Kate Mulgrew Is Hopeful ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Will Get Renewed for Season 3: ‘This Message Is Good’
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter “Star Trek: Prodigy” dropped its second season on Netflix on July 1, and series star Kate Mulgrew is holding out hope the animated series will be renewed for Season 3.
Fresh off her appearance at the “Prodigy” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Mulgrew said the energy in the panel’s ballroom was “electric.” “I had a full auditorium on Sunday morning for the panel,” she said. “They were thrilled.
They were delighted! They’re desperate for this kind of television. I don’t think there’s anything quite like it on television now, because it’s teaching ‘Star Trek’ to a new generation to young children in an entirely novel way.” Also Read: ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Is the Perfect Show for Trekkies — Now They Need to Watch It “Prodigy” aired its first season on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, and was renewed for a second season not long after it launched.
But then, amid larger coporate disarray, Paramount announced it was canceling the show, and pulling Season 1 off of its streaming service despite the fact that production on Season 2 was already underway.
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