Any cancellation news for any show is going to hit the crew working on it hardest. Especially when the extremer measures of late, the entire removal from the show's home streamer as original programming, are used. With Paramount+'s latest decision to do exactly that to Star Trek: Prodigy, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Queen of the Universe, and their two seasons of The Game, respective executive producers of the former two have quite a bit to say.
Prodigy creators Kevin and Dan Hageman said, "#StarTrek has taught my brother and me to strive for a better future. While news of #StarTrekProdigy not returning to Paramount+ is disappointing. We have faith this show will be picked up by a new home to help grow our fervent fanbase and inspire the next generation of Star Trek fans. Our talented and passionate team of artists are working tirelessly to complete S2. And we are staying positive and hopeful that our amazing fans will get to see it soon! Janeway would never give up, so why would we? Let’s follow her orders and ‘Go Boldly.'"
Executive producer Aaron Watke didn't have much to say about it due to the limbo-y circumstances and instead chose to shed extra light on the fact that season 2 work is continuing and that the series will be shopped. He was also very assuring that “Everyone on the cast and crew loves Star Trek: Prodigy deeply.” The animated series from CBS Studios and Nickelodeon Animation will be the only Star Trek series to not live on the service, with commitment to the remaining ongoing and future projects in the franchise upheld, including the Section 31 film and Starfleet Academy series.
Meanwhile, Grease Rise of the Pink Ladies creator Annabel Oakes is justifiably angry and fearful. The series, which Paramount+ is dropping after a single season, aired its last episode on June 1. In her Instagram stories, Oakes apologized that the cancellation was true, and lamented the brutality of the impending removal, continuing “Unless it finds a new home you will no longer be able to watch it anywhere. The cast, my creative partners, and I are all devastated at the complete erasure of our show.”
She showed gratitude to the “beautiful” fans, assuring them that “the music will remain even after the show is taken down.", loves the messages and videos she's been sent, and encourages everyone to watch until it goes. Ari Notartomaso, who played Pink Lady Cynthia "Cyn" Zdunowski, also mourned the loss on her socials. “I have cried all day knowing that we got to make something that made us and so many people watching feel seen and represented, and, at the same time, that this is yet another show added to the list of diverse casts and sapphic main characters that were pulled after a first season, but it happened, and we’re here, and I love you all so much. We may not have more Cynthia, but you’ll always have me. (I promise you I’ll be auditioning for every little butch they let me till the day I die).”
All four shows are expected to be removed at the end of the month, June 30, and there are rumblings that these are just the highest-profile for this round and more will come.
Sources: TVLine (1, 2), Aaron Watke on Twitter, Dan and Kevin Hageman on Twitter
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