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Trek Central reporting that Star Trek Prodigy has been cancelled and will be removed from Paramount+ in coming days. (twitter.com)
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[–] 41 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Confirmed by Deadline, with some added details:

The new season will complete post-production, and the studio will be looking for a new home for Star Trek: Prodigy as season one comes off the service shortly.

The company said that “continues to be invested in growing the Star Trek franchise” with series including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, movie event Star Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which returned for its second season June 15 and has been renewed for a third season, animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, which will return for its fourth season later this year and has also been renewed for a fifth season, the upcoming final season of Star Trek: Discovery as well as Star Trek: Picard.

Update from series writer Aaron J. Waltke:

Obviously, there is not much I can say. Everyone on the cast and crew loves #StarTrekProdigy deeply.

I have noticed some misleading headlines, so all I can do is point to this particular part of the press release.

We are completing season two on schedule and seeking a new home!

Variety's report contains this:

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, although the show had aired on Nickelodeon in addition to Paramount+, it will not be returning to Nickelodeon either. Those on the show will complete post-production on Season 2 and then CBS Studios will be free to shop it to other outlets.

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  • [–] 65 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    For goodness sake. Paramount+ just gained "The spot for all Star Trek films and series" earlier this month. Now, they have to put an asterisk on that statement, "*except Prodigy."

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    @Nmyownworld @ValueSubtracted What I struggle to understand is how they don't immediately see how this will only undermine subscriber confidence

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's the hot new trend - Warner and Disney have each done the same thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, kind of, Disney hasn't burnt any Marvel if Stat Wars shows.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    They've pulled a lot of other stuff, including Marvel's Runaways, which you may or may not count as a "Marvel show".

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Point taken, but I don't feel like a long dead show that was dropped from canon almost as soon as it aired is the equivalent of a currently in production canon Trek show.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    So depressing.

    Especially when Paramount+ has very little in the animated originals category.

    More, Paramount has been trying to cover all of the demographics with their consolidated streamer. Compared to most of the others, excepting Disney, they have a decent amount of kids’ content and viewership. So, how shortsighted do they have to be to cut off their one major franchise offering for that demographic?

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