The second season of the animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy” was released on Netflix on July 1, and series star Kate Mulgrew is holding out hope that the animated series will be renewed for a third season.
After recently appearing on a panel called “Prodigy” at San Diego Comic-Con, Mulgrew said the energy in the ballroom during the episode was “electric.”
“There was a packed room on Sunday morning for the seminar,” she said. “They were so excited. They were thrilled! They’re so excited about this kind of television. I don’t think there’s anything like it on television now, because it teaches a whole new generation of young kids about Star Trek in a whole new way.”
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The first season of “Prodigy” aired on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, and was renewed for a second season shortly after its launch. But then, amid a larger corporate turmoil, Paramount announced it was canceling the show, pulling the first season from the streaming service despite the fact that production on the second season was already underway. CBS Studios then struck a deal with Netflix to air both seasons.
The show has received praise from Star Trek fans, with Mulgrew praising series creators Kevin and Dean Hageman for their ability to present complex stories in an accessible way.[The Hagemans] “Don’t be so condescending to anyone,” she said. “They wouldn’t be so condescending to a five-year-old; they to lift “The five year old.”
Mulgrew also joked that a fan pointed out to her that the second season of “Prodigy” was the unofficial eighth season of “Star Trek: Voyager,” due in part to her role and the appearances of “Voyager” stars like Robert Beltran (Chakotay) and Robert Picardo (The Doctor).
Speaking about the current state of the Star Trek franchise as a whole, Mulgrew praised the “insightful” leadership of Alex Kurtzman, and said she feels there is no limit to the number of shows the series can support.
“There will never be a saturation point, because there is never a saturation point for this type of fitness, this type of excitement,” she said. “That message is good, and it’s so important. That’s what we really aspire to be, to be the best of ourselves.”
“It sounds like a kind of optimism, but when it's produced as beautifully as Prodigy, and as other shows are, it's not optimism at all. It's the way we should act in this world.”
