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   From: kweeg@nospam.shaw.ca   
      
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   > "Zodiac69 864, M.B.A."    
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   > > > Despite a stepped-up campaign by Star Trek fans to save the   
   long-running   
   > > > series, John Billingsley, a star of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise has   
   > > > predicted that it will not be renewed. Billingsley told the Ventura   
   > County   
   > > > Star that the current low ratings for the series and the fact that   
   > > > Paramount   
   > > > will have the 100 episodes needed for syndication of the series spells   
   > > > doom   
   > > > for the series. It returned this season only because Paramount TV,   
   which   
   > > > produces it, agreed to significant budget cuts. However, audience   
   > erosion   
   > > > continued. "My feeling is that after all these years, the people who   
   are   
   > > > not   
   > > > watching Star Trek won't start watching," Billingsley said. Meanwhile,   
   > > > fans   
   > > > of the series said Thursday that they hope to raise $14,994 to pay for   
   a   
   > > > "Save Enterprise" ad in USA Today that would run during the February   
   > > > sweeps.   
   > >   
   > > Maybe they can slash the budget even more for the 5th season and all the   
   > > aliens will have paper plates stabled to their foreheads, and we can go   
   > back   
   > > to the goofy, cheesy looking Andorians and have some sort of story arch   
   to   
   > > explain that much like the upcoming smooth Klingon arch.   
   > >   
   > > Zodiac69   
   > > the future of RSPW   
   > > 864's most promising blue chipper   
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   > Voyager killed the Star Trek franchise dead.  Kaput. Goodbye. Baby goes to   
   > sleep now.   
   >   
   > Roddenberry is probably rolling in his grave right about now....   
      
   Hate to say it but ol' Gene wasn't much of a magic touch either.... STTMP,   
   the first 2 seasons of TNG, he didn't want Stewart for the new captain,   
   figured Americans wouldn't take to a bald British guy, so much for   
   "enlightened" thinking.....   
      
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