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« Last post by SVPete on March 23, 2026, 06:05:26 PM »Paramount+ Puts Gay Star Trek Out of Its Misery
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/23/paramount-puts-gay-star-trek-out-of-its-misery-n4950980
Hollyweird has abandoned efforts to tell interesting/fun/entertaining stories for the sake of jamming social issue preachments down viewers throats.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/23/paramount-puts-gay-star-trek-out-of-its-misery-n4950980
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Paramount+ just pulled the plug on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and frankly, the only question I have is what took so long. I attempted to watch this monstrosity of a series and was bored after the first five minutes, and I’m pretty sure I fell asleep toward the end.
The cancellation came down on Monday, with the network confirming the show's second and final season (which has already been filmed) will still air.
Paramount+ made a big bet on Starfleet Academy, hoping younger, more woke Star Trek audiences would make it a success. The idea was to hook Gen Z with a coming-of-age academy setting, fresh faces, lesbians, gay Klingons, and not-so-subtle anti-Trump messaging.
Obviously, critics ate it up. Because they're critics, and they care more about "the narrative" than good storytelling.
Rotten Tomatoes has the show getting an 87% critic score. Viewers, however, weren’t so amused, and it received a 51% audience score. That 36-point gap tells you everything about who this show was actually made for — and it wasn't for the fans of the franchise. More damning than the Rotten Tomatoes split: Starfleet Academy never once cracked Nielsen's weekly top 10 streaming charts.
Hollyweird has abandoned efforts to tell interesting/fun/entertaining stories for the sake of jamming social issue preachments down viewers throats.
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