan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a perfectly entertaining entry in the now-60-year-old Trek franchise, punctuated by fun performances by Hunter and Giamatti. We just worry that the more generic-feeling Academy portion of the series will overwhelm the usually-reliable starship adventures.
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Jan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review:
It’s certainly a good-natured show, made so chiefly by Ms. Hunter, who is positively perky and notably lithe. .... “Starfleet Academy” is not a particularly serious story—the conflicts are often manufactured and the emotional payoffs neither well-earned nor quite as perplexing as the fact that Stephen Colbert provides the voice of the “digital dean of students” in this Paramount production. When the show wants to be funny, though, it is.
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Jan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
The student characterizations are overly familiar collegiate archetypes, which makes the professors/administrators the more interesting bunch, including Voyager’s holographic (now grouchier) doctor (Robert Picardo), sarcastic former Discovery engineer Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) and Ake’s No. 1, snarly half-Jem’Hadar, half-Kilingon Lura Throk (scene-stealer Gina Yashere, “Bob (Hearts) Abishola”).
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Jan 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
There's a lot of potential here, but given the uneven nature of the franchise under CBS/Paramount producer Alex Kurtzman, I think it's fair for fans to feel wary. If we're lucky, this could be the first modern Star Trek show to meaningfully engage with contemporary issues, but halfway through Season 1, the jury's still out.
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RogerEbert.comJan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
“Starfleet Academy” will certainly be an acquired taste, and it’s likely a lot of veteran Trekkies will turn their noses up at it on concept alone. Sometimes, it earns that reputation. .... If creator Giala Violo and showrunner Noga Landau keep sharpening their characters’ immature edges, they might just find exciting new frontiers to explore.
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Radio TimesJan 8, 2026
Screen RantJan 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Kurtzman knows that the best Trek is fought amidst the stars, and the series works well when it puts its characters, young and old alike, in situations which test the bounds of their abilities and the limits of their empathy. This is still Trek, but it lacks the political panache of its forebears.
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