XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: NTYS@nospam.com   
      
   Stan Jensen wrote:   
   > Enterprise Won't Be Shopped   
   >   
   > Rick Berman, executive producer of UPN's just-canceled Star Trek:   
   > Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that Paramount is not shopping the series to   
   > another network in the hope that it will remain on the air past its   
   > anticipated May 13 series finale on UPN. The studio considered that option   
   > last year, when the fate of Enterprise hung in the balance, but UPN   
   > ultimately renewed the struggling series for a fourth and now last season.   
   >   
   > "One of the greatest things that Paramount has offered us over the last 18   
   > years has been the kinds of budgets that have allowed us to produce the   
   > show at the quality that it's been done," Berman said in an interview hours   
   > after the official announcement was made by UPN. "The budget that all of   
   > our Star Trek series have demanded are the kinds of budgets that would be   
   > prohibitive on cable. So as of now the powers-that-be seem to feel it's   
   > time to give the franchise a rest, and I think it's most likely a good   
   > idea."   
   >   
   > Sources told SCI FI Wire that the show costs as much as $1.6 million per   
   > episode to produce, for which UPN paid about half. To win renewal last   
   > year, Paramount cut its fee to UPN, which resulted in some cost-cutting,   
   > which included shooting the series on high-definition digital video instead   
   > of film.   
      
   Does UPN have any other shows that are doing well in the ratings?   
   Because I rarely watch the junk that they put on.   
      
   Gus   
      
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