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Star Trek: Prodigy Saved! Unaired Season 2 Finds New Home on Netflix

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Listen up, Trekkies, we’ve got some prodigious news to share.

Star Trek : Prodigy , which was canceled by Paramount+ ahead of its second season premiere, has found a new home on Netflix. Season 1 will hit the streamer later this year, while the never-before-seen Season 2 will debut sometime in 2024.

Adds Kate Mulgrew, voice of Admiral Janeway, “I’ve always held that the Star Trek fan base is among the strongest and most intelligent in the world.  They have shown their collective passion, and we’re happy to be able to celebrate Prodigy once again.”

When the show was originally canceled in June, co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke told fans via X (formally Twitter) that the Prodigy team was “completing Season 2 on schedule and seeking a new home,” adding, “Everyone on the cast and crew loves  Star Trek: Prodigy  deeply.”

Per its official logline, the younger-skewing animated series “follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered — a first in the history of the Star Trek franchise — but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.”

Along with Mulgrew, Star Trek: Prodigy ‘s primary voice cast includes Brett Gray as Dal, Ella Purnell as Gwyn, Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Angus Imrie as Zero, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Dee Bradley Baker as Murf, John Noble as The Diviner and Jimmi Simpson as Drednok.

Recurring voices include Daveed Diggs as Commander Tysess, Jameela Jamil as Ensign Asencia, Jason Alexander as Doctor Noum, Robert Beltran as Captain Chakotay and Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona.

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+1 for Netflix

At first glance I thought that was an animated picture of Matt Gaetz.

Now I am not canceling Netflix.

Hmm… condiering it’s Netflix, it’s questionable if we’ll get anything beyond season 2. But I guess we should be happy for whatever we can get.

Yeah, I can’t imagine the deal would actually allow them to make more than what has already been produced. It’s weird enough that a Trek show will be airing on another network – Paramount has worked hard to collect them all on P+. But if it does well enough on Netflix, maybe Paramount will have second thoughts and buy it back.

Indeed. Even if it goes no further—which I presume will be the case—2 seasons is better than 1. 🖖

If the show meets expectations on Netflix they could order further seasons. Generally speaking Netflix won’t be picking the show up with the view two seasons and done. They’ll want more if there’s demand from their subscribers.

And generally aren’t they know for three seasons for most shows?

Their animated shows go on for longer usually. Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous had 5 seasons, and has a sequel series out next year, which will be at least two seasons.

Best news I’ve read all day!

YES! I confess I put off watching what looked like “kiddie Trek” for a long time… but I was pleasantly surprised by how it developed and its links to the franchise (particularly Voyager). Just in case anyone is still on the fence…

So Paramount+, which promised to be the home of all things Star Trek, unceremoniously dumped their own IP, is now sharing Star Trek with their much wider-reached arch-rival Netflix. The same Netflix, where Paramount spent money to buy back some international streaming rights of Star Trek when they were launching Paramount+ internationally as the home of all things Star Trek… Business nonsense aside, I’m so happy for all the creative teams who worked on Star Trek Prodigy! They didn’t deserve the poor treatment from Paramount, I’m glad they get a wider audience with Netflix.

lol. you know if not for netflix. we would not have most current star trek content. due to netflix was back end funding new shows .up till recently.

There was no new Trek during the time those shows were on Netflix. Discovery was the first new one since Enterprise, which pre-dated Netflix streaming. How did Netflix in anyway contribute to new Trek content prior to picking up Prodigy?

They aired all the treks and movies pre paramount/cbs plus, ds9 and voyager were part of netflix till a few years ago

ST Discovery was heavily funded by Netflix and Netflix had exclusive international right sand CBS all access or Paramount + had like North American rights

Awesome 😁 so glad Netflix picked it up. Paramount was stupid to cancel it seeing as they have the other Star Trek shows. Don’t have Netflix but I’ll get it once Season 2 drops!!!

When Prodigy started, there was a plan announced that the first run would be on Paramount+ (All Access then), and there would be a later second run on Nickelodeon.

The first 10 episodes did air on Nick.

Any word on whether this deal prevents a second run of the remaining episodes on Nick at some point?

Nick cancelled Prodigy as well. that was not only paramounts doing

Not this deal, but at the writeoff time it was stated the show wouldn’t be returning to Nickelodeon

So grateful to Netflix for this. I love this show. It’s my favorite of the new Star Trek shows (though I do enjoy them all to varying degrees). Hopefully it’s successful enough to get a 3rd season, but even if it’s not, I’m just happy we’re actually be able to see this season.

I wonder what this means for a home video release? I love having Star Trek Blu Rays on my shelf, but Netflix is known for being pretty stingy will allowing that.

Um first season already is out on dvd and I’ll likely rewatch the 1st half of season 1 as again one of the best episodes even if you were a non trek fan was episode 6 as it had an all star voice cast bringing the best of the best from all the previous Star Trek shows

hopefully the ending is tidy enough

This is great news-thank you Netflix! I always had a feeling that Star Trek Prodigy would find a new home I thought that it would land on Amazon Prime, but Netflix is just fine. I hope that Prodigy fans sign up for Netflix. It is important to support Prodigy so we can have a third season &, onward. I am looking forward to viewing Season 1 again and to Season 2 in 2024.

Still hoping Netflix do this for the final unaired season of snowpiercer!

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When the title of a new TV series begins with “Star Trek,” it’s natural to be intimidated. The Trek franchise has a well-earned reputation for having a dense canon, which has been built up over the course of 55 years and more than 800 canonical installments. It’s possible to start any individual series and eventually get your bearings, but many of them aren’t terribly welcoming unless you’ve absorbed the prerequisite mythology, either directly or through cultural osmosis. Star Trek: Prodigy , the new animated series that premiered Oct. 28 on Paramount Plus, fully breaks from this trend, presenting Star Trek in an entirely new way, and becoming the most accessible jumping-on point for the franchise since J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film reboot.

Most Star Trek spin-offs presume a level of pre-existing engagement in the franchise, and use their first episodes not to sell viewers on Star Trek , but to sell them on this Star Trek . They’re in the business of iteration and contrast, of proving that this incarnation has something sufficiently different in store. For 1987’s The Next Generation , the very premise of doing Star Trek without familiar characters Kirk and Spock was novel enough to differentiate the series. Deep Space Nine and Voyager are distinguished by their placement in space, Enterprise and Discovery by their placement in time, Picard and Lower Decks by their vastly different approaches to the legacy of The Next Generation . Every series has developed its own identity, but each is defined from the outset by its relationship to what’s come before.

But the double-sized premiere of Prodigy seems to be entirely in its own lane, refreshingly unconcerned with previous Star Trek series until two minutes before the closing credits. The first episode, “Lost and Found,” takes place on the mining colony asteroid Tars Lamora, where teenage prisoner Dal R’El (voiced by Brett Gray) is making his umpteenth unsuccessful escape attempt. Over the course of this opening hour, we see Dal assemble a ragtag group of fellow enslaved workers to hijack an advanced derelict starship that’s buried within a crevice of the asteroid.

