Summary
- Star Trek luminaries like William Shatner and Mike McMahan react joyfully to the Peabody recognition.
- The Peabody Institutional Award honors the Star Trek franchise's storytelling and dedicated fan base.
- Various industry professionals express gratitude and excitement for being part of the Star Trek universe.
Star Trek executive producers, creatives, and actors, including William Shatner, reacted on social media to Star Trek receiving the Peabody Institutional Award. The entire Star Trek franchise was honored with the Peabody for "its enduring dedication to storytelling that projects the best of humanity into the distant future," The prestigious Peabody Institutional Award not only recognizes the numerous artists who contributed to Star Trek in front of and behind the camera, but the fans as well, for "helping to invent a model of fandom that has since taken over the world."
On X, several Star Trek luminaries shared their reactions to the franchise receiving the Peabody Institutional Award, starting with the legendary Captain James T. Kirk himself, William Shatner:
Star Trek: Lower Decks creator and showrunner Mike McMahan offered his take:
Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise's reaction is below:
Hugo Award-nominated writer Bill Wolkoff, who co-wrote Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' crossover episode with Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek's first-ever musical episode, shared his thanks below:
Bonnie Gordon, who voices the USS Protostar computer on Star Trek: Prodigy among mulitple roles in the franchise, shared her congratulations to everyone involved in Star Trek:
Star Trek: Picard production designer just won a Peabody for his work on Justified, and can now add Star Trek to his honorifics:
Elias Toufexis, who plays the villainous L'ak in Star Trek: Discovery season 3, offered his tounge-in-cheek take on Star Trek's Peabody Award:
Star Trek's Future Continues Its Peabody Award-Winning Work
More Star Trek TV shows and movies are on the way
Star Trek has evolved throughout the last 58 years, but each new Star Trek TV series and movie retains the core values of optimism and co-existence at the heart of Gene Roddenberry's original vision. Star Trek's legacy series like Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as the 13 Star Trek movies so far, remain popular with generations of fans. With over 900 hours of TV, Star Trek has no signs of slowing down.
Star Trek: Prodigy brought the franchise back to Netflix with a mission statement to introduce younger audiences to the values of Star Trek.
Star Trek on Paramount+ may have ended series like Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, and Star Trek: Lower Decks, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will continue as the flagship Star Trek series on the streamer. Paramount+ is also preparing a new generation of Starfleet heroes with its next series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. New Star Trek movies, including the made-for-streaming Star Trek: Section 31, and Paramount Pictures' Untitled Star Trek Origin movie aimed for theatrical release, as well as the in-development Star Trek 4, are also on the way. Nearing its 60th anniversary, Star Trek meets the ambiguities of the 21st century with beloved characters, old and new, shining a light of hope in the final frontier.
