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By: Blainevi (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:14:20 on Mar 11, 2004

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Enterprise contracts are six seasons...so the show would have to be cancelled early...so by default, so far, Season Four is a go.

Then why doesn't it garantee a fifth or sixth?

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The ratings haven't really gotten worse this year, and there is some positive press toward the series. While I don't expect a huge bump in the ratings for the end of the season, I do think the general buzz is up.

Perhaps but the ratings have not gone up that much, if at all.

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100 episodes, as I have said in the past, is the magic number and increases the net value of the series across the board for Paramount.

But who will watch a show that was cancelled due to lack of intrest the first time around?

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Paramount doesn't like the idea of having no Star Trek on TV as it affects many aspects of the franchise, including toys, games, movies, etc.

Didn't stop after TOS was cancelled.

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The only thing we have pointing toward the show not being renewed is one comment by an exec.

Yeah, but that pretty much all that has been said about Ent's future. Other then B&B are planning to go ahead with planning for a fourth season.

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So far, the facts support renewal.

Maybe, maybe not. After all your opinion is as valied as mine.

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By: Balok (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:03:08 on Mar 11, 2004

Six season contracts? For who, the cast and crew? Could you substantiate this claim somehow? I don't think this is correct.

The ratings have indeed gone down. See below. The numbers may be slightly skewed for this season (in its favor) because there have only been 18 episodes so far compared to 26 for the first two seasons (in other words, the ratings below for season 3 are probably better than they would be if they included all 24 episodes). The first number is the season, the year in parantheses, the rating, the number of households, the number of viewers, the share, and worst of all the number of viewers in the key 18 - 49 demographic:

1, (2001-2002)....4.15....4.39 million....6.71 million....6.7....3.39
2, (2002-2003)....2.89....3.08 million....4.40 million....4.6....2.07
3, (2003-2004)....2.58....2.81 million....3.94 million....4.1....1.65

Positive press? TV Guide said the show deserves a mercy killing. What positive press are you referring to? The only positive buzz I've seen the show get is on these boards, and until Azati Prime, the buzz had been mostly lukewarm.

I'll grant you that 100 episodes would result in a marginal improvement in the syndication package (for which they already have enough episodes), but I still believe the ROI wouldn't justify producing another season. I think this is the argument you're depending on most and I grant you that I could be completely wrong on this one.

There's a considerable sentiment that too much Trek (especially in the forms of Voyager and Enterprise) have been doing more to hurt than help the franchise. Many fans and people in the press have been calling for a break. We don't know if Paramount is weighing that at all.

And there have been numerous discouraging comments from the execs, and only one positive one from Rick Berman, who we all know cannot be taken at his word. The latest discouraging comment came from Dawn Ostroff and was posted here a couple of days ago:

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"I do think it's harder for science fiction and genre shows to make it than it has been in the past. It's harder for them to find their place," says Dawn Ostroff, the president of UPN who remains tight-lipped on the future of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. "What you look for is some growth. A show doesn't have to be a huge success right away -- you just need to see the arrow going in the right direction."

Take another look at the ratings above after reading that comment and tell me things look good for Enterprise's future.

I'm sorry, but so far the facts do not support renewal. It may happen, and I'm sure there are other variables for which we don't have enough information which will factor into the decision, and perhaps Steve does know something he's not (or can't) tell us. And I'm not hoping and praying that Enterprise gets cancelled. I'm just looking at all the information available to me, and it doesn't look encouraging.

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