Anyone even vaguely familiar with Star Trek will recognize this ship, the USS Protostar, as having all the aesthetic markers of a Starfleet vessel. Dal and his companions, however, do not — in fact, they’ve never heard of Starfleet or the United Federation of Planets that it serves. To them, it’s just a way out of bondage. The fact that it’s also their gateway into a diverse space utopia only sweetens the deal. They’re in the middle of their own space adventure, only to discover at the last minute that they’re on Star Trek , whatever that is.

Shifting the perspective of the characters from seasoned professionals coping with new wrinkles to complete outsiders learning the ropes was a deliberate decision made by series creators Kevin and Dan Hageman ( Trollhunters, LEGO’s Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu ), as they explained at New York Comic Con earlier this month. Star Trek head honcho Alex Kurtzman tasked them with devising an entry point through which young, uninitiated viewers might find their way into Star Trek , and determined that the best way to do that would be via characters who would be introduced to it themselves.

Exploring the Star Trek canon is typically easier with a guide, and the crew of the Protostar have one of their own — a holographic training program in the likeness of Star Trek: Voyager ’s Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). Introduced at the end of “Lost and Found,” Hologram Janeway is the only element that places the episode in a particular place or time in the Star Trek universe.

Prodigy has a few other, looser ties to the franchise’s past. Three members of the main ensemble represent races from previous Star Trek works, but each is more obscure than the last. Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas) is a Tellarite, the least recognizable of the Federation’s four founding species (alongside Humans, Vulcans, and those blue guys with the antennae, the Andorians). Zero (Angus Imrie) is a Medusan, a non-corporeal entity whose people haven’t been heard from since the 1968 episode which introduced them. Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazraqui) is a Brikar, a species that originates in Peter David’s tie-in novels from the 1990s, and has never been depicted on screen before. Since even the established pieces of lore are plucked from obscurity, viewers for whom “Lost and Found” is their very first Star Trek aren’t missing anything. At least for now, dyed-in-the-wool Trekkies have almost no advantage over the new kids.

This distance from the larger Star Trek universe won’t last, and it’s not meant to. The Hagemans have already indicated that the Protostar’s course will take them closer to Federation space, and that they’ll encounter more familiar characters and cultures over time. This doesn’t have to make the series any less approachable to new viewers. As the young crew journeys in from the outskirts, hopefully new fans can be gradually acclimatized. Success would mean that a young viewer can explore the wider Star Trek library with Prodigy as their compass, not their homework agenda.

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In a joint interview, Brian Robbins and franchise captain Alex Kurtzman open up about how the Paramount+ kids- and family-focused animated series may pave the way for a new feature film chapter.

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Alex Kurtzman hasn’t written a Star Trek feature film since 2013, but his new animated kids- and family-focused series, Prodigy — his fifth show in the Paramount+ version of the beloved franchise — could be the ticket that gets him back to the box office.

The captain of the Star Trek franchise — who inked a new, nine-figure deal with IP owner CBS Studios in August — has for years wanted to boldly go where Star Wars has gone before: to reach younger kids. “I go back to my childhood and Luke Skywalker, the [ Star Wars ] farm boy who looks out at the twin suns of Tatooine and imagines his future.  Trek  never gave me that,” Kurtzman told The Hollywood Reporter in early 2019, when he first revealed plans for what would become Star Trek: Prodigy. The animated series was originally developed for Nickelodeon and targets kids ages 6 to 11. It features a CG animation so impressive that Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins — who bought the show as president of the aforementioned cable network — wishes it were launching in theaters.

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“I can’t lie, when I sat there at Comic-Con, I wished it was,” Robbins recalls of watching Prodigy debut during his secret trip to New York Comic-Con earlier this month. “I just can’t help be excited about how this franchise will now be introduced in such a great way. As a parent, that gets me excited. I really wanted to see it play in a room and it was super cool — and it does really play like a movie.”

Prodigy will instead bow on Paramount+ with an hourlong episode Oct. 28, followed by weekly installments of its first 10 episodes. A run on Nickelodeon is also in the cards for a later date as Robbins, like his peers, prioritizes streaming over linear. Robbins — who continues to serve as president of Nickelodeon and oversees kids and family content at Paramount+ — believes Prodigy is a perfect fit with the platform’s popular Nickelodeon content and Kurtzman’s other Star Trek fare.

While the pricey show is only launching today, both Robbins and Kurtzman are already developing other big ideas such as a kids- and family-focused version of Prodigy that includes a feature film designed to bow theatrically as well as other live-action features that could live alongside the Paramount Pictures’ J.J. Abrams-produced mystery Star Trek movie .

“We’re working on several fronts and obviously Alex is the key for the franchise [on Paramount+]. J.J. has been the keeper of the franchise on the film side. We hope that as a company that we do what’s right for the franchise altogether,” Robbins says.

Prodigy is the fifth show in the Kurtzman Star Trek universe and joins Picard, adult-focused animated entry Lower Decks , flagship Discovery and the upcoming Strange New Worlds at Paramount+, the exclusive home of the franchise. Brothers Kevin and Dan Hageman ( Hotel Transylvania, The Lego Movie ) created the series that features the return of Kate Mulgrew’s Voyager character and follows a group of lawless teens searching for adventure.

Below, Robbins and Kurtzman reveal more about their grand plans for Prodigy (expect merchandising, spinoffs), how they hope to create new Trek fans from an early age while still engaging diehard fans and the strategy of the franchise for the next decade.

Alex, the first time that we talked about what would become Prodigy was in early 2019 when you mentioned your desire to create a Star Trek show for a younger audience who could, in success, stay with the franchise through adulthood. Was turning Trek into a four-quadrant franchise how you pitched what became Prodigy at the time?

Kurtzman: Yes. [CBS Studios president] David Stapf and I from the beginning laid out a five-year plan for Trek . The missing piece — and perhaps the most significant piece — was the kid component. We needed someone that knew how to specifically do children’s television. I worked on Transformers as an animated show, but I needed a partner who could guide us through it. David and I went to see Brian Robbins and [Nickelodeon animation head] Ramsey Naito when the company was still bifurcated. It was an instant connection. We felt comfortable given their vast knowledge of the children’s landscape but also the infrastructure that they have in Nickelodeon was so specific and we knew we needed that. Our great hope was that there would be a merger down the line and it would make things easier for everybody. We told Brian and Ramsey that we felt that it was important to make it a cinematic experience to make it special for kids. There was no hesitation on their part about that. The lack of a merger didn’t stop Brian from saying yes in that moment.

Robbins: There was a step before you came over, where I called David Nevins and said, “We should really try to do something with the franchise and Nickelodeon,” knowing that it had not really been explored before. Ramsey, who was a giant Trek fan as a kid and still is, had the conversation and Nevins said, “It’s funny that you’re saying this because Alex was just in here saying we need to do this.” You guys came over quickly after that and toured the studio and we were just off to the races.

Kurtzman: We felt that the key was to invest both in children and their parents in these characters and to take the time at a deeper level to get to know them, get to love them. The creators, Dan and Kevin Hageman, had this brilliant concept from the start, which was the idea that these children don’t understand each other for the first part of it. It wasn’t until they’re around a universal translator that they suddenly realize that all their preconceived notions about who they were, were all wrong. That is a core message of Star Trek . I don’t think the impact of that revelation would have worked if we hadn’t been able to take the time to set those characters up that way.

