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Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy
Genre
Created by
Based onStar Trek
by Gene Roddenberry
Showrunners
  • Kevin Hageman
  • Dan Hageman
Voices of
Theme music composerMichael Giacchino
ComposerNami Melumad
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • MacGregor Middleton
  • Robyn Johnson
Running time23–24 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkParamount+
ReleaseOctober 28, 2021 (2021-10-28) –
December 29, 2022 (2022-12-29)
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
Related
Star Trek TV series

Star Trek: Prodigy is an American animated science fiction television series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman. It is the tenth Star Trek series and debuted in 2021 as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. Prodigy is the first Star Trek series to specifically target a younger audience,[1][2] and the franchise's first solely 3D animated series. It follows a group of young aliens in the 24th century who find the abandoned starship Protostar and learn about Starfleet.

Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, and Dee Bradley Baker voice the young crew of the Protostar, with Jimmi Simpson, John Noble, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Robert Picardo, Jameela Jamil, and Wil Wheaton also providing voices for the series. Kurtzman first mentioned a youth-focused animated series in January 2019 and it was confirmed a month later. The Hageman brothers were set as creators and showrunners, and Nickelodeon ordered two seasons of Prodigy that April, to be released on the cable channel after streaming on Paramount+ first. Ben Hibon was announced as director and creative lead in August 2020. The series was produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio in association with Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment, and Brothers Hageman Productions.

Star Trek: Prodigy premiered on Paramount+ on October 28, 2021, and began airing on Nickelodeon on December 17. The first season of 20 episodes ended in December 2022. It received positive reviews from critics and won a Children's and Family Emmy Award. Work had already commenced on a second season when the series was canceled and removed from Paramount+ in June 2023. Netflix picked up the series that October and released the first season on its streaming service in December 2023. The second season was released in France on france.tv in March 2024, and was released on Netflix in July.

Premise

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In 2383, five years after the USS Voyager returned to Earth at the end of Star Trek: Voyager, a motley crew of young aliens find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar, in the Tars Lamora prison colony. Taking control of the ship, they must learn to work together as they make their way from the Delta Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant.[3][4] In the second season, they join Admiral Kathryn Janeway as warrant officers aboard the USS Voyager-A on a mission to find the original crew of the Protostar.[5][6]

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of Star Trek: Prodigy characters

Episodes

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Seasons of Star Trek: Prodigy
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
12010October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)February 3, 2022 (2022-02-03)Paramount+
10October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27)December 29, 2022 (2022-12-29)
220July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)Netflix[a]

Season 1 (2021–22)

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Main article: Star Trek: Prodigy season 1
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
Part 1
11"Lost and Found"Ben HibonKevin & Dan HagemanOctober 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)
22
33"Starstruck"Alan WanChad QuandtNovember 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)
44"Dream Catcher"Steve Ahn & Sung ShinLisa Schultz BoydNovember 11, 2021 (2021-11-11)
55"Terror Firma"Alan Wan & Olga UlanovaJulie & Shawna BensonNovember 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
66"Kobayashi"Alan WanAaron J. WaltkeJanuary 6, 2022 (2022-01-06)
77"First Con-tact"Steve Ahn & Sung ShinDiandra Pendleton-ThompsonJanuary 13, 2022 (2022-01-13)
88"Time Amok"Olga Ulanova & Sung ShinNikhil S. JayaramJanuary 20, 2022 (2022-01-20)
99"A Moral Star"Ben HibonKevin & Dan Hageman, Julie & Shawna Benson, Lisa Schultz Boyd, Nikhil S. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt & Aaron J. WaltkeJanuary 27, 2022 (2022-01-27)
1010February 3, 2022 (2022-02-03)
Part 2
1111"Asylum"Steve Ahn & Sung ShinKevin & Dan HagemanOctober 27, 2022 (2022-10-27)
1212"Let Sleeping Borg Lie"Olga Ulanova & Sung ShinDiandra Pendleton-ThompsonNovember 3, 2022 (2022-11-03)
1313"All the World's a Stage"Andrew L. SchmidtAaron J. WaltkeNovember 10, 2022 (2022-11-10)
1414"Crossroads"Steve Ahn & Sung ShinLisa Schultz BoydNovember 17, 2022 (2022-11-17)
1515"Masquerade"Sung ShinNikhil S. JayaramNovember 24, 2022 (2022-11-24)
1616"Preludes"Steve Ahn & Sung ShinJulie & Shawna Benson, Kevin & Dan Hageman, Nikhil S. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt, Lisa Schultz Boyd & Aaron J. WaltkeDecember 1, 2022 (2022-12-01)
1717"Ghost in the Machine"Andrew L. SchmidtChad QuandtDecember 8, 2022 (2022-12-08)
1818"Mindwalk"Sung ShinJulie & Shawna BensonDecember 15, 2022 (2022-12-15)
1919"Supernova"Andrew L. SchmidtErin McNamaraDecember 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
2020Ben HibonKevin & Dan HagemanDecember 29, 2022 (2022-12-29)

