Starfleet Academy
Shares rank 52 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Praised for competent characters, resolved plotlines and an identity of its own, though critics call it not real Star Trek with weak writing and plot holes.
Praised for competent characters, resolved plotlines and an identity of its own, though critics call it not real Star Trek with weak writing and plot holes.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 16
- approval share
- 24%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Competent officers and solid characters
“Academy nailed it . The characters, the conclusion, the resolution to different subplot threads, all extremely solid.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “I am not positive I can think of a spot where the officers in the show were anything but incredibly competent”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not feeling like real Star Trek
“Starfleet Academy seemed to be heading away from the original focus on science fiction ideas”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” “What "Star Trek Academy" that Paramount just put out did to the Star Trek franchise”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Scott Alexander: The Dilbert Afterlife” “We tried to watch Starfleet Academy but... why are they even calling it Star Trek.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube” - Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “The end of Star Trek is now official”
Poor writing and plot holes
“Yeah it was flawed and had a lot of lazy tropes. But it had an identity to it and some substance to it.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “The rest of Academy is one incomprehensible plot hole after another”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “The show sucks, its set design and writing are trash”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” Harshly called terrible or slop
“both Discovery and Academy were horrendous and I regret the time spent.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “literally everything about that god awful academy one”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “Creativity is the new moat” “Starfleet Academy was almost unspeakably terrible”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts” - Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts”
Woke or ideological tone
“Starfleet Academy is some woke fever dream that never should have been funded”
Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “The end of Star Trek is now official” “Starfleet Academy is some woke fever dream”
Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “The end of Star Trek is now official”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Starfleet AcademyThis page | 5 | 16 | 24% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
26 of the 27 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Starfleet Academy has explorations of what humanity is from Klingon/robotic perspective”
“Yeah it was flawed and had a lot of lazy tropes. But it had an identity to it and some substance to it.”
“both Discovery and Academy were horrendous and I regret the time spent.”
“Both LD and SNW managed to get less of that Kurtzman stink compared to Academy”
“Starfleet Academy was almost unspeakably terrible”
“Starfleet Academy was complete slop”
“literally everything about that god awful academy one”
“Not at all related, "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy". ;)”
“Starfleet Academy seemed to be heading away from the original focus on science fiction ideas”
“my 17 year-old daughter had sub-zero interest in Starfleet Academy”
“The recent shows are not Star Trek.”
“Starfleet Academy is some woke fever dream”
“Starfleet Academy is some woke fever dream that never should have been funded”
“And Academy is just something different, but that doesn't make it bad.”
“I don't want to watch a science fiction show about children.”
“You won't find one because there isn't one.”
“I am not positive I can think of a spot where the officers in the show were anything but incredibly competent”
“The rest of Academy is one incomprehensible plot hole after another”
“Academy nailed it . The characters, the conclusion, the resolution to different subplot threads, all extremely solid.”
“The show sucks, its set design and writing are trash”
“The theme song sucks. Other than that, perfect.”
“like Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy did”
“Starfleet Academy has done a decent job addressing that with some issues I hope they'll deal with in season 2”
“We tried to watch Starfleet Academy but... why are they even calling it Star Trek.”
“SAM in Starfleet Academy is panned because she's not a good character”
“What "Star Trek Academy" that Paramount just put out did to the Star Trek franchise”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.