XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: bogusname@nj.rr.com   
      
   On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:23:40 -0000, "EvilBill"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Eric Newman  typed as if devouring a plate of spoo:   
   >> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:06:34 +1300, Anybody   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article <10uuhs3gufhrg6d@corp.supernews.com>, Brian Brady   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Anybody wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In article , Stan   
   >>>>> Jensen  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Moonves: A Break Good For Trek?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Leslie Moonves - co-president and co-chief operating officer of   
   >>>>>> Viacom, the parent company of CBS, UPN and Paramount - told SCI   
   >>>>>> FI Wire that it may be time for Star Trek to take a break, though   
   >>>>>> he added that no decision has been made on the future of UPN's   
   >>>>>> ratings-challenged Star Trek: Enterprise. Speaking in an   
   >>>>>> interview at the CBS/UPN winter press tour in West Hollywood,   
   >>>>>> Calif., Moonves said: "It's hard to say right now. The ratings   
   >>>>>> aren't great. 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."   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I think it's time Star Trek was put out to pasture for EVER.   
   >>>>> Everything must end, and it would have been much better for Star   
   >>>>> Trek to have ended years ago while it was "on top" before being   
   >>>>> dragged further and further down the toilet by the insane   
   >>>>> inabilities of the non-dynamic duo of Beavis & Butthead.  :-(   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not forever, but I think they should give up on series television   
   >>>> for at least 10 years and concentrate on the movies every two years.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Then around 2015 take a fresh look at it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Well ... according to some calendars the world is supposedly due to   
   >>> end in 2012, so that means Trek will be gone forever.  ;-)   
   >>   
   >> Do you know what day?   
   >   
   >September 5th.    
      
   I'd better cancel the appointment with the dentist, then.   
      
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