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Paramount Spills the Beans on Shatner Guest Appearance? Rumor Mill Charged Up Update 8/10

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By Steve Krutzler / 21:30, 9 August 2004 / Enterprise

According to an unidentified poster on TrekWeb's Xindi Council forum, a trailer touting a guest appearance by William Shatner "as James T. Kirk" in a two-episode stint on STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE was shown to visitors at the CBS Television City Research Center in Las Vegas last week.

The center, a joint venture between Viacom and ACNielsen, routinely screens new programs to vistors who can then grade what they see using touch screen technology. TrekWeb has been unable to confirm the validity of the report; the Research Center will not reveal the content of its screenings and a spokesperson for Paramount declined to comment.

ENTERPRISE producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have stated in numerous interviews recently that they are attempting to bring Shatner onto the series, but no deal has been announced yet.

The original bulletin board post in question is available here.

Update 8/10 8:50 PDT: The Bring Back 'Kirk' Campaign reports that it has confirmed through an unnamed source that an ad promoting a Shatner guest appearance on ENTERPRISE has indeed been screened at the Television City Research Center.



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RE: My opinion of bringing back Kirk is already well known... | Report this post to moderator
By: Jupiter (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:35:30 on Aug 10, 2004

Actually, they are only doing 22 episodes next season (assumming it isn't cancelled mid-season).

So take 2 episodes to end the TCW to begin the season, 3 for Data's grandpappy, 2 for Kirk, and perhaps 2 for a series finale (if it gets cancelled).

That only leaves 13 episodes for them to come up with something else. Throw in the reported Vulcan shake-up episode(s), and another Andorian episode or two, and the season is pretty much filled up. Drag out the Klingons, a Phlox piece, and a couple other ship-in-the-bottle stories, and there's nothing left.

So in the words of Scotty, a chimp and two trainees could probably run the show the rest of the season and few would notice.

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RE: My opinion of bringing back Kirk is already well known... | Report this post to moderator
By: Flake (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:53:21 on Aug 10, 2004

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No need to rehash my objection to the idea of squeezing Shatner's bloated mass into a uniform again....

Shatner could be a cripple in a wheelchair and it wouldnt matter, I can't wait.

I think season 4 will be further improvement upon season 3 and I eagerly await the next 4 years of Enterprise.

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