TREK franchise, after the cancellation of ENTERPRISE and the failure of STAR TREK NEMESIS at the box office. Here are
a few excerpts from the article.
"It doesn't fit into `no-win situation' but
it fits into the `you gotta be real careful' situation," Rick Berman told TV Week about the prequel series ratings "Numbers
slip on shows. It doesn't necessarily mean the creative direction needs to be altered, but [at that point] it couldn't hurt."
Berman concedes there may have been too many STAR TREK series on the air.
"It's really easy to Monday-morning quarterback these sort of things," Berman said. "[But] we may have
overextended a bit. It's a possibility that Paramount may have taken one too many trips to the well."
"We view this very much as a hiatus in the history of the show," said David
Stapf, president of Paramount Network Television. "And I'm actually kind of excited to see what the next chapter
will bring."
About the upcoming movie, Berman only said that will be a prequel
with new characters. While firmly believing STAR TREK will return to television, he said the franchise's sensibility may be
out of step with the times.
"We made a great effort to keep [Gene]
Roddenberry's vision of the future in mind," Mr. Berman said. "Has that attitude played
itself out? It could very well be true."
