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UPN Chief Moonves Says May Be Time for TREK "Break", Bakula Not Ready for End

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By Steve Krutzler / 07:03, 19 January 2005 / Enterprise

Speaking at UPN and CBS's winter press tour this week in West Hollywood, UPN chief Leslie Moonves signaled a cool opinion on the chances for STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's renewal. In quotes published by Sci-Fi Wire, Moonves says no decision has been made but shelving the series is definitely on the table.

"The ratings aren't great," he says. "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."

When pressed on what kind of expectations the show, which has improved UPN's Friday night ratings significantly, should be meeting, Moonves declined to predict.

"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 Scott Bakula was quick to deny rumors that he wants out of the four-year old series. The actor said he isn't ready for the show to end.

"I'll be disappointed if we wrap up this year," Bakula said in a separate interview with the site. "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 work situation has been tremendous. We're doing creative work, 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."

Bakula says UPN is under no obligation to facilitate the writing of a final episode by giving early warning of cancellation, but that he believes they may.

"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]."

Last year, the show wasn't renewed until well after production had wrapped. In a separate interview available at Now Playing, Bakula says he's in for the long haul.

"We heard some crazy thing the other day about that," he says of rumors he wanted out after this season. "That's totally unfounded and [I'm] here for the duration.

You can read much more from Bakula and Moonves in the original Sci-Fi Wire and Now Playing articles.



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By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:25:50 on Jan 19, 2005

...and so it should die for a while. I LIKE this season, I really do, but it's a case of just too little, just too late. For a DECADE B and B didn't care about what they put on the screen. They talked up all the "new" and "different" when all they did was write story after story as though they were asleep forgetting all about the new and different, not to mention the premise and the drama that could have gone with it.

Paramout should have pulled them back YEARS ago. Now the franchise pays for it.

Look forward to the next Trek...in a decade or so.

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By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:10:37 on Jan 19, 2005

Though I do think this season has been an improvement but I believe it's too much too late. Time to let this franchise, which has no one to blame but Paramount for flogging it for all it's worth, rest for awhile. Let someone else reinvent the show in 5 years. People may be wanting more by then but most dont now. Maybe give us verious different themed TV movies or something but you have to understand most fans have abandoned the show already and arent coming back.

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