Star Trek fans fume as Voyager sequel show is brutally cancelled
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Star Trek fans have been left stunned by the shock news that animated series Prodigy has been ruthlessly cancelled by Paramount.
The TV series acts as something of a sequel to popular ‘90s show Star Trek Voyager and sees legacy character Kathryn Janeway help a band of young aliens escape persecution while exploring the galaxy.
The show focuses on an array of younger characters who stumble upon a Federation Starship that had been captained and seemingly abandoned by fellow legacy character Chakotay and the youths use it to escape a prison planet before exploring the stars.
A second season had been expected to air this year, but it is now unclear if the show will air at all after Paramount axed the series.
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Deadline reported the news that the show had been cancelled by Paramount and will be removed from their streaming service alongside a raft of other shows including Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Queen of the Universe and The Game.
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However, it seems there is a chance the second season will air on a different streaming service or channel.
They reported: “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.”
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The news has not gone down well with Star Trek fans, however, who quickly got the show trending on Twitter with the hashtag #SaveStarTrekProdigy.
One fan of the show wrote online: “This sucks. With the possible exception of Strange New Worlds, Prodigy is the best ‘New Trek’ series.”
Another wrote: “Ridiculous. The writing character and the plotting and pacing of this show put many live action shows in the shade. I finished season 1 yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it.”
One tweeted: “This is such a disappointment. #startrekprodigy was such a great show to get kids excited about this wonderful franchise. I don't understand it was such a good show!”
And another warned: “This is so disappointing. I literally only subscribe to Paramount+ to watch new Star Trek. If they start pulling and canceling everything, it's a bye from me…”
Show screenwriter, Aaron J Waltke tried to reassure fans that there was hope of the series continuing as he highlighted reports that stated the second season is being completed and a new broadcaster is being sought.
He tweeted: “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!”
Fans of Star Trek Voyager were particularly invested in Prodigy as a sub-plot revealed the ship the young aliens discovered, the USS Protostar, had been captained by former Voyager commander Chakotay.
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Admiral Janeway, voiced by Kate Mulgrew, was pursuing the USS Protostar after Starfleet registered the ship, her captain, and her crew as missing.
The storyline teased a romantic relationship between Janeway and Chakotay that had been hinted throughout Star Trek Voyager and the animated series appeared to line up a bigger adventure of Janeway taking the young aliens under her wing while trying to track down her former commander - who had been lost through space and time via a temporal anomaly - in future seasons.
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