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Posted By: Sindatur May 19, 2004 - 07:32 am

From Scifi Wire:

UPN renewed its ratings-challenged Star Trek: Enterprise for a fourth season, though it's likely to move to Fridays from Wednesdays next season, Variety reported. UPN is expected to make the formal announcement as part of its prime-time schedule in its "upfront" presentation to advertisers on May 20.
The fate of Enterprise, the last remaining active enterprise in the once-robust Trek franchise, has been in doubt all year, as ratings have stagnated despite what was regarded as a creative turnaround in the show's storylines. A season-long arc, focused on the Xindi alien threat to Earth, resolves in the third-season finale, "Countdown," which airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT on May 19.

Posted By: ZimNova May 19, 2004 - 09:30 am

Thanks Sindatur.
Renewal good, move to Friday bad!!!
The only genre shows to have survived Friday night time slots in the last few years have been the X-Files (moved to Sunday after what, S-4?), Stargate SG-1 and Farscape, although Farscape might not really count because it did get cancelled one season short.

I can't remember all the shows that ran less than a full season on Friday's but some noteables were Firefly, John Doe, Fast Lane, Harsh Realm, The Chronicle and The Invisible Man (season & a half). Frelling time slot of doom for any genre show!

Posted By: Aldan May 19, 2004 - 09:55 am

Um, ah, Zim... You're forgetting about Saturday slots...

Posted By: Nomad May 20, 2004 - 05:39 am

Yeah, the Friday timeslot competes with the Scif channel shows. What idiots!

Posted By: Nomad May 20, 2004 - 06:12 am

Well, I gotta admit, I am enjoying the end of season 3. I has been action packed and the crew is tougher for it. In a way, I am liking the changes in T'pol. Some may not because they would want a true logical Vulcan, but hey, Tpol with more emotion makes her more sexy in a human way. nudge nudge

Posted By: Aldan May 20, 2004 - 09:39 am

Oh, as if she NEEDED that "in a human way"...

Posted By: Nomad May 20, 2004 - 11:25 am

LoL...good point.

Posted By: ZimNova May 20, 2004 - 11:32 am

This was just up at the Internet Movie Database: IMDb

" Just when it had seemed that the Star Trek TV franchise was doomed, it was apparently saved Wednesday following a massive fan campaign organized on the Internet as SaveEnterprise.com. The site said that producer Rick Berman would be flying into New York to make the official announcement during UPN's unveiling of its fall schedule. And indeed, when UPN released its fall schedule earlier today (Thursday), Star Trek Enterprise was listed as part of the replacement for the network's low-rated Friday Night Movie. It will share the vacated time period with a replay of the reality series America's Next Top Model."

Posted By: Sindatur May 21, 2004 - 09:45 am

This is from SciFi Wire, notice the next to last line.

Fans Helped Renew Enterprise

Dawn Ostroff, UPN's president of entertainment, said that fan clamor was party responsible for the network's renewing Star Trek: Enterprise for a fourth season in a new timeslot, 9 p.m. ET/PT Fridays. "By the amount of mail and calls that we've received from loyal Star Trek fans, we have every reason to believe that the viewers will follow Enterprise to its new night and time," Ostroff told advertisers May 20 at the network's "upfront" presentation. "After all, this is a show that recently topped a USA Today poll, with 70 percent of the respondents voting for Enterprise to come back next season."

The new timeslot "is the same night and time where X-Files found its following and thrived for years," Ostroff added.

UPN officially picked up the ratings-challenged Enterprise, which had been "on the bubble" for weeks, meaning that its fate was uncertain. The network said that the new season will be "more action-packed, with spectacular special effects," and "will take Star Trek: Enterprise into further uncharted territory, while advancing last season's critically acclaimed storylines, including Vulcan Sub Commander T'Pol's (Jolene Blalock) blossoming relationship with Chief Engineer Charles 'Trip' Tucker III (Connor Trinneer) and mysterious twists in the familiar timeline." The third-season finale of Enterprise, "Zero Hour," airs May 26 at 8 p.m.

Posted By: ZimNova Aug 25, 2004 - 07:38 pm

So I was watching *Blade Runner* tonight (love that film big time), then was surfing the actors bio's at the Internet Movie Database to see what they've been up to recently, looking at Joanna Cassidy (Zhora) and was surprised to see her listed to be appearing as a guest star on Enterprise!
Episode: *Home*, playing "T'Less" (episode # 4.3) Air Date: 22 October 2004.
That should be cool.

Speaking of Blade Runner stars. If you haven't seen Daryl Hannah (Pris) in QT's latest, *Kill Bill Vol. 2* as Elle Driver, be sure to check it out 'cause her and Uma Thurman's scenes are worth the price of the DVD rental alone.