Season 2 (2024)

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Main article: Star Trek: Prodigy season 2
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal U.S. release date [a]
Part 1 [17][18]
211"Into the Breach"Ben HibonKevin & Dan HagemanJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
222Andrew L. Schmidt & Patrick KrebsAaron J. Waltke
233"Who Saves the Saviors"Sung ShinErin McNamaraJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
244"Temporal Mechanics 101"Ben HibonKeith Sweet IIJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
255"Observer's Paradox"Ruolin Li & Andrew L. SchmidtJennifer MuroJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
266"Imposter Syndrome"Sung ShinJennifer MuroJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
277"The Fast and the Curious"Sung Shin & Sean BishopErin McNamaraJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
288"Is There in Beauty No Truth?"Ruolin Li & Andrew L. SchmidtKeith Sweet IIJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
299"The Devourer of All Things"Sung ShinJennifer MuroJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3010Sean BishopAaron J. Waltke
Part 2 [17][18]
3111"Last Flight of the Protostar"Ruolin Li & Andrew L. SchmidtDiandra Pendleton-ThompsonJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3212Sung ShinAlex Hanson & Aaron J. Waltke
3313"A Tribble Called Quest"Sean BishopKeith Sweet IIJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3414"Cracked Mirror"Ruolin LiErin McNamaraJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3515"Ascension"Sung ShinErin McNamara, Jennifer Muro, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Keith Sweet II & Aaron J. WaltkeJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3616Sean BishopAlex Hanson
3717"Brink"Ruolin LiDiandra Pendleton-ThompsonJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3818"Touch of Grey"Sung ShinJennifer MuroJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
3919"Ouroboros"Sean BishopKevin & Dan Hageman & Aaron J. WaltkeJuly 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)
4020Ruolin Li

Production

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See also: Production of season 1 and season 2

Development

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In June 2018, after becoming sole showrunner of the series Star Trek: Discovery, Alex Kurtzman signed a five-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios to expand the Star Trek franchise beyond Discovery to several new series, miniseries, and animated series.[19] After the announcement of adult animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks, Kurtzman said in January 2019 that there would be at least one more animated series released as part of his expansion. This would be a "kids-focused" series that could potentially be released on a different network from the more adult-focused streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded Paramount+) where the other Star Trek series under Kurtzman were being released. Kurtzman said other animated series would be different from Lower Decks in both tone and visual style. The latter could potentially be achieved through different technology.[20]

Creators and showrunners Dan and Kevin Hageman

Kevin and Dan Hageman joined the series as writers by mid-February 2019, when Nickelodeon was in talks to air the show since its viewers match the series' younger target audience. The project was expected to be a "major tentpole series" for the network under its new president Brian Robbins.[21] A month later, Kurtzman confirmed the project and said negotiations with Nickelodeon were almost complete. He expected the series to be ready for release in 2021 or 2022.[22] Nickelodeon officially ordered the series in late April 2019 and the Hageman brothers were confirmed to be writing and executive producing the series alongside Kurtzman, Secret Hideout's Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry (the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) and Trevor Roth of Roddenberry Entertainment, and CBS Television's animation executive Katie Krentz.[23] Kadin revealed in October 2019 that Nickelodeon had ordered two seasons of the series due to the animation work that was required. She also explained that the Hagemans were hired due to their work on previous children's series that did not play down to the audience and were still watchable for older viewers. She felt older Star Trek fans would be able to watch the series with their children to introduce them to the franchise.[24]

