| Star Trek: Prodigy | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Paramount+ |
| Original release | October 28, 2021 – December 29, 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of the American animated television series Star Trek: Prodigy follows a group of young aliens who find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar, and must learn to work together as they make their way from the Delta Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant. The season was produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio in association with Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment, and Brothers Hageman Productions. Kevin and Dan Hageman served as showrunners.
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. Nickelodeon ordered the series in April 2019 and the Hageman brothers were attached as showrunners. Ben Hibon was announced as director and creative lead in August 2020. The writers split the season into two 10-episode "mini-arcs" featuring Noble's the Diviner and Mulgrew's Admiral Janeway as their respective main adversaries. In February 2021, the series' debut was moved to Paramount+.
The season premiered on the streaming service Paramount+ on October 28, 2021, and the first 10 episodes were released through February 2022. It premiered on the cable channel Nickelodeon on December 17, 2021. The next 10 episodes were released on Paramount+ from October to December 2022. The season was met with positive reviews from critics and received a Children's and Family Emmy Award. The series was canceled and removed from Paramount+ in June 2023; Netflix picked it up that October and the season was released on that service in December ahead of a second season in 2024.[1]