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| British science fiction magazine SFX today became the very first source this season to report that Star Trek: Enterprise is about to be cancelled. SFX is reporting that Star Trek: Enterprise is on the brink of cancellation, with long-time staffers set to be laid off within a few weeks. "Our longstanding insider on the Paramount set, Trekspy, will soon be Trekspy no more - since they're being laid off in the first week of March. Due to the nature of Trekspy's role, this suggests that principal photography on the sound stages will finish at around the same time," said the article. TrekSpy added that only three or four episodes would be filmed following the completion of "Divergence," bringing the season to a total of no more than 20 episodes. Enterprise was originally scheduled to run 22 episodes this season. A firm decision about the show's future may not be announced by UPN or Paramount until the up-front presentation in May. Although SFX has never revealed the identity of Trekspy, he or she has been one of the longest-running sources of Trek plot spoilers and even set photos. Over the past few years of Enterprise, it was through Trekspy that SFX was able to report exclusive plot information about episodes such as "A Night In Sickbay" (story) and "The Cogenitor" (story). Going even further back to 2001, Trekspy was the first to reveal that Ethan Phillips (Neelix) would leave the Star Trek: Voyager cast in the episode "Homestead," then still known as "Destiny" (story). However, even though Trekspy may have been right in the past, this does not necessarily mean he or she is right in this case. It may be that only Trekspy is being laid off, and either misinterpreted Paramount's action or simply developed a grudge against the studio. Until Paramount and UPN make official announcements about the future of Enterprise, all statements about this should be treated as speculation. |
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| would hardly be a suprise if it was true but i hope it is not. black tie ready to wear in mouring for a month if it is!!! |
| QUOTE (Angel @ Jan 18 2005, 10:31 PM) | ||
I don't much care either way to be honest. The sooner it's over, the sooner the franchise can lie fallow, the sooner we can get back to decent Trek. |
| QUOTE (ken1701e @ Jan 18 2005, 08:58 PM) | ||||
but i have got visions that the gap before the next series might be the same as between classic trek and next gen and I dont want to wait that long!!!!! Look how long we have been forced to wait for the return of DR WHO!!!! |
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| Moonves: A Break Good For Trek? Leslie Moonves—co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, the parent company of CBS, UPN and Paramount—told SCI FI Wire that it may be time for Star Trek to take a break, though he added that no decision has been made on the future of UPN's ratings-challenged Star Trek: Enterprise. Speaking in an interview at the CBS/UPN winter press tour in West Hollywood, Calif., Moonves said: "It's hard to say right now. The ratings aren't great. It may be a franchise that should be rested a year or two. I know the diehards are not in favor of that, but I think if we rested a year or two, it might be a better thing. But we'll see what happens the rest of the year." Persistent rumors say the show is on its last legs, that UPN has cut its season order from Paramount, which produces the show, and that star Scott Bakula (Capt. Jonathan Archer) is ready to quit. All untrue, cast members told SCI FI Wire. "I'll be disappointed if we wrap up this year," Bakula said in a separate interview. "I'd hate to see it end this year. … We're waiting to hear. It's a funny place to be in. I love the crew. I love the cast. The w**k situation has been tremendous. We're doing creative w**k, still, I think. And I know we have a lot of fans out there. So … as a television gig would go, it's a great, wonderful gig. And I'm loving it. So I will be disappointed. But we'll see. It ain't over until it's over." Bakula and other cast members told SCI FI Wire that they expect, if UPN decides to cancel the show, the network will give producers enough notice so that they can write a finale to the series. But as the writers are currently writing the 21st of 22 season episodes now, that notice would have to come in short order. "We've got to know soon," Bakula said. "So I don't know. They're not under any obligation to let us know. They can do whatever they want to do, and they may. … We don't call those shots." Even so, Bakula said, "The indication was [and] has been often that this would be our last season. But then … we were told we were going to get an early indication of that so we could wrap the show up in a nice way. And here we are, it's the end of January, and I know that they've broken stories through the 21st [episode]." Enterprise wraps production in March; an announcement about cancellation could be delayed as late as May. Moonves said that a final decision will depend on how Enterprise performs in the ratings for the rest of the season, which will include new episodes exploring the "mirror universe" introduced in the original Star Trek series and a two-episode arc explaining why Klingons went from smooth foreheads to bumpy ones. How well would the show have to perform to be renewed? "I don't make predictions on what level," Moonves said. "It depends on what development is and what the rest of the schedule is like." But, he added, "I think the show this year has been much better [creatively] than last year. I like the changes that have been made. ... [As for the ratings,] when you're dealing with UPN, you're dealing with different expectation levels." Star Trek: Enterprise airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT. |
| QUOTE (Bakhesh @ Jan 19 2005, 09:29 AM) |
| I can see Paramount retiring the franchise, but then some other tv station coming in to buy the rights. I can imagine someone like Sci-fi would love to get there hands on the franchise (Didn't they snap up stargate when showtime couldn't be bothered anymore?). There does seem to be a bit of horsetrading between the american TV networks these days. They could then do there own trek series at a lower budget, with less expectation of the ratings. Only question is, would paramout let it go? |
| QUOTE (Mr Brightside @ Jan 30 2005, 01:29 AM) |
| I think paramount wil never let Start trek go, too much money to be made, thats the thing with star trek, its endless, you can start anywhere in the timeline and do what you want because if the storylines and gripping and you pull in the viewers noone will ever question it. |
| QUOTE (Mr Brightside @ Jan 30 2005, 12:17 PM) |
| ill agree with you on that, a break is what trek needs now!!! Mr B - beam me up!!! :wox: |