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Star Trek: Prodigy received’t proceed past the 40 launched episodes, no less than at Netflix. The streamer has handed on a brand new season, and its license for each seasons, which it now carries primarily completely, is ending.
As a fast refresher, Netflix picked up Star Trek: Prodigy in a shock transfer over Christmas in 2023. It picked up season 1, which had only recently departed Paramount+, and announced it would carry the unreleased second season come mid-2024. Most areas of Netflix picked up the present, though it was not utterly world. Main areas like Australia, the US, and the UK picked it up whereas areas like Canada didn’t. That is right down to licensing restrictions, comparable to in France, the place the sequence rights belong to France TV.
That includes the voices of Brett Grey, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, and Rylee Alazraqui, the animated sequence continues to obtain rave opinions. The story follows a ragtag crew of younger adventurers who unite to evade a ruthless overlord upon discovering an deserted Starfleet ship.
Talking to TrekMovie.com upon the release of season 2 last summer, Dan and Kevin Hageman, the 2 creators of the present, had been reasonable about their expectations on a season 3 pickup. “We don’t know something about season 3 but. However what from what I see of Netflix after they do choose up reveals for a season 3, which could be very uncommon, it’s not about doing nicely, it has to do gangbusters,” mentioned Kevin with Dan including, “We’re pleased with how we left issues off on the finish of the season 2. We really feel like there’s a pleasant place to cease, but additionally a brand new journey to choose up if we need to.”
They’re proper, in fact, and Star Trek: Prodigy didn’t make a big impression when it did land. It missed the worldwide weekly charts, and searching on the Netflix Engagement Reports, it didn’t catch hearth. Per that report, masking viewing knowledge from 2023 via 2024, the sequence picked up the equal of three.4M views in whole all through that two-year interval. For comparability, Blue Eye Samurai, which did get a rare animation renewal, picked up 20.5M views in the identical interval.
That, mixed with the truth that the present isn’t even Netflix’s personal property and that the unique workforce behind it had lengthy since disbanded, made its probabilities of renewal extremely slim. With the reveals set to depart within the coming months, Netflix has quietly dominated out any season 3 renewal possibilities.
Moreover, our pals at Nickalive tipped us over the weekend to a Paramount document that states there are 40 episodes whole and, extra prominently, lists July 1st, 2024, because the premiere date of the “ultimate season.”
When will Star Trek: Prodigy depart Netflix?
We’ve bought much more unhealthy information: the sequence might be departing Netflix imminently.
Our understanding is that the sequence will probably be leaving Netflix in two elements, with every season leaving 18 months after they had been initially licensed. Which means for the time being, the 2 seasons will probably be leaving on the next timeline:
- Season 1 will depart Netflix on June twenty fourth, 2025
- Season 2 will depart Netflix on January 1st, 2026
In fact, Netflix and Paramount might organize to resume the license, and we’ll maintain you posted if that occurs. Because it stands, although, your time to observe each seasons is operating out.
Netflix declined to remark for this publish.
Star Trek: Prodigy is one in all near a dozen (if no more) animated series that are still awaiting official verdicts at Netflix. Final week, we revisited among the greatest which are nonetheless awaiting renewal and instructed that many received’t be coming.
Are you disillusioned that Netflix received’t be carrying Star Trek: Prodigy for for much longer and that they opted to not renew the sequence for a 3rd season?