While we wait for the series to return from its unexpected winter mid-season break, kids’ cable network Nickelodeon is set to broadcast the opening hour of Star Trek: Prodigy for non-Paramount+ subscribers in just a few weeks.

Now, while the show is off until January, the studio is taking advantage of its ViacomCBS synergy and broadcasting “Lost and Found,” the pilot episode of the series, on Nickelodeon as a special event on December 17 to draw in families who don’t have the streaming service.

Several viewers caught a commercial advertising the yet-unannounced broadcast premiere and uploaded a recording of the ad to YouTube.

Star Trek: Prodigy, which streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States, is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and began life as a series destined for a first-run home on the Nickelodeon cable network; the show was later changed to become a Paramount+ title, with promises that it would “later” be seen on the kids’ channel at some point in the future.

At this time, this looks to be only a broadcast of “Lost and Found” as a special event, and not a full series arrival on the cable network.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to9YZpYK-xM

In addition to this cable broadcast, the show’s premiere episode is also available to watch now on Nickelodeon’s website and on YouTube through Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe.