Goddamnit! After Futurama, the only thing that came close to an American culteral heritage and a universal institution, has been cancelled!

Neglecting to promote the show since its start in 2001, UPN (a.k.a The African American Channel) decided to cancel the show citing poor ratings (oh, DUH!) and the realization that Enterprise didn’t “fit their format” as one insider put it.

Star Trek is a multi-million dollar business that generates money through not only through on-air advertisement, merchandising and DVD sales but also with the licensing of the shows to networks all over the world. It is NOT a US-only product and UPN ratings had nothing to do with Enterprise’s cancellation. It was the direct will and influence of Paramount execs that got it cancelled.

Rod Roddenberry, son of the late Gene Roddenberry had visited the Paramount lot just one day before the cancellation announcement.
“My immediate response is that you (Paramount) did it to yourselves, and it was a long time coming. But then I sit down and look within, and there’s really an emptiness there for me, and an immediate fear. I can’t imagine how the people who work on the show, who have been pouring their heart and soul into it for the last 18 years, are feeling right now.

But right now it needs a break. I think I only say that because it has been sort of the same thing for 18 years. Maybe if they kept it fresh and exciting the whole time, it wouldn’t need a break. I just can’t imagine another spin-off series like ‘Starfleet Academy’ or something, where they would have the same thing, new characters, different uniforms, maybe a different ship, but still deal with the same shit.”