Topic: Rumors swarm of ENT's cancellation

[Rat_Boy]

UPN execs refuse to comment on ENT (From Trek Today)

Trek execs reportedly "trying to save the show from cancellation, and that this may include taking the show to another network." (Also from TT)

Things are not looking good.

[Sethan]

If they really want to save it from cancellation, the first thing to do is fire Rick Berman.

[Iceman]

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If they really want to save it from cancellation, the first thing to do is fire Rick Berman.  

Can I get an Amen?!

[Rat_Boy]

As much as I don't like B&B, cancelling the show outright will kill Star Trek.  This needs to be handled carefully if the franchise is to have a future.

[Sethan]

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As much as I don't like B&B, cancelling the show outright will kill Star Trek.

Perhaps for a while.  It will be back though, if that happens.  There is just too much money to be made there for it to go away permanently.

[hobbesmaster]

Uhm, is there a greater instult to a show than being cancelled from UPN?  

[Ravok]

 Replaced by a T&A model show!! Somebody kill me now, If this isn't proof of how common the average American has become i don't know what is. I guess I'm stuck with PBS the History Channel and all the Discovery channels.  

[Death_Merchant]

Question: Do any of you care?

Do you feel the same way about missing an Enterprise episode than you did about missing a new TNG?

I don't. I used to ensure I didn't miss the first showing of a TNG episode, less so with DS9, even less with Voyager....

Enterprise??!? Heck, I barely remember what night it's on.

I'm curious....

Do you watch Enterprise regularly?
Yes, I see every new episode (I might skip repeats)
No, I watch occasionally but not regularly

 
If the numbers aren't high HERE, that's bad for Enterprise. This is a essentially a Trek gaming forum afterall....  

[NannerSlug]

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Uhm, is there a greater instult to a show than being cancelled from UPN?  

good answer. this is really, really bad news guys- and yes, it kills trek to a great extent.

[Rat_Boy]

Trek is like a shark these days, it needs to swim forward in order to survive.  If it stops swimming, it starts floating belly-up.  It could be resurrected down the road, but I doubt it would catch fire as much as TNG did.

[JMM]

I've only seen one episode to be honest. I prefer the movies myself. I always loved TOS, having grown up on it, but after ST2: Wrath of Khan came out, I was hooked! Then it was off to SFB board game, then years later a company called Taldren released a game called SFC, and that was all she wrote! It was campaignland for this person!  

[Sethan]

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Question: Do any of you care?

Do you feel the same way about missing an Enterprise episode than you did about missing a new TNG?

I don't. I used to ensure I didn't miss the first showing of a TNG episode, less so with DS9, even less with Voyager....

The last show I watched that I took care not to miss any episodes of, was Babylon 5.

I am a fan of TOS, and liked a few episodes each of Voyager and DS9.  Never liked TNG, and don't watch Enterprise.

[EmeraldEdge]

To tell you the truth, TNG didn't really do it for me.  I was a huge TOS fan and anxiously awaited TNG, but it was just OK most of the time and rather stuffy.  After the first season or two I didn't even make sure I watched every week (although I caught most of them, I didn't plan my calendar around it).

I do for Enterprise though.  I like it much better than any trek post TOS, although some of the continuity "issues" do bother me, especially since a lot of them don't really advance the plot in any way, and could easily have been looked up.  They just didn't care.

I definitely agree that B&B have to go.  Some fresh blood is desperately needed.  Perhaps even a show that doesn't focus on Starfleet's best and brightest, but has an "original" concept that happens to take place in the Trek universe.  B&B are just rehashing old stories most of the time though, and have very little to offer in the way of intelligent storytelling, unfortunately.   Their time has long since past and if the companies in ownership of the franchise wish to continue making money off the property, they need to realize what an ever growing number of people have been saying for years.  

[Javora]

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Uhm, is there a greater instult to a show than being cancelled from UPN?  

Being cancelled from the "Fishing" channel maybe??!?  

I found a good article here that shows what is going on with TV today.  With computer games, Internet, and DVD's it's no wonder why broadcast TV is losing out.
 

[JMM]

Good article Javora, I agree, I hardly watch tv and prefer my time on the P/C. I think is is fact already that more Americans are online than watching the tube? Just hope the networks do not try to take over the Internet    

[Ravok]

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Question: Do any of you care?

Do you feel the same way about missing an Enterprise episode than you did about missing a new TNG?

I don't. I used to ensure I didn't miss the first showing of a TNG episode, less so with DS9, even less with Voyager....

Enterprise??!? Heck, I barely remember what night it's on.

I'm curious....
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://forums.taldren.com/ubbthreads/dopoll.php"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="pollname" VALUE="1074535984Death_Merchant">
<p>Do you watch Enterprise regularly?
<input type="radio" name="option" value="1" />Yes, I see every new episode (I might skip repeats)
<input type="radio" name="option" value="2" />No, I watch occasionally but not regularly
<INPUT TYPE=Submit NAME=Submit VALUE="Submit vote" class="buttons"></form>
 
If the numbers aren't high HERE, that's bad for Enterprise. This is a essentially a Trek gaming forum afterall....  

 This is a verry good idea !! after you get the results all in we can find out why people arent watching, Then ask what theay want to see!!!! & send it in to UPN?  

[Scott Allen Abfalter]

The current producers and writers play it too safe with the show.  

As a sci-fi show, it kinda stinks.  I still watch it, but wish for a new show.

My guess is that the "Expanse" thing was the attempt to fix the ratings problem.  That was B&B's best shot, and it failed because they have no vision and are risk-adverse.

Now that they have failed on their best shot, I think it's time for the show to get dumped and a new one developed with new producers and writers.  

 

[jualdeaux]

I don't really watch Enterprise anymore but I wouldn't like to see it canceled. On the other hand, I've said for a while that there has been too much trek on the tube for too long. There just isn't that much demand for it. Let it rest for a while and then, when there is a lot of people wanting to see trek again, bring it back.  

[Alidar Jarok]

I grew up to The Next Generation, but I find myself not watching Enterprise (I didn't watch Voyager much either).

However, that being said, I hope they don't cancel Enterprise (what I watch doesn't effect the ratings anyway, plus I do try to find out what happened every so often).  I think it has had good moments.

The only irony is that if this show gets cancelled after the third season, it will have run the same amount as the Original Series.

[Dash Jones]

If it gets cancelled, at least let them make a show which sets certain things right again in the universe, even if it's cheap with the characters having to go back to the beginning or something.

B&B probably won't even try to redeem themselves that far though.