Star Trek: Prodigy is an animated adventure series aimed at younger viewers created by Kevin & Dan Hageman. The series features the voices of Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Jimmi Simpson, John Noble and Kate Mulgrew.
The story takes place in 2383, five years after the end of the events of the Star Trek: Voyager series. A motley crew of young aliens come across the USS Protostar, an abandoned Starfleet ship in the Tars Lamora prisoner colony. The group takes control of the ship and must learn to work together to get from the Delta Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant. They are aided by the ship's Holographic Emergency Training Advisor, who is based on the spitting image of Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Mulgrew), the former captain of the USS Voyager.
Star Trek: Prodigy was serialized in April 2020 and the program launched on Paramount+ in October 2021. The second season renewal was announced the following month. The twenty-episode first season concluded in December 2022. Episodes were released weeks after their streaming debut on the cable channel Nickelodeon.
Paramount+ has now canceled the Star Trek: Prodigy series and will soon remove the first season from the service. However, the second season will be completed and CBS Studios will shop the series for a new buyer. The decision to scrap the series is part of the company's plan to write off underperforming series for tax purposes. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery have taken similar actions in recent months.
The streamer has also canceled The Game reboot, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, and Queen of the Universe, and those series will soon be removed as well. A statement from Paramount+ said: "We would like to thank our immensely talented cast and crew and our producing partners for their passionate work and dedication to these programs, and wish them all the best for their future endeavors."