The Prodigy pilot is 45 minutes and has a cinematic feel to it. What’s the target demo of Prodigy , since most kids programming tends to have shorter episodic run times. And had you done a co-viewing show like this before with this kind of sizable budget?

Robbins: We knew it was going to be for our core 6 to 11 audience and parents. We were going into it as a co-viewing show and we had to get everybody to make it work. We definitely spent on the show, for sure. We’ve done some things in the past that are co-viewing and have done more of that since I’ve been there because there’s more co-viewing going on now than any other time. I have older sons and a younger daughter. When my older sons were young, they had TVs in their room. My daughter doesn’t have a TV in her room. That screen in the living room is really the screen for the whole family now. There’s just more co-viewing going on because of that.

Is the plan still to have part one of Prodigy air on linear before part two returns on the streamer?

Robbins: We will sneak the show on Nick, but it will live on Paramount+ in the first run and then cycle through to linear, to Nickelodeon. What we’ve been able to see with our content that’s premiered on Paramount+ first is that it’s doing really well there. Then when it comes to linear, it gets a boost. That flywheel seems to be working. It’s like one plus one is really making three.

How much do you hope that the Prodigy viewer checks out the other Trek library titles, or part of the Kurtzman Universe, after they’re done viewing Prodigy ?

Kurtzman: We all believe more is more. We’ve built Star Trek to last and based on the premise that you need to feed a constant flow of material to viewers. For example, when the pandemic started, the numbers really spiked on Star Trek: Discovery because Picard had aired and people liked Picard and then it led them back to Discovery and vice versa. My hope is now that we will have five shows on the air, that once people get into the Star Trek universe and love it, it will lead them back and forth from show to show.

Robbins: That’s completely right. We’re seeing that same kind of consumption whether it’s Paw Patrol — the movie went on up on Paramount+ and the series on Paramount+ was up 40 percent or 50 percent since the movie landed there. People want more of what they love and they want it faster.

Brian, how do you still prioritize Nickelodeon when you’re going after the kids demo on Paramount+? Is the second window always going to be the plan for linear specifically when it comes to Star Trek ?

Robbins: Yes. We’ve seen it with Kamp Koral, which we windowed that way. For this particular franchise, it’s the best way to window it. And we know that we’re getting more reach for it by doing it this way. That plays into the other plan of the show: This is a big opportunity for us to expand the consumer products business of the franchise with that reach and introduce things that you couldn’t do before because it wasn’t for this audience.

Right, and consumer products for successful kids programming is easily a billion-dollar business.

Robbins: All that stuff — products and marketing that comes with it — that all expands the universe too and brings more awareness and bigger audiences into the funnel.

How much more do you want to grow the Prodigy universe and expand into other younger-skewing animated fare? I’d imagine a Baby Spock show would probably do pretty well with a younger demo …

Kurtzman: I won’t spoil them, but we’ve talked about a bunch. If Prodigy is a success and works for everybody, then hopefully there will be lots of conversations about how to build it out from there, because it’s just going to make sense for the company.

Brian, how will you be measuring if Prodigy is a success? Are you looking at completion rate for kids? What’s the metric?

Robbins: The data is pretty obvious. We’re going to be patient because we think the show is fantastic and creatively just exceeds all expectations. I have no doubt that we’ll be doing more. Alex and I have talked about what the theatrical film version of this show is and the likes of that. We’re really excited. Ramsey and our Nick team could not be more thrilled to explore more.

So a Prodigy animated kids movie?

Robbins: I wouldn’t say kids. My bet would be that that’s a four-quadrant family movie.

For an animated Star Trek film?

Kurtzman: Potentially, yes. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is still one of the best movies over the past decade, animated or not. It’s just an unbelievable piece of artistry. I went with my whole family and another family and we all sat there with our jaws on the floor. Ultimately, Star Trek is about family, it’s about these giant universal themes. Getting to tell a story like that, especially given the level of cinema we’ve already brought to the television show, is a wonderful opportunity. It would thrill me to do that.

Robbins: Me as well. I had a similar experience with Spider-Verse where my daughter, who was 6 or 7 at the time, my late-teen sons and my wife and I all saw that movie together. That was the first experience of any film where we were all in.

Brian, part of your plans for Paramount+ is building out a movie slate that’s exclusive for the streamer and now you’re also running the Paramount film studio. Would a hypothetical Star Trek animated film be a theatrical release or a Paramount+ debut?

Robbins: To be honest, we’ve talked about it as a theatrical movie. I can’t lie, when I sat there at Comic-Con, I wished it was.

Brian, now that you’re also running Paramount Pictures, how does the knowledge of what’s working on Paramount+ translate to Star Trek ? What are you looking at in terms of growth potential and where this franchise goes next?

Robbins: Where we go with the franchise next theatrically is crucial to the health of the overall franchise. There’s no doubt that big theatrical movies are the beacon that ignite franchises. We’re in it and I don’t really have anything to say because I’m waiting for the development to be delivered. I can’t wait to get going on it; we’re not there yet, but we need to get there soon.

Are you speaking specifically about the animated feature?

Robbins: I’m talking about what could be the next live-action movie.

Is that something that would involve Alex or is that a J.J. Abrams thing?

Robbins: We don’t know enough yet. We’re working on several fronts and obviously Alex is the key for the franchise [on Paramount+]. J.J. has been the keeper of the franchise on the film side. We hope that as a company that we do what’s right for the franchise altogether.

Are you getting scripts for a live-action feature from both camps?

Robbins: There’s a lot going on and I’m just going to leave it at that.

How does the data you have from Paramount+ impact what you want to do next with Trek?

Robbins: The idea is what do we do next for the franchise that’s going to work for the next five and 10 years, not just one movie at a time like Alex has talked about. That’s what we really have to figure out.

Kurtzman: That’s the ball game. It’s not just about the one thing that comes next. It’s about laying out a strategy for the next decade.

How far along are in planning are you?

Robbins: Well, I’ve been in a job for seven minutes, so not that far. ( Laughs. )

Brian, does your streaming-first mentality compare with your theatrical vision?

Robbins: They’re not mutually exclusive. From Paramount Pictures’ point of view, if you look at our slate for the next 18 months, it’s just big theatrical movie after big theatrical movie, after big theatrical movie. Whether that’s Top Gun or Transformers or Mission Impossible or the Quiet Place sequel or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that’s coming the following year. Those are movies that are meant for a big theatrical experience and I have no doubt that people are going to be lined up to see those movies. That said, there’s going to be other movies that we make for streaming directly. That’s OK because we all know that not every consumer is going to see every movie they want to see in the theater, nor is every consumer going to watch everything they want to see on streaming. At the end of the day, I think what the consumer really wants is choice and we’re going to listen to them and figure out what’s the best window for each piece of content.

As you look at that larger strategy, will you similarly experiment when it comes to theatrical windowing? Do you still want a movie like Mission Impossible 8 in theaters exclusively?

