An anonymous source revealed that executives at Star Trek: Enterprise are trying to save the show from cancellation, and that this may include taking the show to another network.
This anonymous source spoke to Cinescape's Patrick Sauriol about the atmosphere on the Enterprise set. "Star Trek's executives...are running on 'Red Alert' mode to save Enterprise from cancellation doom, and this may include shopping the show to another network or cable channel," the source revealed.
According to the source, the cancellation of Jake 2.0 was unexpected, as both it and Enterprise had been promised full seasons. "Apparently, Trek staffers were assured by higher-ups at UPN, including people in Les Moonves's office, that Enterprise and Jake 2.0 were safe," the source said. "After all, Jake 2.0 was signed to complete this season's run of episodes."
Just last month, the news broke that Enterprise's number of episodes was going to be cut down from 26 to 24, and that the show might be moving to Friday nights (story). However, the Friday night news was dismissed as an incorrect rumor and denied by UPN (story).
However, now rumors of a schedule change seem to be resurfacing. "With the hammer coming down on Jake this week, in addition to the 'trimming' of UPN's order of Enterprise episodes this season, Star Trek's executives fear the promises given were disingenuous at best," the source said. This also comes on the heels of UPN's recent refusal to comment about the future of the show (story).
To read the original story, visit Cinescape.
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In a question and answer session with television writers, CBS President Les Moonves and UPN head Dawn Ostroff did not answer questions about Star Trek: Enterprise's future.
New York Newsday noted that the Presidents did not say one way or another whether Enterprise would be receiving the greenlight for a fourth season. Moonves and Ostroff did confirm that Jake 2.0, Enterprise's lead out show will most likely not be renewed unless its ratings improve. However, with the show's preemption in favor of reruns of the reality show America's Next Top Model, there is little chance of a ratings boost even if it does return after Model ends its run.
Moonves mentioned that they are pleased with the performance of the comedies on Monday and Tuesday, and noted that more are in development. Ostroff noted that UPN is going to consider comedy pilots from Queen Latifah, Lisa Kudrow, and Samuel L. Jackson for the fall schedule.
UPN will only air two mid-season replacements this spring. One is America's Next Top Model, which premiered last Tuesday, and the other is a computer-animated comedy entitled Game Over. Game Over features the voices of Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld) and Lucy Liu (Ally McBeal, Charlie's Angels) and revolves around the personal lives of video game characters.
UPN has two new reality shows in works for the summer. One is called The Player and features young men and women competing to see who among them is the "ultimate player." The other involves Amish young people undergoing the ritual of "rumspringa," in which they venture out into the real world and test the strength of their beliefs.
For more on UPN's plans, visit New York Newsday!
In my opinion I think Enterprise should be cancelled, since B&B can't pull any good scripts from their asses.
I'm asking you, should the series be put down if it continues as it has?
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