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Star Trek Show Paramount Plus Canceled Is The Best Entry Point To Franchise, Says Producers-TGN

Summary

  • Star Trek: Prodigy is considered by producers Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth to be the best entry point into the Star Trek franchise for new fans.

  • The show was initially intended for children, but it has proven to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, including adults.

  • The cancellation of Star Trek: Prodigy has sparked controversy and fan outcry, with efforts to find the show a new streaming home gaining significant support.

Star Trek producers Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth declared Star Trek: Prodigy, which Paramount+ canceled, as the best entry point into the Star Trek franchise. Rod, the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and Roth run Roddenberry Entertainment, and they also serve as producers on the Star Trek series on Paramount+. The streamer ignited controversy and fan ire by canceling Star Trek: Prodigy in June and purging all 20 season 1 episodes from Paramount+ just 3 days later. Star Trek: Prodigy is still completing its 20-episode season 2 order and is being shopped around to find a new streaming home.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant at San Diego Comic-Con, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth were asked which Star Trek show is the best jumping-on point for new fans, and both producers named Star Trek: Prodigy. Check out their quote below:

Rod Roddenberry: Prodigy is a great introduction series. It was initially, and stop me anytime, it was initially put out there for kids. And that was the idea, to get the between three and nine range, it is not. It is from three to 93. And I’m not just being nice. I truly enjoy it as an adult. I started watching it with my son, I now watch it on my own. I love it.

It is sort of an intro into what Star Trek is because you’ve got all these characters from different parts of the universe, and I’m not going to get into the story, but they’re on the ship now, and they ask the question, “What is Starfleet? What does this mean? Oh, what has my life been? Oh, now I have purpose.” And they just learn about what Star Fleet is and through that, the audience learns what Star Trek is or Starfleet is. Again, Star Trek, and I think it is the perfect introduction. And for me, it is almost one of the perfect Star Treks out there.

Trevor Roth: I’m a bit of a purist in a way, and I guess people would define that word differently, but I just love it because it’s all the good that Star Trek is.

Star Trek: Prodigy’s Future Is Still Waiting To Be Decided

Along with Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, Star Trek: Prodigy obviously has fans within Paramount Global such as Vice President of Star Trek Brand Development John Van Citters. According to TrekMovie, Van Citters told the audience at Comic-Con’s Star Trek: The Animated Series 50th anniversary celebration panel that Paramount+’s cancelation “isn’t the end of the story for Prodigy. Season 2 is still in production. The creative team is working hard to finish what is a great storyline and we’re working to find Prodigy a new home.” Yet the enthusiasm and self-professed love for Star Trek: Prodigy by execs only makes the animated series’ abrupt cancelation more confounding.

Fans have rallied behind Star Trek: Prodigy’s executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman and their creative team’s efforts to find the show a new streaming home. The Change.org #SaveStarTrekProdigy fan petition is nearing 32,000 signatures – more than the similar, successful petition that helped lead to the creation of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds received. Star Trek: Prodigy is one of the most in-demand TV series in the United States in spite of its cancelation, according to Parrot Analytics. And Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth agree that Star Trek: Prodigy is the best gateway into the expansive and rewarding Star Trek universe. All Star Trek: Prodigy needs is a new streaming service to call home.