XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: bogusname@nj.rr.com   
      
   On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:10:26 -0600, "Captain 20"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> Rick Berman, executive producer of the just-cancelled Star Trek:   
   >> Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he was surprised not by UPN's decision,   
   >> but by the fact that viewers continued to tune out the series despite a   
   >> marked improvement in quality, strong reviews and guest appearances by the   
   >> likes of Brent Spiner. "Nobody is more surprised about that than we are   
   >> here,"   
   >   
   >The newer shows haven't been that much better, and once you lose an audience   
   >and lose that "goodwill", it takes a while to get it back...dummy.   
   >   
   >> I don't think it has to do with the quality of the show. That   
   >> just might be ego speaking,   
   >   
   >No, you don't say..?   
   >   
   >> but I think we've done a great job. If you look   
   >> at the performance of [Star Trek] Nemesis, you see what I think was a   
   >> terrific movie that did not perform anywhere near as expected.   
   >   
   >Point granted (i thought N was a fine movie)   
      
   Oh, you're the one.   
      
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