Star Trek is about to get a lot more…animated. In what's actually not a first for the franchise (don't forget the Saturday morning cartoon version of Star Trek that ran back in the seventies), Star Trek is about to boldly go where they've never gone before – comedy. This ten-episode series comes from "Rick & Morty" creator Mike McMahan and, according to the official show description:
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’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.
"Star Trek: Lower Decks" premieres on CBS All Access on August 6th, and has already been renewed for a second season.