This is really a minor bit of news but as usual some Trekkies are looking at it as though the sky is falling.

This doesn't really affect UPN. Nielsen reporting UPN ratings separate from other networks on some of its reports is not going to impact UPN. As long as mainstream media reports the ratings as before, no one would even notice the difference.

The UPN programing that matters is the 10 hours of prime time programing they offer. Low rated children programing which they cancelled was not important. If UPN really cared about this Nielsen classification, they would spend a little more money and offer the affiliates another weekend movie to bring the number of hours from 13 to 15.

UPN has a lof of problems at the moment. This Nielsen re-classification is not one of them.

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Okay, I'm not sure, but doesn't CBS own UPN? Why not put Enterprise on CBS? The shows on CBS/ABC aren't any better than Enterprise. This gives the show a chance to gain a larger audience, perhaps some freedom since the show wouldn't have to appeal to a certain demographic as a networks primary show. It would put Trek back on a major channel, where it used to thrive.

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UPN could be completely taken off the air tonight and it wouldn't matter. It seems to me that the only "hit" they have is ENT, which could easily move to NBC if the quality improved.

Those sitcoms on UPN are shockingly bad. Wrestling is losing ratings. Going limited may be the next best thing to shutting it down. It gives them a chance to focus on a core of shows, then eventually with the right executives/producers, build a good primetime lineup around them, getting a larger and larger audience. And for god sakes get new marketing/ad people! The only show I watch on WB is Smallville, but the graphics and layout of the network during commercials is much better. The network and it's shows are promoted all over on billboards and radio stations.

Like ENT, to stay alive, UPN needs to reinvent itself in many ways. This may be a good thing for them.

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