In an article on the Star Trek franchise in January 2020, The Wall Street Journal listed the series as Star Trek: Prodigy.[25] This title was officially confirmed in July, along with a 2021 release date. Ramsey Naito was overseeing the series for Nickelodeon as EVP of Animation Production and Development.[26] Ben Hibon was announced as director, co-executive producer, and creative lead for the series in August 2020. Naito described Hibon as "an incredible storyteller and a world builder with a distinct vision" for the series.[27] In February 2021, ViacomCBS announced that Prodigy would debut on the streaming service Paramount+ along with the rest of the Star Trek Universe.[28] Paramount+'s EVP of development and programming, Julie McNamara, said they would have the "best of both worlds" with this move by introducing the series to fans of the other Star Trek series on the service before bringing it to new audiences on Nickelodeon. She added that viewership data from CBS All Access showed that fans of Star Trek also watched the animated series The Legend of Korra on the service, and this was another factor in deciding to add Prodigy to Paramount+.[29] At that time, the first season was revealed to have 20 episodes.[30]

A 20-episode second season was officially confirmed by Paramount+ in November 2021.[31][17] First-season writer Aaron Waltke was promoted to co-head writer and co-executive producer of the second season.[32] A year later, Waltke said he had discussed continuing the series beyond the first two seasons with the Hagemans and they hoped it could run for seven seasons before expanding to films;[33] Kevin Hageman elaborated that he thought the Star Trek franchise could use an "epic animated film series that have a new adventure every couple of years that the whole family can go see".[34] In June 2023, Paramount+ canceled several original series and removed them from the streaming service in exchange for a "content impairment charge". This included Star Trek: Prodigy, and came as part of wider cost-cutting changes being made by many streaming services.[35] The series was also not expected to return to Nickelodeon.[36] The crew continued work on the second season while CBS searched for a different streaming service or network to release it.[35][37] In October, the series was picked up by Netflix.[38]

Writing

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"We never really view it as a kid show. We view it as a show for people who don't know Star Trek, which could be young or old... We wanted to keep the stakes real for an older audience. We never want to dumb things down for kids. Kids are really smart. They may have a learning curve in the show, but they'll get there."

Co-showrunner Dan Hageman on making Star Trek for younger audiences[39]

The Hageman brothers announced the series' writers room in July 2019, which included Julie and Shawna Benson, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt, Aaron Waltke, Lisa Shultz Boyd, Nikhil Jayaram, Erin McNamara, and Keith Sweet.[40] Star Trek author David Mack served as a consultant and adviser on the series.[41] Astrophysicist Erin Macdonald also served as a consultant on the series after being hired as a general science advisor for the Star Trek franchise. She worked in the writers room,[42] and unlike the other Star Trek series—for which she focused on scientific accuracy—her role on Prodigy was focused on STEM education for the series' younger target audience.[43]

The series features a group of young aliens from the distant Delta Quadrant who learn about Starfleet and its ideals, which introduces Star Trek concepts to new, young audiences. Kevin Hageman felt young viewers may not be able to identify with the "fully formed officers" who star in most Star Trek series, so Prodigy starring younger characters also helped with the target audience being engaged.[44] Waltke explained that the first two seasons were written to tell one continuous story across four 10-episode "mini-arcs".[17] He said the series would change in tone each season as the characters grow up because the writers saw the series as a story about young people joining Starfleet and moving up the ranks. Waltke also said the series would not ignore the events of other Star Trek projects set during the 2380s,[18] including the concurrent series Lower Decks and Star Trek: Picard. The writers worked with the showrunners of the other series to ensure continuity.[45]

