With very little fanfare, a new "Star Trek" series beamed onto Nickelodeon's Blaze and the Monster Machines YouTube channel this week. It's safe to assume that its target audience didn't much care that it was "Star Trek" Day on September 8 (the anniversary of the Original Series' first broadcast). In fact, they probably haven't even heard of Captain Kirk, Spock, or the starship Enterprise, because "Star Trek: Scouts" is aimed squarely at a pre-school audience. Unfortunately, it may not have been made entirely with them in mind.
Before you get your hopes up, the first two episodes of "Scouts" display little of the smart, multi-generational appeal that's turned "Bluey" into an international hit. "Scouts" moves at a breakneck pace, attacking your eyes with a sugar-rush of primary-colored CG and soundtracked by a lot of enthusiastic shouting. It's toddler TV by the numbers, seemingly designed to make the shortest attention spans even shorter.