Robbins: Yes, 100 percent. It’s where you should have that experience, absolutely. Now, if you don’t go, eventually it’s going to come downstream and get to you on your couch, if that’s what you choose to do. Probably those windows are much quicker than they were several years ago.

Interview edited and condensed for clarity.

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Star Trek: Prodigy was unexpectedly canceled by Paramount+, but there may yet be hope for the beloved animated series. On Friday, June 23, 2023, Paramount+ announced the cancelation of four shows: Star Trek: Prodigy, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, The Game , and Queen of the Universe . A Paramount+ spokesman said those series, "have completed their runs on Paramount + and will not be returning to the service. We want to extend our thanks to our tremendously talented cast and crew and our producing partners for their passionate work and dedication on these programs, and we wish them all the best on their future endeavors.”

Created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, Star Trek: Prodigy was the first Star Trek animated show aimed at younger viewers, and it can take immense pride in introducing a new generation to Star Trek and its lofty ideals. Prodigy also featured the return of Kate Mulgrew to Star Trek, reprising the iconic Admiral Kathryn Janeway , as well as a Hologram of Janeway. Prodigy' s talented voice cast includes Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Rylee Alazraqui, and Angus Imrie, along with Dee Bradley Baker, Jason Mantzoukas, Jimmi Simpson, Jameela Jamil, and John Noble. Prodigy was a joint venture of Paramount+/CBS Studios and Nickelodeon Studios, and season 1 aired on Nick after it streamed on Paramount+. Prodigy season 2 was announced in 2022 and is currently in post-production even after Paramount+ canceled the show.

Why Star Trek: Prodigy Was Canceled By Paramount Plus

Star Trek: Prodigy was canceled as part of Paramount+'s merger with Showtime, which will happen at the end of June. To add insult to injury, Prodigy and the other canceled series will be removed from Paramount+ entirely in the coming days. Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 will still complete its post-production, but the new episodes will not stream on Paramount+. CBS Studios plans to shop Star Trek: Prodigy to hopefully find a new streaming home for both seasons 1 and 2. In spite of being a joint production with Nickelodeon, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 will not air on Nickelodeon either.

On Twitter, Star Trek: Prodigy 's executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman confirmed the news:

Executive producer Aaron J. Waltke also Tweeted to clarify that Star Trek: Prodigy will complete production of season 2:

According to Variety, the decision to cancel Star Trek: Prodigy was "data-driven, though Paramount did not share any specific data that highlighted why these shows are being canceled and removed." The move, however, reflects the deleterious changes across the streaming industry, as services like Max, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu have deleted existing shows and content as cost-cutting measures and for tax write-offs. Months ago, Paramount+ purged other titles from its service such as Coyote, The Real World, and The Twilight Zone.

What Happens Next To Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

The best-case scenario for Star Trek: Prodigy is that the show will find a new streaming platform to call home which will then stream both seasons 1 and 2. If this comes to fruition, Prodigy will become the first Star Trek series not streamed on Paramount+ since the television franchise was resurrected in 2017 by Star Trek: Discovery, which was also canceled by Paramount+ in February and is waiting to stream its 5th and final season in 2024.

Unfortunately, the potential worst-case scenario is Star Trek: Prodigy is unable to find a new streaming home, and season 2 is completed but is never seen. Along with season 1, season 2 would simply be... gone. Meanwhile, there is no timetable for when Prodigy could find a new streaming home, and the fact that other services are cutting content across the board makes it questionable whether Star Trek: Prodigy will be picked up by another streamer. But hope remains nonetheless.

Will There Be A Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3?

Although Star Trek: Prodigy will still complete post-production on season 2 as it awaits being shopped to another streaming service, it's unclear at this juncture whether Prodigy season 3 can happen. Prodigy is finished at Paramount+, but it's possible that wherever the animated series could land may then take up the cost of production of Prodigy season 3. For now, with so much uncertainty and disappointment, the hope is that Star Trek: Prodigy can find a new streaming home so that fans can at least see season 2 as well as relive the adventures of season 1.

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Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 - What We Know So Far

"Star Trek: Prodigy" is the latest in a long line of excellent "Star Trek" shows, and a markedly different animated take on the sci-fi franchise than the comedic " Star Trek: Lower Decks ." It's also the first major "Star Trek" show that focuses on a bunch of complete space voyage amateurs, who stumble upon a mysterious Starfleet ship called U.S.S. Protostar, and use it to escape their less than ideal living conditions as miners on Tars Lamora. 

Due to the fact that the show begins in the incredibly distant and dangerous Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, the early episodes of "Prodigy" have plenty of world-building to do for a "Star Trek" show, and it'll be interesting to see how the show progresses over the course of multiple seasons. Of course, in order to do that, the show actually needs to have more than one season. Will "Star Trek: Prodigy" become a multi-season phenomenon, or is it destined to remain a one-season wonder? Here's what we know about Season 2 of "Star Trek: Prodigy." 

What's the release date of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

" Star Trek: Prodigy " will indeed get a second season, and what's more, it might arrive sooner than you think. The first season's mid-season finale is only beginning to loom on the horizon, but its numbers have been impressive enough that Paramount+ has already confirmed Season 2 is incoming, according to Deadline . This, of course, is a pretty tantalizing prospect for Trekkies who don't like to wait for too long between seasons. 

Considering that the Season 1 mid-season finale airs on November 18, and the back half of the ten-episode season starts airing on January 6, 2022, The season won't end until February 2022. Since Season 2 will reportedly drop at some point in 2022, this means fans should have far less than a year to wait for it. 

It's highly unlikely that the seasons will air back to back, so you probably shouldn't expect "Star Trek: Prodigy" Season 2 before summer 2022 at the very earliest. If Paramount+ intends to follow the first season's evidently successful footprints, it would make sense to air the season premiere at roughly the same time of year. As such, the most logical release date of the new season would be in October 2022.

Who's in the cast of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

We still don't know which characters survive the events of "Star Trek: Prodigy" Season 1, or whether someone jumps ship to explore a particularly interesting planet. As it stands, though, it's pretty easy to wager that Brett Gray's Dal R'EI is the lynchpin of the series going forward, thanks to his role as the closest thing the U.S.S. Protostar has to a captain, and his mysterious origins. Ella Purnell's Vau N'Akat youngster, Gwyn, also seems like she'll be around for a while, which means that his father, the evil Diviner (voiced by John Noble), might also continue to grace the show with his devious attempts to capture the main characters' mysterious starship with the fearsome Drednok (Jimmi Simpson). 

Though it's always possible that the first season will feature a tragic death or departure, it would also be pretty surprising if Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazragui), Zero (Angus Imrie), Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas), and Murf (Dee Bradley Baker) wouldn't be around in Season 2. As with Season 1, you can probably expect so see plenty of high-profile celebrities in fun recurring or guest roles, as well.

One of the greatest characters in "Star Trek: Prodigy" is, of course, the hologram version of Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the main character of "Star Trek: Voyager." The AI version of the character is a snarky, yet ever-present and helpful mentor figure to the main characters, which is great ... but also somewhat worrying, considering the fate such characters tend to suffer as the story progresses, and as the heroes learn to get by on their own. Hopefully, Hologram Janeway "lives" to see Season 2, but don't be surprised if this doesn't turn out to be the case. 

What's the plot of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

Since Season 1 is still ongoing, there's no way to know where the sophomore season of "Star Trek: Prodigy" intends to take things. Provided that the show doesn't plan to deviate from its premise too much, it's probably safe to say that the U.S.S. Protostar will continue its turbulent journey from the remote  Delta Quadrant to  Alpha Quadrant . Since the majority of the most famous "Star Trek" civilizations hang around in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, it's likely that the motley crew of main characters will run into more and more familiar faces as their journey progresses — think humans, Romulans, Klingons, and the like. 

Due to the show's concept of starting where no man has gone before and boldly working the way back, you can probably expect the characters to bump into plenty of classic "Star Trek" civilizations as their journey progresses. 

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Star Trek Fans' Attempts To Save Prodigy After Cancellation Have Reached A Major Milestone, And I’m Getting Optimistic

This feels like a good sign of history potentially repeating itself.

Star Trek: Prodigy was hit with a big blow when Paramount+ canceled Season 2 and removed the show from its library altogether, though hope remained for the animated series' chance for a future. Paramount+ allowed for post-production on Season 2 to be completed despite the abrupt axing, so that it could be shopped to other networks or platforms potentially interested in showcasing an acclaimed Trek series with unaired content. Fans have been doing their part to reassure any potential buyers that Prodigy 's viewers are as eager as ever to see Season 2, and the petition to save the show just crossed a major milestone that boosted my optimism even higher than it already was.

We're still waiting on news about Star Trek: Prodigy landing a new home, but it's possible it won't be much longer after a positive update from writer and executive producer Aaron J. Waltke. He recently tweeted that the core petition being utilized by fans to try and save Prodigy crossed the 30k threshold, meaning it officially surpassed the total from the previous Trek petition that voiced support for the spinoff that eventually became Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Check out Waltke's tweet below. 

👀 👀 👀 Whoa. #StarTrek fans are the best fans. pic.twitter.com/HUB9xyxTMe July 24, 2023

Fans have long been credited as being the major spark that helped convince the powers that be that Strange New Worlds needed to get made, and look at where that went. The Anson Mount -led series debuted to massive acclaim, and buzz has remained strong throughout Season 2 thanks in part to Paul Wesley 's presence as James Kirk. Season 3 is set to resume production when the WGA writers strike and SAG-AFTRA actors strike are over. Suffice it to say Strange New Worlds is a success that may never have happened had it not been for thousands and thousands of petition-signers.

There are promising projects from the franchise on the way. 

If these numbers indicate that fan interest is higher for Star Trek: Prodigy 's return than it was for Strange New Worlds , I think that should be encouraging news to any prospective buyer looking to take it from Paramount+, even if it may not be completely accurate. Granted, a crowd of just 30k+ viewers isn't nearly enough to turn a show into a hit, but it does indicate there are at least that many adults and current Trek stars out there ready who are willing to go the extra step to help support a show geared toward younger audiences. 

Not only that, but with the writers and SAG-AFTRA strikes in full swing, there will be interested networks and streaming services looking for content once their programming runs thin. The market feels right for Prodigy to find a home sooner rather than later, especially if fans keep their foot on the gas and grant additional assurance that the show will be supported upon return. 

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 was primed to be an exciting one to watch with a Paramount+ subscription , especially for fans of Voyager . The end of Season 1 teed up Dal and friends to accompany Admiral Janeway on a new mission to rescue her former crewmate Chakotay from an alternate point in the future. In addition to that, the season seemed destined to reveal more about the show's mysterious new species, the Vau N'Akat, and feature some more cameos from characters from previous Trek shows. It would be a shame to miss out on all of that, so hopefully, we'll see it find a home soon. 

It's not currently possible to watch Star Trek: Prodigy on Paramount+, but the show is available to purchase in full digitally. Check out the series while waiting for Season 2 to find a home, and hopefully, whoever picks it up orders more seasons after that. 

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BREAKING – Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Is Out Now In France!

It’s a big surprise! All-new episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 are available now on the French national broadcaster ‘France Télévisions’. The second season of the animated Trek adventure is due to premiere on Netflix in 2024 . Now, it seems “France.TV”, the online streaming service for the national public broadcaster, has released the entirety of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 .

We can confirm that all 20 episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 are on France TV. Star Trek fans are in for a treat! We’ll be seeing plenty of the recently teased USS Voyager-A. Fans will also be delighted that Robert Picardo’s “The Doctor” is heavily featured in the season. There are also other familiar faces making their debut in the series. Continuing Prodigy’s tradition of tying all corners of the franchise together.

WARNING: While we do not give away the amazing adventures and revelations ahead, there are a few MINOR SPOILERS below. Please stop reading now if you don’t want to be spoiled.

All The Prodigy Season 2 Details!

S tar Trek: Prodigy Season 2 is a BIG deal for Trekkies. Fans can expect to find our young crew in the safe hands of Admiral Kathryn Janeway. They’ll be “warrant officers in training” aboard the newly launched USS Voyager-A, the successor to Janeway’s original USS Voyager starship. It’s worth noting that the successor to the Voyager-A, the USS Voyager-B, has been seen in Star Trek: Picard Season 3.

We also have the first 10 episode titles for Season 2. Please note though, that these have been translated so may not be exact!

• Episode 2×01 – Into the Breach: Part 1
• Episode 2×02 – Into the Breach: Part 2
• Episode 2×03 – Who Saves the Saviors?
• Episode 2×04 – Temporal Mechanics 101
• Episode 2×05 – The Mystery Spiral
• Episode 2×06 – Imposter Syndrome
• Episode 2×07 – The Race
• Episode 2×08 – Veritas?
• Episode 2×09 – The Time Devouring Scavengers: Part 1
• Episode 2×10 – The Time Devouring Scavengers: Part 2

Season 2 Premiere

Last summer we got a sneak peek of what was to come in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 , including the reveal of Robert Picardo’s EMH. A clip from the premiere episode of ‘ Into the Breach: Part 1 ‘ was released, much to the delight of fans!

Now we have the synopsis for the 2-part season premiere of Season 2.

As they continue their training to join the Starfleet Academy, Dal, Rock Tak, Zero, Jankom Pog and Murf are called aboard a new ship for a mission under the command of Janeway. Synopsis for ‘ Into the Breach: Part 1 ‘

Gwen is sent to her planet to attempt a friendly approach with its inhabitants in order to avoid civil war. Dal, Rock Tak, Zero, Jankom Pog and Murf will do the irreparable in order to protect the secret mission to rescue Chakotay planned by Admiral Janeway.  Synopsis for ‘ Into the Breach: Part 2′

A Rough Road To Prodigy Season 2

Getting to Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 has been a long road. In June 2023, Paramount+ unexpectedly cancelled the series. After many fan campaigns and social media protests, Netflix picked up the series in October 2023. When picking up the series, Netflix did not give the second season a confirmed release date. The streamer simply said to expect it in 2024, adding that it would consist of 20 episodes.

