Itunes has all of S1 for 9.99 today. I’m buying in support of the show.
removing it completely is a bit extreme
They ended up removing it earlier than they planned because so many people were rushing to watch it before it was removed.
I guess they were concerned about all the views reducing the value of the tax write-off.
So, instead of SNW in the top of the Nielsen streaming numbers for this week (as they surely hoped), in a month from now we’ll see the figures for this week with Prodigy in the Nielsen top ten like 1923 and Picard.
I wonder what investors and the IRS will make of that…
Was it that poorly received? I thought it was great for a kid show.
Nickelodeon didn’t get as much linear audience as they’d hoped, but Nickelodeon is doing poorly overall since 2020.
On Paramount+, it was popular but didn’t have as high a completion stat as it should.
Too many fans watched and episode or two and then bailed because it starts out looking more like other franchises that kids and families unfamiliar with Star Trek would find initially appealing. Within a very few episodes it really brings you into a very Star Trek experience, but too large a proportion of viewers didn’t give it the chance it deserves.
Also, Paramount’s promotion and timing of merchandise releases was incredibly weak. The algorithm didn’t promote the show to kids. The toys came out a year after the show premiered. The full year break between short seasons lost audience etc.
It was a great kid’s show AND great star trek.
It was well received.
there is no good reason for doing this.
Exactly, Prodigy was a surprise gem and is at the bottom of the list of current Star Trek shows that should’ve been canceled.
- Discovery is an awful, manic, canon-wrecking mess and needs to go.
- Strange New Worlds inherits most of that awfulness, is incredibly overrated, and also needs to go.
- Picard was shaky but the final season finally delivered, thank the gods.
- Lower Decks is well-written, nuanced, a good citizen of canon, and just wonderful.
- Prodigy is well-written, nuanced, a good citizen of canon, and just wonderful.
But the popular narrative is all over the place. People hate Discovery but love Strange New Worlds despite them being almost identical. People love Lower Decks and are tepid about Prodigy despite them having a very similar tone.
At least most people seem to agree on Picard now.
ugh, this destroys a lot of the appeal of Paramount+ for me. the only reason i have a subscription is that it’s the one-stop-shop for all things star trek, but i guess not anymore.
They’re also really boosting the appeal of piracy (not that i would ever recommend somebody reading this post commit piracy) because that’s the only way to reliably enjoy the things you would otherwise be paying to rent.
This is the first I’ve heard about Star Trek Prodigy
