XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: graham@ditl.org   
      
   VernonT wrote:   
      
   > "Al Smith"  wrote in message   
   > news:79Uoc.39745$Np3.1632717@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   >   
   >>>Apropos of Berman's acknowledging that maybe Star Trek needs a   
   >>>breather, what might that mean in the event "Enterprise" lasts the   
   >>>(seemingly) requisite seven years? There won't be a Star Trek series   
   >>>on the air immediately afterward, and no overlapping like TNG/DS9 and   
   >>>DS9/VOY?   
   >>   
   >>My own gut instinct is that "Enterprise" is going to last five   
   >>years. I don't see it going the distance. Five years should get it   
   >>into syndication.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I've read that 4 years will get syndication.  Even with the shortened   
   > seasons.   
   > Season 1         26 eps.   
   > Season 2         26 eps.   
   > Season 3         24 eps.   
   > Season 4      ? 24 eps.   
   >         equals    100 total   
      
   This is only a rule of thumb though; remember that the   
   success of TOS was based on syndication, and it only   
   ran to 78 episodes. Just about where Enterprise will   
   be when Season 3 finishes.   
      
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