Paramount Ends Starfleet Academy After 1 Season as $8 Billion Merger Fuels 'Woke' Backlash
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 8
Paramount Ends Starfleet Academy After 1 Season as $8 Billion Merger Fuels 'Woke' Backlash
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 8
Summary
Starfleet Academy will end with its forthcoming second season, with actors and franchise insiders saying Paramount’s new owners moved quickly after the Skydance merger.
Stephen Miller and Elon Musk had publicly mocked the show as too “woke,” and cast members including Robert Picardo said the series “did not get a fair shake” amid that Maga-aligned pressure.
The cancelled series starred Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti and had the franchise’s largest, most expensive physical set, built around cadets rebuilding the Federation after an apocalyptic event.
William Shatner rejected claims that Star Trek’s inclusiveness had gone too far, while documentary director Mark Altman argued diversity has been central to the franchise since its 1966 debut.
The fight over the show lands as Star Trek marks its 60th anniversary, turning the franchise’s long-running utopian politics into a fresh front in America’s culture wars.