Today’s unexpected release of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 is honestly bizarre. One wonders if this has to be a mistake or is intentional. Looking at France TV, it says Prodigy Season 2 is available from 22 March 2024 until 29 February 2028. It’s possible that this could be the result of a special licensing deal. Paramount+ has been selling the rights to its content library in recent months. An example of this is the constant shifting of Star Trek movies to different streaming providers. This is dependent on what region you are in, of course.

Regardless, Prodigy Season 2 is on French TV. It’s in French! Congratulations to the French-speaking Star Trek audience; this is a big win for you all. If you want to go forth and watch, you can do so! But remember that not everyone has access to these Star Trek episodes. Unless you understand the French language, you’ll have a hard time listening to these episodes. Somewhat reminds you of the old days. I mean, when Star Trek aired in the USA before anywhere else in the world for several months. Then again, that has actually happened in recent years, too.

Regardless, Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 is an intergalactic adventure with all the time-honoured and beloved hallmarks of Trek . We are incredibly excited for its full release around the world!

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Star Trek's Top Exec Has One Strict Rule For Any Future Shows

S ince 2015, screenwriter and producer Alex Kurtzman has been the head honcho of "Star Trek" over at Paramount. Although Bryan Fuller came up with the initial idea for the streaming era's inaugural "Star Trek" series "Star Trek: Discovery," which debuted in 2017, it was Kurtzman who completely reworked the show from its origins, hence launching Paramount+ as an all-our-eggs-in-the-"Star"-"Trek"-franchise's-basket service. Kurtzman served as executive producer on all five "Star Trek" shows that began after "Discovery," including the now-concluded "Star Trek: Short Treks" and "Star Trek: Picard," as well as the soon-to-be-concluded "Star Trek: Prodigy" and "Star Trek: Lower Decks." Also soon to conclude is "Discovery" itself, which is currently partway through its fifth and final season.

As of this writing, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is the only series that hasn't been definitively canceled, while the "Section 31" TV film has yet to stream. Also in the works is a "Starfleet Academy" series that is still in the early days of its production. Given the financial woes over at Paramount  and the destruction wrought by the Streaming Wars, the future of "Star Trek" will most certainly be modest, if not downright austere. Apologies to the people who eagerly wanted to see the proposed "Star Trek: Legacy," a hyped potential spinoff from "Picard." That series will likely never be made.

On the "Star Trek" recap chat show "The Ready Room," hosted by Wil Wheaton, Kurtzman was asked about the future of "Star Trek," and the exec was, perhaps predictably, diplomatic. He couldn't very well say that that franchise was on fire, or that Paramount was actively taking a step back from one of its most lucrative properties, but he did say that he would follow a strict rule for any new "Star Trek" shows: there needs to be something to say.

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Kurtzman admitted that he was just following the whims of creativity (and of the entertainment marketplace) when he started overseeing more and more "Star Trek" from 2017 to 2021, saying:

"[T]he truth is that when we started 'Discovery,' I wasn't thinking about that. I was just thinking about making a great show. And I fell so deeply in love with 'Discovery' and with the process of making it. I spent a lot of time that first season really kind of meditating on this incredible universe that has been around for so long, and how much more can be done with it; how many amazing stories there are to tell. There's really an infinite number of stories to tell."

One might argue that Kutrzman's stories are hit-and-miss. "Discovery" has just as many detractors as fans, and many agree that "Picard" only had one good season among its three (and even then, complaints can be made about "the good one"). One cannot deny, however, that the stories have been plentiful. Between the six shows that Kurtzman has overseen, there have been 210 episodes, with a promised 20 more on the way. If that number of episodes were applied to 1990s "Star Trek,"  it would equal almost nine full seasons in only six-and-a-half years. Never before, not even in its '90s heyday, did "Star Trek" produce the same sheer volume.

When moving forward, however, Kurtzman said he wanted the franchise to be about quality and not quantity. He may claim to have infinite stories, but there aren't, he said, infinite themes to dissect. Each potentially new "Star Trek" series, he feels, needs to have a point.

Enough Of Quantity, Star Trek Needs More Quality

In Kurtzman's own words: 

"I only want to make another 'Star Trek' show if there's something special to say. I don't want to do it just to do more. I think that would be a huge disservice to 'Star Trek.' It would be a huge disservice to the fans. I think the fans would feel it instantaneously. They would know this is not authentic because if there's one thing that 'Trek' fans know, it's authenticity. So for me, it's really just about figuring out a way to make sure that we take our time, we're deliberate, we're thoughtful, and we deliver on the promise of something different every time."

Some of the harsher "Discovery" critics might immediately chime in, pleading that Kurtzman should have taken on that attitude seven years ago. Sadly, Kurtzman does not elucidate on what the current spate of "Star Trek" shows has been saying; it would have been nice if he gave a thematic rundown on how each individual show is about something specific. "Discovery," for instance, is about emotional turmoil and how workmates cling to each other for warmth. "Picard" is about how one frets over their legacy. "Lower Decks" is about workplace camaraderie and the quarter-life crisis, "Prodigy" is about maturity, and "Strange New Worlds" is about whimsy in the face of terror. 

Kurtzman also doesn't mention what "Section 31" or "Starfleet Academy" might say.

Perhaps, however, Kurtzman wishes any future "Star Trek" shows to break a trend. Perhaps he feels that "Star Trek" hasn't been communicating enough in terms of philosophy, themes, and ideas, choosing instead to fall back on the bland efficiencies of storytelling. If we're to get more "Star Trek," like he said, we should expect more.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 7 'Eirgah' is the best yet of this final season

So, just to clarify, Moll and L'ak are chasing the ultimate power in the universe, to trade it so they can, in essence, elope..?!

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Discovery" season 5, episode 7

Almost immediately, we're treated to the return of Commander Nhan (Rachael Ancheril), who we last saw in the episode " Rubicon " S04, E09, just like we called a couple of weeks ago with episode 3, "Jinaal." And you know, this new episode, entitled "Eirgah," starts off strong and actually holds our attention throughout. In short, with just three more episodes remaining until the end of " Star Trek: Discovery " forever and ever, we actually get a pretty good installment. 

Yes, it seems the writers aren't quite sure what to do with Captain Rayner's character, and that was always a danger. Callum Keith Rennie is an actor of the highest caliber, and a reoccurring B-character was never going to be worthy of his talent. And so we seem to continually walk the very thin line between a basic, two-dimensional character and someone who teases the tiniest hint of Mariana Trench -like depth.

Regardless, we are at least given a little more insight into his background, and, of course, it leaves us wanting so much more — though his character is so disappointingly clichéd at times, you really have to wonder how Raynor actually made it through Starfleet and ended up with his own command in the first place. 

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Another interesting observation is the mention of the USS Mitchell, clearly a nod to the actor Kenneth Mitchell, who popped up a number of times in "Star Trek: Discovery" playing various roles, but who tragically died from complications of ALS back in February . Possibly an indication of when this scene was actually filmed, which seems really rather recent, but it's a small matter. 

