On-Air TV Review: It’s the Final Frontier Again in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 13, 2022 - 7:04am

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson, WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin), on June 9th, 2022, reviewing the new streaming series “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” a prequel to the 1960s TOS (The Original Series) now streaming on Paramount+.

Television Rating: 3.5/5.0

Set ten years before James T. Kirk, “Strange New Worlds” features his predecessor Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) as Captain of the Enterprise, populated with pre-Kirk familiar folks like Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) and yes, Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck). In the pilot, Spock gets engaged to his Vulcan breed mate T’Pring (Gia Sandhu) and Pike has to rescue his Number One First Mate (Rebecca Romijn) from a distant planet, that is in the crossroads of a political debate that is similar to the current U.S.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com reviewed “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” during the Morning Mess with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM, Monroe, Wisconsin, June 9th, 2022 …

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is currently streaming on Paramount+. Featuring Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding and Rebecca Romijn. Created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman andJenny Lumet. Rated “TV-PG”