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Starfleet Academy - It Really Is Dead, Jim!
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Starfleet Academy - It Really Is Dead, Jim!

TL;DR

Paramount cancelled Star Trek: Starfleet Academy after season 2, confirming predictions that its woke-pandering, low-quality production would fail to find an audience.

Key Points

  • 1.Starfleet Academy has been officially cancelled by Paramount. Season 2 will be its last, and only exists because it was commissioned before season 1 aired — a costly blunder that left Paramount still obligated to fund it.
  • 2.The show earned a dismal 51% audience score and barely registered on Paramount's own streaming platform. The creator estimates two seasons cost over $100 million, noting six Godzilla Minus One films could have been made for the same price.
  • 3.Alex Kurtzman admitted the show's goal was promoting activist organizations, not Star Trek storytelling. He explicitly named Black Lives Matter and the NAACP as priorities, using the franchise as a platform rather than serving its fanbase.
  • 4.The video savages the show's character roster as a parade of DEI checkboxes. Characters mocked include a body-positive hologram with learning difficulties, a polyamorous-born sensitive male cadet, and a fitness officer depicted as unfit for duty.
  • 5.Kurtzman's contract expires at year's end and the creator argues Paramount should not renew it. With SkyDance's acquisition of Paramount, the video predicts major housecleaning and urges killing season 2 entirely to cut losses and save the franchise's legacy.

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