News Star Trek Prodigy Cancelled, Season 2 to be shopped around
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Such a shame. Prodigy ended up being a really welcome surprise. My expectations for it were very low and it was a fun show that really lived up to the Star Trek name and felt like a great sequel to Voyager.
That's a huge surprise.
What the ever loving fuck. It was the best of the new Trek series'. And removing it is deeply shitty. C U Next Tuesday, Paramount+
Unfortunately, I'm not surprised by this. It never appeared as one of the most popular at any given time list of even P+ children shows on the app. I saw a few ratings from when it aired on Nickelodeon and it did poorly in viewers compared to everything else on the channel. A few months ago one of the writers was on twitter encouraging people to watch the show and to watch it again if we had already seen it. It just didn't seem to catch on like LD did - I think many adults thought it was just for children and didn't give it a chance...while the kids themselves didn't seem too interested.
Paramount has gotta get that tax write off…
I'm properly pissed right now.
ENT-cancelled-in-February 2005 pissed. And if you knew me then you know what that means.
ENT-cancelled-in-February 2005 pissed. And if you knew me then you know what that means.
Probably because it was developed in partnership with Nickelodeon so that was helping offset some costs.
Peace out, P+.
Sad, but not surprising. While it was a phenomenal kid friendly take on Star Trek, I don't know if it was ever watched in large numbers by its intended target audience. I watched it, but I always with the thought, "most people watching this are probably adult trek fans like me" in the back of my head.
Edit: Christ, are we even going to reach the end of Strange New Worlds Season 2 at this rate?
Edit: Christ, are we even going to reach the end of Strange New Worlds Season 2 at this rate?
Genuinely devastated by this news as it was easily my favourite of the new shows.
The streaming bubble was gonna burst sooner or later, I guess.
The streaming bubble was gonna burst sooner or later, I guess.
I'm shocked and actually mad about this. Prodigy was actually one of my favorite of the new Trek series and it felt like the closest to the actual spirit of Star Trek. I'm shocked. I know Paramount is cutting costs, but wasn't prodigy one of the cheapest shows to make?
I much rather have prodigy than the Academy series (Which I've never been interested in) or Section 31 (Which goes against the spirit of Trek to begin with).
I much rather have prodigy than the Academy series (Which I've never been interested in) or Section 31 (Which goes against the spirit of Trek to begin with).
The fact that SNW and Lower Decks had "already renewed for Season X" announcements but Prodigy didn't was the telltale sign for me. They didn't know what to do with the show.
Sadly this was probably the least watched of the Star Trek shows. I think a lot of adults probably never gave it a chance because they thought it was for kids. There’s still a lot of prejudice towards animated shows especially in the US.
At least they’re finishing season 2 up so they can shop it around. Maybe Netflix picks it up.
At least they’re finishing season 2 up so they can shop it around. Maybe Netflix picks it up.
This and SNW are peak streaming Trek. Now we're losing one of them.
This is actually upsetting. Prodigy was easily my favorite of the streaming era Treks. And Paramount following in the much hated footsteps of Warner and Disney basically signals the coming death of Paramount+.
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