Star Trek: Prodigyis conspicuously missing fromStar Trek Day2024 plans, but trueStar Trekfans will still celebrate the heroic crew of the USS Protostar. Star Trek Day is annually commemorated on September 8th to mark the 1966 premiere ofStar Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek Day has become a Paramount+ tradition to honor and promote theStar Trekfranchise. Although Paramount+ hasn’t held an in-person gala event since 2022, Star Trek Day 2024 will be a charitable affair spanning the whole franchise on Paramount+ - which doesn’t includeStar Trek: Prodigy.
Paramount+’s Star Trek Day 2024plan centers on “Take The Chair, Make An Impact,” a global social initiative whereStar Trekasks fans to live byStar Trek’s values, with activations in three cities, Vancouver, Berlin, and Chicago, where fans can sit in the iconic USS Enterprise Captain’s chair. In addition to charitable donations to nonprofits DoSomething.org, Code.org, and Outright International, Paramount+ is making the premiere episodes of multipleStar Trekseries free to watch. However, fans are upset thatStar Trek: Prodigyisn’t on Star Trek Day’s list, although there is a reason why.
Every Upcoming Star Trek Movie & TV Show
Star Trek is ending series like Discovery and Lower Decks but renewed Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movies.
Why Star Trek: Prodigy Is Missing From Star Trek Day
Prodigy belongs to Netflix
Star Trek: Prodigyisn’t part of Star Trek Day because it’s on Netflix, not Paramount+. Star Trek Day is a Paramount+ initiative designed to promoteStar Trekon its streaming service. In 2023,Paramount+ abruptly canceledStar Trek: Prodigyand removed all 20 season 1 episodes. However, a dedicated fan campaign helped bringStar Trek: Prodigyseasons 1 and 2 to Netflix. But sinceStar Trek: Prodigyis now part of a competing streaming service, it will not be part of Paramount+’s Star Trek Day for the second year in a row.
Star Trek Premiere Episodes Free To Watch On Star Trek Day
“Beyond the Farthest Star”
“Encounter at Farpoint”
“Strange New Worlds”
Star Trek: Short Treks
“The Girl Who Made the Stars,” “The Trouble with Edward,” “Ask Not,” “Runaway” and “Ephraim and Dot”
All 20 episodes ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 1 premiered on Netflix on Christmas Day 2023.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 then premiered on July 1st, 2024, with Netflix dropping the next 20 episodes on the same day. Although Netflix hasn’t releasedStar Trek: Prodigy’s streaming numbers, the series landed in Netflix’s Top 10 charts in multiple countries (although not in the United States). Still, theStar TrekI.P. is incredibly valuable, andNetflix has the onlyStar Trekseries not found on Paramount+.Unfortunately, this meansStar Trek: Prodigyis excluded from Star Trek Day.
Many of theStar Trekmovies are licensed to competing streaming services like Max and Netlfix, although all 13Star Trekmovies are currently streaming on Paramount+.
Fans Should Also Celebrate Star Trek: Prodigy On Star Trek: Day
Star Trek: Prodigy is as pure as Star Trek gets
Just becauseStar Trek: Prodigyisn’t officially part of Star Trek Day shouldn’t stop fans from celebrating the CGI all-ages animated series. As countless fans have found out since its jump to Netflix,Star Trek: Prodigyis genuineStar Trek, and season 2 is widely considered one of the bestStar Trekseasons ever produced.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 even boasts a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Star Trek: Prodigyis also officially part ofStar Trek’s Prime timelinecanon shared by everyStar TrekTV series and movie on Paramount+ except for J.J. Abrams’Star Trektrilogy.
Star Trek: Prodigy ties into the events of Star Trek: Picard.
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 told a sweeping story about time, space, family, sacrifice, and pure heroism. The young Starfleet hopefuls of the USS Protostar were aided by Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran), The Doctor (Robert Picardo), andWesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)as they faced a threat to the entire multiverse as well as their old Vau N’Akat enemy, Asencia (Jameela Jamil). Along with setting up further adventures,Star Trek: Prodigyties into the events ofStar Trek: Picard, cementing its place in canon. These are all prime reasons toincludeStar Trek: Prodigyin fans' personal Star Trek Day celebrations.
Will Star Trek: Prodigy Get Renewed By Netflix?
Fans remain hopeful for Prodigy’s future
Star Trek Day would be an ideal occasion for Netflix to announceStar Trek: Prodigyhas been renewed, either for season 3 or perhaps for an animated movie continuing the story of the USS Prodigy. However, there isno sign yet thatStar Trek: Prodigywill be renewed by Netflix.It’s been over 2 months sinceStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 premiered, and while fans have been vocal online about the series - and even sending asecond airplane over Netflixwith a banner urging the streamer to renewProdigy, no green light has been announced.
Kate Mulgrew andStar Trek: Prodigy’s cast of voice actors would all happily return for more episodes.
Star Trek: Prodigy’s writers' room and production offices closed in December 2023 after all episodes ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 were completed, butexecutive producers Kevin and Dan Hagemanare confident key personnel like co-executive producer Aaron Waltke would gladly return ifStar Trek: Prodigyis renewed. The reality of a CGI animated series likeStar Trek: Prodigy,however, is thatit would take about 2 years for a full season to be produced, so no newStar Trek: Prodigywill hit Netflix any time soon, even if Netflix does renew it.
Fans shouldn’t letStar Trek: Prodigy’s exclusion from Paramount+’s Star Trek Day prevent them from including the animated series in their personal watch parties or celebrations.Star Trek: Prodigyhas enriched the franchisewith heroic new characters and brought back belovedStar Treklegacy icons. No one who makesStar Trek: Prodigy, or appreciates the show, believes it’s not part ofStar Trekcanon. If Star Trek Day truly recognizes everyStar Trek, thenStar Trek: Prodigyis an absolute necessity.