Casting

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During New York Comic Con in October 2020, Kate Mulgrew was announced to be reprising her role of Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager. Further casting for the series was expected to be revealed in the following months.[14] Kurtzman said bringing Mulgrew back was part of the Hagemans' initial pitch, and he felt their reasoning was compelling enough to meet his requirements that "legacy characters" like Janeway only be revisited for a specific reason. The production had approached Mulgrew about starring in the series a year before the official announcement, and Kurtzman was surprised that her involvement had not leaked during that time.[46] Mulgrew was initially reluctant to join the series, but after several months of negotiations she was convinced to reprise her role by the idea of introducing Star Trek to a new generation of fans.[47] The series' version of Janeway is a hologram aboard the USS Protostar that is based on the original character's likeness,[3] though the actual Janeway also appears.[15] The hologram Janeway helps train the series' bridge crew of six young misfits,[3][29] who are all aliens rather than humans in a first for the Star Trek franchise.[48] The main voice cast was announced in June 2021, including Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Brett Gray as Dal, Angus Imrie as Zero, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Ella Purnell as Gwyn, and Dee Bradley Baker as Murf.[7] At the end of August, John Noble was announced as voicing Gwyn's father, the Diviner, with Jimmi Simpson cast as the Diviner's robotic enforcer Drednok.[11]

Animation

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When the series was announced, Kurtzman expected it would take around a year for each season's animation work to be completed.[22] During their initial discussions when Hibon first joined the project, the Hagemans said that they wanted to create an "epic" scope without losing the characters and emotion. Using computer-generated animation was the logical choice for Hibon, as he felt it would give the production all the tools they needed to create a cinematic series that was on-par with the live-action entries in the franchise.[44] Using CG animation also differentiated Prodigy from the previous Star Trek animated series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and Lower Decks.[49][50] The series' design style was first developed through 2D drawings before being animated with 3D CG animation,[44] and Kurtzman compared it to the animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots in terms of "beauty and lighting and cinema".[50] Kadin further compared the style to the Hagemans' previous work on the animated series Ninjago and Trollhunters,[24] while Kurtzman said the series' animation was feature film-quality and would hold up if projected in cinemas.[29] In August 2020, Kurtzman said work on the series' animation was "barreling ahead, full steam ahead" in contrast to the live-action Star Trek series that had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[51]

The series' designers tried to make the initial designs feel more grounded than previous Star Trek series. Their intention was to integrate more of the "classic language" of Star Trek designs into Prodigy as the main characters move closer to the Federation and Starfleet.[44] The Protostar, the central ship of the series, has a similar design to the USS Voyager. The series' opening title sequence follows the Protostar through various spatial anomalies, planets, and debris fields that form into images of the main cast.[52]

Music

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External videos
video icon Star Trek: Prodigy opening credits presents the series' title sequence with main theme composed by Michael Giacchino, Twitter video from the "Star Trek on Paramount+" channel

In August 2020, Kurtzman said Nami Melumad had been hired to compose the music for a new Star Trek series after impressing with her work on the Star Trek: Short Treks short "Q&A". He did not reveal which series she had been hired for, but it was believed that this could be Prodigy based on Melumad's Twitter activity.[53] She was confirmed to be composing for the series in October.[54] The main theme was composed by Michael Giacchino, who supervised Melumad's Short Treks work and also composed the music for the Kelvin Timeline Star Trek films.[52][55] Melumad was comfortable working with Giacchino's theme after their previous work together, and because her style was influenced by his.[56]

Melumad was the first woman to compose the music for a Star Trek series, which she said was "a huge honor, and [a] great responsibility".[57] When she first joined the project, the showrunners sent her a Spotify playlist with music that they listened to while developing the series, which included Giacchino's score for the film John Carter (2012).[56] Giacchino's advice to Melumad was to not overuse the series' main theme or the original Star Trek theme by Alexander Courage, so they would feel earned when they do get used.[57] She settled on using the main theme only in the most triumphant moments for the main characters.[56] Melumad composed several other themes, including for each of the main characters. To represent Jankom, Melumad used the trombone and "a little bit of a clumsy" melody. Zero's theme uses a piccolo, while Gwyn's features a "keyboard-y kind of bell tone sound". Melumad did not reprise Jerry Goldsmith's main theme from Star Trek: Voyager to represent Hologram Janeway, since the character represents Starfleet in general within the series and because she felt the young target audience would not recognize the theme anyway. She did say that the music becomes "more Star Trek-y" as the series goes on.[57]

