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Prodigy has somewhat heavy ties to Voyager, but it isn't necessary to watch Voyager first.

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It also won't ruin Voyager if you see Prodigy first. Appreciation of Prodigy is probably increased by seeing Voyager first, but it doesn't really matter.

My guess is Prodigy was cancelled because not enough of its intended demographic of kids and young teens were watching it.

Paramount probably found that too many of Prodigy's viewers are adult Trek fans, especially fans old enough to have watched TNG/DS9/VOY back in the 90s and that's when they decided to pull the plug since they'd rather have adults watching Trek like Lower Decks that's specifically intended for that demographic.

I also assume Nickelodeon came to the same conclusion and told Paramount they have no further interest in Prodigy.