Aw Nuts..

Star Trek Enterprise is Cancelled on UPN.

Major bummed… first time since 1987 without Star Trek on TV.

First time since 1978 withoug Star Trek In Development.

How did they do this?
ER is still popular. NYPD Blue still has viewers (in this, their final season). St:TNG final ep in 1994 had like 25 million viewers!

I’m So Bummed.

Star Trek Enterprise is Cancelled on UPN.

Major bummed… first time since 1987 without Star Trek on TV.

First time since 1978 withoug Star Trek In Development.

How did they do this? ER is still popular. NYPD Blue still has viewers (in this, their final season). St:TNG final ep in 1994 had like 25 million viewers!

I’m So Bummed.

9 thoughts on “Aw Nuts..”

  1. I am with you

    I am bummed like you, I was thinking they might get a 5th season as they seem to be doing better this year, but its not to be. Had to expect this tho, the shows ratings have been low for some time.

    Curt

  2. Enterprise?

    Did Enterprise get canned? I must’ve missed it.

    Sadly, the quality has been in decline since the end of TNG. I think that after Roddenberry’s death, the producers were unable to recapture his particular spark.

    — Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor

    1. DS9

      I must defend DS9..

      It was strange when it started.. and not so great, so a lot of people tune dout..

      Then, Rick Berman Left the Show in 94 to do Voyager and it got amazing.. really amazing.

      Among Trek fans, many think its the best there ever was.

  3. Cable Re-Runs

    Spike TV has TNG on pretty regularly. I don’t know of other national cable networks showing ST on rotation.

    I haven’t watched an full episode of any other derivative since TNG. I’ve never seen DS9 or Voyageur. Same way I view Law & Order. The original series is still amazing, but all the other spin-offs don’t have any appeal.

    I’m wondering if most sci-fi fans feel the same way, and this is why they made the decision to cut the show. I guess the networks weren’t able to secure advertisers, or they were losing too many advertisers.

    1. Ratings..

      Actually, the problem is that the viewership drained out to a tiny 2.5 million viewers (Compare that to the 12 million viewer premiere).

      Why did so many drop away? Because seasons one and two were below the expected standard. Season 3 went back and forth between silly and good. This season has been great, but had a weak beginning.

      AND – No advertising, no support, nothing. It has been hidden away, depending only on the fans.. and many of them are mad at the way the show just doesn’t hold up.

      As for the spinoffs.. skip Voyager, but DS9 is WONDERFUL – and the firsttwo seasons aren’t that bad if you see the context of where the show goes. By the end, its my favorite of all the Treks.. and tied with Buffy/Angel for my fave series ever.

  4. Battlestar Galactica

    Jay here. Well, it’s cold comfort in a world without a derivitive of Gene Roddenberry’s vision in the works — but I’ve been pretty excited about the new Battlestar Galactica series on Sci Fi.

    I gave my opinion on it in my Blog here: http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2005/01/battlestar-galactica.html I’m really very impressed – it’s not quite the quality of Firefly (yet), but it’s got real promise after just five episodes (and a miniseries, which I bought on DVD because I enjoyed it so much).

    And yes, I’m getting to the point where I no longer cringe at Starbuck being a woman. Starbuck is becoming Katee Sackhoff in my mind, not Dirk Benedict.

    1. BSG is ok, but it won’t ever be Firefly

      I think the Sci-Fi channel could do worse than to divert some of the Million$ they’re obviously $pending on B$G towards Mutant Enemy and Firefly. It’s much better, and I’d bet it co$t a bunch le$$ to make.

      If you look back in history, the BSG concept is fully thirty years old. It’s been _done_, for several seasons, until it got stale. To be sure, now that it’s the 21st Century they can turn up the cheescake factor enough to make it viscerally amusing, but how far can they carry it on that?

      And if you catch some of the old BSG, Dirk Benedict &amp Kate Sackhoff really do look quite a bit alike. Dirk’s maybe a bit prettier, but it’s a near thing…

      Firefly, by comparison, is fresh and new, and WAY better than ST:ENT ever got, yet Enterprise was indulged for four (ok, 3.25) mediocre seasons while Firefly didn’t even get one! It’s time for the conspiracy theorists (um – I’m new here – there ARE conspiracy theorists here, aren’t there?) to seriously take a look at the quality of the TV they’re willing to show us. It’s being capped somewhere – by somebody. They just can’t be _that_ stupid.

      They ARE, however, obviously stupid enough to preempt something more often than they show it, and then cancel it when its ratings suck. Were those _Enterprise’s_ ratings that tanked, or the NBA’s? “Cuz every time I programmed up the VCR expecting to catch Enterprise, all I ever got was basketball!

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