STENTS04E22 These were the Voyages 3

Broken Bow”, Enterprise’s 2001 premiere episode, attracted 12.5 million viewers in its first broadcast,[2] but ratings quickly dropped to a low of 5.9 million viewers. Enterprise was threatened with cancellation by the third season;[3] the show survived by slashing its budget amid broadcaster UPN’s schedule revamp.[4] The show was moved to Fridays in 2004, while the rest of UPN’s programming became more female-friendly, in part due to the success of America’s Next Top Model. The third season introduced a season-long story arc, to some of the best reviews of the entire series.[3] In the fourth season, Manny Coto became executive producer after writing and co-producing the show since 2003. While Coto’s episodes were hailed by critics and fans as equaling the quality of previous Star Trek television series,[2] the average viewership dropped to 2.9 million,[4] with a series-low showing of 2.5 million in January 2005.[5] On February 3, UPN and Paramount announced that the fourth season of the show would be its last.[6] The network waited until the series had been sold to syndication before making the announcement.[4] The cancellation marked the first time new Star Trek episodes would not appear on television in eighteen years, when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered.[5] The fourth season continued production so that Paramount could sell an attractive 98 episodes to syndicates.[4] Actress Jolene Blalock (T’Pol) criticized the early stories as boring and lacked intriguing …
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