Date: May 13, 2004
Source: Sci Fi wire
Posted by: Robert Sanchez
A third year of shrinking audiences for UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise means potential cancellation, which would make the 2004-'05 season the first in 17 years without a first-run Star Trek series, USA Today reported. Coupled with the poor box-office return for 2002's feature film Star Trek: Nemesis, fans of the Paramount franchise face the prospect of no new Star Trek on the near horizon for the first time in a quarter-century, the newspaper reported.
Longtime Trek executive producer Rick Berman remains sanguine about an Enterprise renewal. "Right now, I'm optimistic the show is going to be picked up for a fourth season," Berman told the newspaper. But, he added, "as to whether [the franchise] could use a rest for a while, that's a valid question. I think, eventually, Star Trek will be taking a breather."
UPN likely won't reveal Enterprise's fate until it announces its fall slate next week. Viewership is off 43 percent from its first season, and the series suffered its lowest-rated regularly scheduled original episode in April (2.9 million), the newspaper reported.
Berman and two other producers also are in "very early discussions" about another Star Trek feature film. It would be a prequel, but not related to Enterprise, he said.
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