Arguably the most important issue to focus on here is that Malinne "Moll" Ravel (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) are in fact chasing the ultimate power in the universe, to trade it ... so they can, in essence, elope? It's less of a romantic gesture and slightly more of a staggeringly irresponsible and breathtakingly selfish thing to do, don't you think? 

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"Oh, darling, let's go and visit Risa, the pleasure planet, for our honeymoon," purred Moll as she gently shifted under the bed sheets, her skin enjoying every moment of contact with the luxury one-billion-thread Vulcan cotton. 

"We could do that," he replied, his arms still wrapped around her. "But don't forget, absolutely everyone in the galaxy is dead, so we'd have to make our own Samarian Sunsets..." he added almost as an afterthought. 

But enough of all of that. There are a number of reasons, many beyond the obvious, as to why this is a pretty good episode. The obvious ones include the fact that this episode didn't rip off any decades-old sci-fi that the millennial scriptwriters have only just discovered, so you know, that's always a plus. It happens, sure. It's like discovering the music of T-Rex for the first time, 20 years later, then trying to form a band, aged 13½, believing beyond any doubt that you have a rock-star future ahead of you, basically by copying their songs. The difference is, you were prepubescent, no one in the band could actually play an instrument — and the writers on "Discovery" are Paid Professionals.

Interestingly, this episode is the first major directorial role that Jon Dudkowski has had, and frankly, it shows a lot of promise. He too, we suspect, has studied the work of the legendary Vince Gilligan, and some of the camera angles and edits reflect this. The problem with all of Nu-Trek is that a ton of different directors are hired to come onboard and churn this stuff out. " Picard " was practically a case study on how not to production line principal photography as quickly as possible. Because every director has their own style and when you have a minimum of say, six different styles, more often than not, it jars, making the show inconsistent and harder to enjoy, ultimately driving a wedge between the viewer and the experience. 

"Discovery" too suffers from the same problem, but if they'd given Dudkowski the whole season to direct, well, we might have had better episodes, and certainly a more consistent experience. Having the same showrunner isn't the same as having the same director, and having a variety of such notably different styles, in this instance, is a bad thing. Each episode should be a labor of love, and, as such, in a show where the season is only 10 episodes long, both the season and the show would really benefit from being seamless. 

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Of course, quite how much actual control Dudkowski had we'll never know. But this installment definitely benefits from good dialogue, good pacing, some creative cinematography and even little touches like how Burnham is never quite given the chance to use a catch phrase, lame or otherwise. And that self-aware-style of writing has been noticed and appreciated.  

The fifth and final season of "Star Trek: Discovery" and every other episode of every "Star Trek" show — with the exception of "Star Trek: Prodigy" — currently streams exclusively on Paramount Plus in the U.S., while "Prodigy" has found a new home  on Netflix.  

Internationally, the shows are available on  Paramount Plus  in Australia, Latin America, the UK and South Korea, as well as on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. They also stream on  Paramount Plus  in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In Canada, they air on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and stream on Crave.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Debuts On Nielsen Streaming Top 10

| May 10, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 36 comments so far

Star Trek: Discovery has arrived for the first time on Nielsen’s top streaming chart. It is the third Paramount+ Star Trek show to make the list.

Top 10 Disco

The Nielsen Top 10 original streaming program chart for the week of April 8- 14 in the USA was just released, which covers the first full week following the 2-episode season 5 debut of Discovery on April 4th (with “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons”). Discovery ranked at number 10 on the original programs Top 10 with 257 million minutes viewed. It’s the only Paramount+ show to make the chart that week, with most of the chart featuring shows from Netflix, with the top spot going to Amazon Prime’s Fallout (starring Star Trek: Prodigy’s Ella Purnell).

Nielsen just started tracking Paramount+ shows in 2023 so we don’t know how season 5 is doing relative to previous seasons. Last year the second season of Strange New Worlds and the third season of Picard both appeared several times on the chart . With the lowest market share of the tracked subscription streaming services, Paramount+ only has had a handful of original shows make their way into the Top 10, including Halo and some of the Taylor Sheridan-produced shows including 1923 , and Special Ops: Lioness , starring Zoe Saldaña (which was just renewed yesterday for a second season).

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Discovery’s not so terrible after all, I see.

Glad to see so many people checking out Discovery. They can make up their own minds from there. It will be interesting to see if Disco gets a few more episodes in that top ten.

I’m actually surprised by this but certainly good news. I’m enjoying the season for the most part but still feels like people have moved on or no real passion for it. It’s very odd but at least it’s being watched and does feel like more are enjoying the season as a whole. It’s become a season of the 24th century greatest hits so it’s more fun for me lol.

DSC will likely find new viewers after it’s complete. Other than Trek, I wait for seasons to be complete before I watch them. I think that it might be the best way to watch a serialized show like DSC.

final season bump….god i hope this doesn’t “embiggen” Kurtz and Co. as a sign that we really like DSC and to have Tilly be the lead in Starfleet Academy.

The irony for me is I thought this would get huge views in the beginning because it was the final season and people were raving about the first episodes. I honestly thought we would have another Picard season 3 situation. But it feels like the total opposite for what is a generally decent season so fa and no one is really talking about it.

And I’m not a Discovery gusher, far from it lol. I think the show has been mostly awful but I don’t pretend my opinion is a consensus either. I am mostly enjoying this season though even with some of the same issues I always had with it.

I mean, they’ve got their scripts and the show starts filming in the next few months. We can’t say with absolute certainty that Tilly is the lead, but how this season of DSC is received won’t change it.

Of these, “Shogun” is still the one I really want to see.

Very encouraging news.

This is an important metric to have confirmed, and it makes sense that the show has had strong ratings considering the rash of new series it helped spawn and the lengths Paramount Global was willing to go to to claw back international rights. It’s just caught up in the reality of streaming – by year four an original streaming show is old news and more likely to be replaced than renewed.

I find Discovery to be remarkably mediocre but I’m still happy to see it succeed and I wouldn’t dream of talking anyone out of enjoying it who is.

Fair play. I had thought that most of the established audience had walked a view supported by how few comments it seems to be getting on sites such as this one. Looks like I was wrong. Well done Discovery and if people are enjoying it and want to see more Trek then great. Imagine the numbers though had it stayed on Netflix…….

These are USA-only figures, and Discovery was never on Netflix there.

Thanks for clarifying.

Real numbers will be reflected in merchandizing. TOS and TNG were successful in this realm. Kevin timeline and Kurtzman Trek, I think it’s nonexistent.

In fairness, that’s not just a Star Trek thing. It seems like shows don’t get merch anymore, unless it’s a smash mega-hit, as with Stranger Things.

One caveat… While they’re on the chart, the metric Nielsen is using for the chart (minutes viewed) shows Discovery performing below the numbers for Strange New Worlds season 2 and Picard season 3. And, technically, they have more episodes to achieve a higher (possible) number than the other 2 shows, if it was in theory drawing in new viewers willing to give the entire series a chance and binge it.

But that’s fine. Engagement is engagement, it has a Paramount+ show, even with its competitive handicap, in the top 10.

