
Production on the first two seasons shifted to taking place remotely by March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Animation studio Titmouse began work by the following February, with the main cast announced in July 2019. McMahan joined as creator and showrunner by that October, when Lower Decks was ordered for two seasons by All Access. Work on an animated Star Trek series began in June 2018. Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, and Eugene Cordero voice "lower decks" crew members of the Cerritos, with Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O'Connell, Fred Tatasciore, and Gillian Vigman also providing voices for the series. It follows the low-ranking support crew of the starship U.S.S. Lower Decks is the franchise's first animated series since the 1970s series Star Trek: The Animated Series, and its first comedic series.

It is the ninth Star Trek series and was launched in 2020 as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is an American adult animated television series created by Mike McMahan for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+).
