Star Trek: Prodigy
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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.
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Based on | Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry |
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Theme music composer | Michael Giacchino |
Composer | Nami Melumad |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Producer | MacGregor Middleton |
Running time | 23–24 minutes |
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Network | Paramount+ |
Release | October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28) – December 29, 2022 (2022-12-29) |
Network | Netflix |
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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, and Kate Mulgrew also providing voices for the series, the latter reprising her role as Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager. 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. The series was canceled and removed from Paramount+ in June 2023 before the second season could be released on that service or on Nickelodeon. Netflix picked up the series that October and released the first season in December 2023. The second season was released in France on france.tv in March 2024. It is expected to be released in the U.S. and other territories on Netflix later in 2024.