I have never seen a single episode of TOS, yet I have all the figures and stuff. I'm a huge fan of TNG, DS9, and Voyager. Enterprise started out good, but the episodes that I've seen this far have all been done before. Since I still have catching up to do with TOS, I like the idea that there are a lot of episodes of Trek just waitng for me.

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I just wanted to say, I was looking forward to a new Star Trek series so for me it wasn't a case of "too much Star Trek". I am not going to simply say that the show sucks because someone will immediately jump forward to honestly defend it. That is fine but apparently more people are like me in the sense that it hasn't lived up to what they wanted. Same thing happened with DS9 and Voyager, I was there at the begining but that was really it, neither really did it for me and I stopped paying attention. For the record, I can still watch some TOS for the who knows how many(th) time and in regards to TNG I will tell my 14 yo son if I believe it was a "good one" (many were).
Sorry to the true fans of Enterprise if it ends but I did try the show and it appears so did many others who are no longer tuning in.

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I'm giving this show one more season to stay on the air.

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after the last episode, which got pretty good fan ratings and a review from OD. It seems that often, there's a lag in ratings. A bad ep hurts the next week, and a good ep boosts the next week (but if next week's ep is bad, it seems to really turn people off).

A decline is bad enough. A decline that doesn't stop is even worse. I guess we have to ask the question, are our opinions at all relevant to the ratings anymore, or are the only people with enough of an interest in the show as to keep posting about it here so far removed from the rest of the public that our feelings have no relationship to the general public...

But maybe Mayweather is so loathed that in spite of Judgement, people knew this was a Mayweather ep from the promos, and thus stayed away in droves.

New promotional strategy: Don't show Mayweather in the promos!

Other suggestions for how to trick people into watching? Splicing in footage from TNG's promos perhaps?

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Check it out.. Top ways to fix enterprise ratings..
10. I agree with the "Enterprise event thing.. cut it out."
9. Find a timeslot that is better suited to the show.
8. Put it on cable! Sign a contract with TNN (now spikeTV) or SciFI that guarantees at least 2 years. You should get takers.
7. Change the show. Yes I knwo this is being done, but let us know it . New uniforms, new opening. Remember when TNG updated the uniforms, added collars, and gave us a better intro? We know when we're watching its something different. AND MAKE THE QUALITY REALLY BETTER THEN!!!
6. A whole season without anyone captured and put in a cell.
5. I was glad to see Duras, and developing stuff with klingons. There are lots of aliens out there to meet that we already know.. how are THEY different?
4. A new character. Sorry, but it worked for DS9 and voyager.. and TNG always had repeating guests, Ro, Obrien.. How about someone from the future, stuck in the past. Think of the conflict that could bring..
3. While we're at it, more conflict! And raise the stakes!
2. More emotion, less bland. More stuff that really hits home and hurts these characters. Make us care
1. Advertise.. on UPN, on CBS, on TNN, on SciFi.. and not just a show ad, but a specific "This week on enterprise" ad.

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I know that this is a bit unrealistic, but what would happen if the ratings went down to like 5 people?

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Well this is sad, because I really thought this episode was really good. It was a little predictable, that is true-- but it actually had a bit of character development for Travis-- and I think that outweighs the predictability factor.

I think that the episodes lately have been as good as the best Voyagers, and better than the median TNG episodes. The biggest problem I think lately, (other than the drain of viewers), is that UPN is billing every Enterprise as "ENTERPRISE EVENT : XXXXXXX".

I am a little concerned about next year, but if Braga keeps things on this track, the future is starting to look a bit brighter.

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I love it how every time the show gets low ratings (which is every single week, btw) people come on here and say, "Well, there was a lakers game last night" or "The NHL playoffs are on" or "American Idol ..." and so on and so on.

Oh, and my all time favourite? "Increased competition." That one is just too funny.

Trek has always had competition people. Period. It's just that ENT has sunk to new lows and people are no longer interested. I am one of them, and as I already stated, I have stopped watching altogether and plan on giving the show one more chance during the season finale and the season premiere next season. I think a lot of people are like me, and Paramount would do well to keep their eyes on those episodes and ratings. If they are poor also, I can't see how they can justify keeping B&B on.

You know, just firing B&B would increase ratings! People would tune in just to see what the new eps were like.

Paramount --- what are you thinking???

Timmer33

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Here in Los Angeles Enterprise airs on a different network than Lakers games, but last night and many other nights I prefer to tape Enterprise and watch the Lakers game. I'm not sure how much of an impact this could have in a market as large as LA, but it's worth considering.

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Well, here in Orlando, they didn't even show Enterprise last night due to a basketball game, so I wonder how many other cities deal with that and how that effects the ratings...

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