Summary
- Star Trek: Prodigy, the beloved animated series, will find a perfect new home on Netflix, with its larger global reach and ability to introduce the show to countless new fans.
- With its stunning animation and entertaining storylines, Prodigy has the potential to become a big hit on Netflix for Trek fans of all ages.
- The move to Netflix brings a change in release strategy, allowing fans to potentially binge-watch all 20 new episodes of Prodigy season 2 when they drop, which will likely work well for the show's combination of episodic and serialized storytelling.
Star Trek: Prodigy is coming to Netflix, which will be the perfect new home for the beloved animated series. Prodigy follows the adventures of a group of misfit teenage aliens after they find the abandoned USS Protostar, and set out to explore the galaxy. The first season of Prodigy aired on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon and consisted of 20 episodes. Although the second season had previously been announced, Star Trek: Prodigy was canceled and removed from the library of Paramount+ in June 2023.
With a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Star Trek: Prodigy received solid reviews from critics and fans alike. Despite being geared toward a younger audience, Prodigy contains numerous references and shout-outs to previous Star Trek shows, making it entertaining for Trek fans of all ages. Prodigy also acts as a pseudo-sequel to Star Trek: Voyager and features the return of Kate Mulgrew as both Hologram Janeway and Admiral Kathryn Janeway and Robert Beltran as Captain Chakotay. Stunningly animated with incredibly fun characters and storylines, Prodigy is simply good Star Trek, and has the potential tp become a big hit on Netflix.
