It’s been over a yr because the second season of the animated sequence Star Trek: Prodigy debuted on Netflix, however the Tv Academy hasn’t forgotten about it. This afternoon nominees for the 4th Annual Youngsters’s & Household Emmy Awards have been simply introduced. And Prodigy picked up two nods, together with one for a Trek vet
Mulgrew and writers acknowledged
Collection star Kate Mulgrew was nominated for Excellent A number of Function Voice Performer in a Youngsters’s or Younger Teen Program, for her roles as Admiral Janeway and Hologram Janeway. Mulgrew was the star of Star Trek: Voyager, taking part in Captain Janeway in dwell motion for seven seasons within the Nineties on UPN. The veteran actress is competing in opposition to Eric Bauza (Daffy in Wackyland), H. Michael Croner (Kiff), David Errigo Jr. (Tiny Toons Looniversity), and Kari Wahlgren (Legends of Evergreen Hills).
That is Mulgrew’s second Emmy nod. In 2014 she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection for her work within the Netflix sequence. Orange Is the New Black.
Star Trek: Prodigy was additionally nominated within the class of Excellent Writing for a Youngsters’s or Younger Teen Animated Collection, particularly for the episode “The Devourer of All Issues, Half I.” The Prodigy writers are going up in opposition to the scribes for Marvel’s Moon Woman and Satan Dinosaur, Goldie, Win or Lose, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld.
From “The Devourer of All Issues, Half I”
In 2022 the primary season of Prodigy was nominated for Excellent Animated Collection on the first annual Youngsters’s & Household Emmy Awards, which had spun off from the Daytime Emmy Awards. Whereas Prodigy didn’t choose up that award, manufacturing designer Alessandro Taini gained a Jury Award for his work on the sequence.
Alessandro Taini wins Emmy for his work on Prodigy in 2022
Winners for the 4th Annual Youngsters’s & Household Emmy Awards will probably be introduced at a ceremony on March 1 and a pair of, 2026 in New York Metropolis at Lincoln Heart’s Frederick P. Rose Corridor.
After being faraway from Paramount+ in the summertime of 2023, Prodigy was licensed by Netflix for streaming worldwide, together with debuting the second season in July 2024. Whereas there have been hopes the streamer would fee a 3rd season, they ended up passing. The primary season exited Netflix earlier this yr with the second season set to exit when the Netflix license ends subsequent month.
Earlier this fall Kate Mulgrew expressed her frustration over the sequence cancellation at STNJ, saying:
“What do they do? They pulled it. I’m actually livid about that. … If you pour your coronary heart and soul into one thing, they usually name it like that on this trade, I don’t prefer it. As a result of it doesn’t make any sense. The entire world cherished Prodigy. Why have they got it in stasis, to what finish, when 1000’s, thousands and thousands of younger minds might be studying what we all know and sharing it with their moms, and their moms with their moms, the entire thing is simply, I suppose, too elegant. The universe is simply too elegant that method. I suppose. Mad.”
Kate Mulgrew at Trek to New Jersey (Picture: Brandon Edling)
It isn’t recognized if the present will discover a new streaming dwelling or return to Paramount+ in 2026. However if you wish to guarantee you may see Prodigy anytime you need in the absolute best high quality no matter licensing shenanigans, you may choose it up on bodily media. The 20-episode first season is offered on Amazon, cut up into 2 – Quantity 1 [Blu-Ray: $19.59 / DVD: $12.43] and Quantity 2 [Blu-Ray: $17.53 / DVD: $12.43]. The Blu-ray releases for every quantity embody collectible character playing cards.
The 20-episode second season is offered in a single bundle on Blu-ray for $16.49 or DVD for $20.94.
DVD packaging
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