It shows how Star Trek has fallen from the cultural zeitgeist though. I mean, everyone is talking about Fallout and the numbers dwarf anything Paramount + can achieve.

In other words, in principle no different from when DS9 and Voyager were not getting talked about as much as The X-Files or The Phantom Menace.

Star Trek is a niche. TOS, TNG and the JJ films crossed over to some mainstream success and every series since TNG has flirted with it on occasion. But Star Trek is not Game of Thrones or Stranger Things or Star Wars. It’s popular in its own lane and Paramount has found ways to make lots of money from it, which keeps it going strong for us. This has always been the case, so there’s no point in trying to spin this into more naysaying. It achieves nothing we haven’t already known (and not cared about) for decades.

DS9 and VOY did fine in the TV ratings.

My point is, none of the new Star Trek shows can be breakout hits locked behind Paramount +

Now, if Disney or Amazon or Netflix had the rights, it’d be a bigger success than it has already shown itself to be.

Voyager is surprisingly popular on Netflix still.

DS9 barely clawed its way back to #1 syndicated drama in 1999 after a couple years of playing second fiddle to Xena and Hercules in a rapidly shrinking and less relevant first run syndicated market. It was under-publicized and no publications outside of sci-fi mags and TV Guide gave it the time of day after the 30th anniversary.

Voyager was on the struggling #5 network, usually 5th in its timeslot, even falling below WWF Smackdown! as the top rated show on UPN. If it weren’t for 7 of 9 it too would have been totally ignored, and even then you could hardly accuse it of commanding a huge chunk of the zeitgeist outside of hardcore Trek fandom.

And that was enough for us, and we still got TNG movies and Enterprise greenlit at that level of niche success. Trek viewer demos were desirable, and erosion was evident but not as bad due to loyalty. The Trek shows were the bigger fish in rather small ponds. I’m under zero illusion that they’d have lasted as long as they did if broadcast on a big four network with higher performance benchmarks.

I see very little difference between that situation and where things stand today, except that now viewership is highly fragmented with so many streaming services and people being able to easily choose when and how they watch thousands of shows and movies. Star Trek shows are consistently breaking through that and on a smaller streaming outlet where they have more value to their owner. If you want to point to what Trek would look like if it breaks out even bigger and is scrutinized and popularized, just look to the JJ films and the debate that still rages about how faithful they are to what makes for good Star Trek.

Netflix’s model is to binge-consume and move on, and shows get buried there and the conversation tends to die down fast. They also don’t usually last more than 4 seasons, so again, being a bigger fish in a smaller pond is better for Trek. There’s no guarantee a Netflix deal would mean season 6 of Disco and Lower Decks (based on their history, season 5 would have been highly unlikely) or Star Trek: Legacy being greenlit. We’ve had two 5 season runs of new shows, 6 series and a tv-movie greenlit, reliable press coverage from Internet outlets including magazines that wouldn’t have given DS9 this much attention 30 years ago. I don’t know what definition of “breakout hit” will satisfy you, but I really don’t think it’s necessary to achieve.

Star Trek is in the top ten series in a streaming space of infinite content. To the degree that anything is in the cultural zeitgeist, Star Trek is still in the conversation.

To be fair, it’s lucky to sneak in. Star Trek Picard squeaked into the top ten with 400 million minutes vs DISCO at 257 million minutes.

So, not exactly a smash hit performance.

Considering the sheer volume of streaming content produced, this a big deal.

I don’t know if any pre-streaming Trek TV series were ever in Neilsen’s top ten.

And the whole “but Marvel/Star Wars/Harry Potter/whatever else is more popular than Trek” has always been the case, and I suspect it always will be.

Even in the Berman days, Trek did well – but it was never insanely popular with general audiences. I don’t think it needs to be.

TNG and DS9 were often top 10 shows in the syndicated charts. It would take a bit of a deep dive to see how that would correlate against the ratings for the network shows, it’s not exactly apples to apples.

But just based on number of viewers, “All Good Things…,” TNG’s highest rated episode by a long shot, would have ranked #2 the week it aired, behind Roseanne. “Emissary,” the highest rated episode of Star Trek (and I believe any drama) in syndication history would have been #5 the week it aired. These are major outliers.

“Caretaker” was Voyager’s highest rated episode – it managed to rank 22nd in the charts that week. “Parallax” was 45th.

Star Trek rules a comfortable niche. One that can be harnessed for some well-viewed premieres and finales and stunts now and again, and #1 box office debuts, but it’s not popular on the same level as many other über franchises – the public has affection for it, but it’s never going to be Marvel. And that’s as okay now as it’s always been. It’s always going to be better to be king of a smaller castle than vying for attention at a bigger one.

I don’t have anything to add, but I want to echo y’all’s sentiments 100%.

Let’s be honest here: You’re cherry-picking Picard’s best result. During a different week, PIC made it into the Nielsen Top 10 with 276 million minutes viewed, which isn’t so far off what DSC made.

Very interesting and surprising to me since Discovery is not MUST SEE TV for me – but it perhaps shows that the show has developed its own audience outside of the legacy fans who read this website and who are older and long-time fans of the franchise.

Maybe it doesn’t have quite the numbers of Picard or SNW which are popular with the grey beards like me, but that is not the audience the show is targeting.

I for one hope the franchise continues for another 60 years and long after my departure from this planet. The only way that happens is for the show to reach out to a younger more diverse audience and that is exactly what Discovery did, especially in the last 3 seasons. Kudos to Kurtzman and the cast and crew of Discovery.

So…? When’s the campaign starting?

What campaign are you talking about?

Save Enterprise.

This is the first season of Discovery, and I have looked forward to each episode. I’ve watched all of the season, as I will watch anything Trek (even the awful “Lower Decks” show), but I never rushed to watch an episode when it dropped. Season 2 for a few episodes – but the AI storyline was brutal, followed by “The Burn” story in season three, which was almost unwatchable.

I’m glad the show has found its footing, but it’s too bad it took seven years (and five-mini season) for it to happen.

I must admit to being a bit shocked by this. I think there is a genuine desire out there for Trek content.

Sadly, I’m feeling the exact opposite. I feel the franchise has been mishandled to the point where barely anyone, collectively, cares anymore. I feel like Trek is neither in demand or relevant these days. It used to be special in the cultural zeitgeist, and it’s just not anymore. And again, I say that with a distinct feeling of sadness. My opinion, of course. Old Trek, still popular. New Trek, overall lack of depth and quality. There are exceptions, but just not what it used to be.

For me, this has been the weakest season of Discovery so far. It feels like a complete mess. I’ve never loved the series but until this point it at leas felt it improved with every season.

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Today, we have a video preview, a clip, and a few new photos from the episode — featuring David Ajala as Book, Blu del Barrio as Adira, Tig Notaro as Jett Reno and Mary Wiseman as Tilly.

You can check out the new photos below. Please be aware of some minor spoilers.

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With Moll and L’ak finally in custody, the Federation is pulled into a diplomatic and ethical firestorm when the Breen arrive and demand they be handed over. Meanwhile, a frustrated Book looks for ways to help as Tilly, Adira, and Reno work to decipher the latest clue.

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