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For the first time in the network's 10-year history, UPN will kick off a new season without Star Trek.
The network officially pulled the plug on its struggling "Star Trek: Enterprise" after four seasons, allowing the show to run out its remaining episodes until its series finale on May 13.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and 'Enterprise' has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction," said UPN Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff, in a release. "We'd like to thank Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and an incredibly talented cast for creating an engaging, new dimension to the Star Trek universe on UPN, and we look forward to working with them, and our partners at Paramount Network Television, on a send-off that salutes its contributions to the network and sastifies its loyal viewers."
Star Trek has had new episodes continuously aired on television since the premiere of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" debuted in 1992, and ran simultaneously with "The Next Generation" and later "Star Trek: Voyager," which debuted on the then new UPN in 1995.
All the spinoff series lasted seven seasons through "Voyager." This is the first time that a Star Trek series has been cancelled since the original "Star Trek" was cancelled in 1968 by NBC.
"The creators, stars and crew of 'Star Trek: Enterprise' ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the Star Trek franchise," said David Stapf, president of Paramount Network Television, in a release. "We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of Trek and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid good-bye to 'Enterprise' and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
While the cancellation of the series has been widely speculated since last year, rumors of its fate started circulating late Tuesday night after a handful of Internet sites -- including the official William Shatner Web site -- started to report that the plug could be pulled as early as Wednesday. When reports started to circulate from that initial report, the site pulled back, saying it seemed they were part of a hoax, but SyFy Portal sources corroborated the report that UPN had indeed made a decision to cancel the series, and would be making the announcement Wednesday.
According to Paramount Television, the show will end with 98 episodes and four Emmy awards. It recently received a rerun syndication deal that would take it across more than 90 percent of American television markets. It was only the third Star Trek series to get a network run. "The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" both aired in first-run syndication.
The network officially pulled the plug on its struggling "Star Trek: Enterprise" after four seasons, allowing the show to run out its remaining episodes until its series finale on May 13.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and 'Enterprise' has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction," said UPN Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff, in a release. "We'd like to thank Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and an incredibly talented cast for creating an engaging, new dimension to the Star Trek universe on UPN, and we look forward to working with them, and our partners at Paramount Network Television, on a send-off that salutes its contributions to the network and sastifies its loyal viewers."
Star Trek has had new episodes continuously aired on television since the premiere of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" debuted in 1992, and ran simultaneously with "The Next Generation" and later "Star Trek: Voyager," which debuted on the then new UPN in 1995.
All the spinoff series lasted seven seasons through "Voyager." This is the first time that a Star Trek series has been cancelled since the original "Star Trek" was cancelled in 1968 by NBC.
"The creators, stars and crew of 'Star Trek: Enterprise' ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the Star Trek franchise," said David Stapf, president of Paramount Network Television, in a release. "We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of Trek and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid good-bye to 'Enterprise' and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
While the cancellation of the series has been widely speculated since last year, rumors of its fate started circulating late Tuesday night after a handful of Internet sites -- including the official William Shatner Web site -- started to report that the plug could be pulled as early as Wednesday. When reports started to circulate from that initial report, the site pulled back, saying it seemed they were part of a hoax, but SyFy Portal sources corroborated the report that UPN had indeed made a decision to cancel the series, and would be making the announcement Wednesday.
According to Paramount Television, the show will end with 98 episodes and four Emmy awards. It recently received a rerun syndication deal that would take it across more than 90 percent of American television markets. It was only the third Star Trek series to get a network run. "The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" both aired in first-run syndication.
