Paramount+ and Pluto TV to air Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season starting Friday

Paramount execs have changed course with Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season.

ViacomCBS probably thought “hey, they’re not from North America, they won’t care!” when the word that Star Trek: Discovery wouldn’t be available internationally until 2022. It turns out non-American and non-Canadian fans cared. They very much cared.

Fans from all over the world voiced their complaints and probably after seeing how bad the viewership was for the premiere of Discovery without a large majority of fans, the execs at Paramount+ decided they should probably get the show out to all of the fans they could.

Possibly low viewership numbers and rightful outrage? How could they not have seen this coming

StarTrek.com listed all the countries and ways you can see see the upcoming season of Star Trek if you’re an international fan.

For Australia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay, and Venezuela;

"Where Paramount+ is available in Australia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the first two episodes will be available Friday, November 26, with new episodes being released weekly. We are also offering Star Trek fans in these markets a new membership promotion on Paramount+ for 50% off for the first three months with code STARTREK.*"

For Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom;

"In Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service, will drop new episodes at 9pm local time on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a simulcast running on the Star Trek channel in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. This will begin with the first two episodes on Friday, November 26."

For the UK, Germany, France, Russia, South Korea and other select countries;

"In the UK, Germany, France, Russia, South Korea and additional select countries, we are also making Season 4 available for purchase on participating digital platforms beginning Friday, November 26."

Correcting the Star Trek: Discovery debacle isn’t something to celebrate.

You don’t get to pat yourself on the back for fixing your own mistake. Star Trek’s tweet about the decision was as fake and corporate as a response to an honest fan base can be. They “heard” the fans? Did they? Or did they realize they were about to lose a lot of their potential base for future rollouts?

That doesn’t sound like they heard fans, as much as they’re afraid. To be honest, this was completely avoidable. They had to know that not securing a deal with Netflix to continue the international distribution was going to be poorly received. What exactly were they expecting?

That fallout of this whole ordeal should give fans pause to further support ViacomCBS in the future. They’ve clearly shown that despite the merger between CBS and Viacom that the people running things still don’t have a clue on how to properly engage with this fandom.

At least Discovery fans can continue to watch the show uninterrupted. Even if some fans have to sit down in front of a streaming service at designated times to do just that; like it’s the 90s or something.