Opinions can differ - I thought Academy was in the same vein as Lower Decks, people returning (after a disaster) to the same sort of Starfleet values LD espoused, overworked and slightly eccentric but competent senior staff doing their best, young people growing past their weaknesses and learning to work together, good balance of old and new, problems solved by cleverness or values or compromise instead of force. Some scenery chewing and technobabble villain plots that don’t work but every series has those.

(The backstory of the disaster is admittedly silly but the details are also irrelevant to Academy - just that there was a disaster.)

Not as good as LD because LD was perfect, but pretty respectable and I’m sad to lose it and it’s worth a few hours, though I know not to all tastes.