Ahead of its Season 3 premiere, the end is already in sight for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Paramount+ announced today it has renewed the series for a fifth and final six-episode season. Production will begin on Season 5 later this year.

The announcement, made even before the third season premieres, may have something to do with the uncertainty of Paramount's future.

This news makes "Strange New Worlds" the third of recent "Star Trek" series to be cut off at the fifth season. Both "Star Trek: Discovery" and the animated comedy series "Star Tre