| Star Trek: Lower Decks | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 Promotional poster with art by Matt Ferguson, parodying a poster for the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) by Bob Peak[1][2] | |
| Showrunner | Mike McMahan |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Paramount+ |
| Original release | August 25 – October 27, 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of the American adult animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks is set in the 24th century and follows the adventures of the low-ranking officers with menial jobs on the starship Cerritos, one of Starfleet's least important starships. The season was produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions in association with Secret Hideout, Important Science, Roddenberry Entertainment, and animation studio Titmouse, with Mike McMahan serving as showrunner and Barry J. Kelly as supervising director.
Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero voice the lower decks crew members of the Cerritos, with Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O'Connell, Fred Tatasciore, and Gillian Vigman providing voices for the ship's senior officers. A third season of Lower Decks was ordered in April 2021. Writing was underway by the next month and was completed in September, with voice recording taking around a year from June 2021 to June 2022. The cliffhanger ending of the second season is resolved in the third-season premiere, allowing new stories to be explored with the main characters. In addition to an episode that revisits the setting and some key characters of the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the season features many connections and references to other past Star Trek media such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, including several actors returning as guest stars.
The season premiered on the streaming service Paramount+ on August 25, 2022, and ran for 10 episodes until October 27. A fourth season was ordered in January 2022.[3]