Marketing

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The title and logo were revealed at the virtual Star Trek Universe panel during the July 2020 Comic-Con@Home convention,[26] while Mulgrew's casting was announced at another virtual Star Trek Universe panel for New York Comic Con in October 2020.[14] A first look at the main characters was released during the February 2021 ViacomCBS Investor Day,[48] and a first look at Hologram Janeway was revealed during the "First Contact Day" virtual event on April 5, 2021, celebrating the fictional holiday marking first contact between humans and aliens in the Star Trek universe.[3] At the Television Critics Association press tour in August 2021, the opening title sequence was revealed along with Giacchino's main theme.[52] After being the dominant producer of Star Trek collectible figures in the 1990s, Playmates Toys returned to the franchise in 2022 with new figures based on Prodigy.[58][59] To promote the series' Nickelodeon debut, the family-friendly, space-themed interactive experience at CAMP Experience in Brooklyn, New York, was redressed to be Prodigy-themed from July 22 to August 29, 2022.[60][61]

Release

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Home media releases for Star Trek: Prodigy
Season Home media release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1A January 3, 2023[62] September 25, 2023[63] TBA
1B September 26, 2023[64] TBA
2 November 12, 2024[65] TBA TBA

Star Trek: Prodigy premiered on October 28, 2021, on the streaming service Paramount+,[66] and it premiered on the cable channel Nickelodeon on December 17.[67] CTV Sci-Fi Channel broadcast the first season in Canada,[68] and it was released in other countries as Paramount+ was made available to them.[69] The first season was removed from Paramount+ when the series was canceled in June 2023.[35][37] That October, Netflix picked up the series for streaming in the U.S. and most international territories. Excluded were Canada, where the series would remain on CTV.ca and the CTV App, and European countries where SkyShowtime (a combination of Paramount+ and Peacock) was available. The first season was released on Netflix in December 2023 ahead of the second season in 2024.[38][70] The second season was made available in France on france.tv on March 22, 2024,[71] and was released on Netflix on July 1, 2024.[72]

Reception

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Critical response

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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating for the first season, with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on 18 reviews.[73] Metacritic gave it a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[74]

The second season reported a 100% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating, based on 6 reviews.[75]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Series Star Trek: Prodigy Nominated [76]
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation - Production Design Alessandro Taini Won [77]
2023 TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming Star Trek: Prodigy Nominated [78]
Tell-Tale TV Awards Favorite Animated Series Star Trek: Prodigy Won [79]
Children's and Family Emmy Awards Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program Star Trek: Prodigy Nominated [80]

Tie-in media

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Publishing

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Two tie-in novels were published on January 17, 2023: Star Trek: Prodigy – Supernova, written by longtime Star Trek author Robb Pearlman, is a "middle-grade" story based on the video game of the same name; and Cassandra Rose Clarke's Star Trek: Prodigy – A Dangerous Trade follows the series' young crew as they attempt to trade a Starfleet battery for new parts with a group of rogue traders who plan to steal the Protostar.[81] A third novel, Star Trek: Prodigy – Escape Route, was published on August 1, 2023. Also written by Clarke, Escape Route sees the crew of the Protostar take a detour to an uncharted moon that Murf wants to explore.[82]

Video game

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Outright Games, a video game publisher that focuses on family-friendly properties, announced a new video game inspired by the series in April 2022.[83] Titled Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, the game was developed by Tessera Studios for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Stadia. It was the first Star Trek video game aimed at younger players. The story, written by Prodigy staff writer Lisa Boyd, follows Dal and Gwyn as they attempt to save their friends, the Protostar, and an alien planetary system from a supernova.[83][84] The game features the series' main cast reprising their roles, including Mulgrew, and was released on October 14, 2022.[84] Nintendo World Report said that "[w]hile combat can get a little repetitive, the puzzles are genuinely inventive."[85] Nintendo Life liked the game's puzzle design but called the combat "perfunctory".[86]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The full second season was first released in France on france.tv on March 22, 2024.[16]

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