Fast Nationals Bolster 'Chosen Realm'

See Also: 'Chosen Realm' Episode Guide

"Chosen Realm," this week's episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, scored poorly in the overnight ratings, but the fast national data shows more encouraging trends.

Fast national ratings, which are reported by Zap2It (as opposed to the metered market ratings used to determine overnight ratings, reported at MediaWeek) indicate that "Chosen Realm" finished with a 2.7 rating/4 share.

The numbers mean that on Wednesday night, approximately 2.7% of households with television sets were tuned to this week's episode, and 4% of households watching television at the time had Enterprise onscreen.

These are high numbers for Enterprise, whose highest total ratings this season came from "Similitude" which brought in a 3.0/5. "Rajiin" earned a 2.7/4 in the fall.

After putting Enterprise "thisclose" to the Loser's List yesterday, MediaWeek Programming Insider Marc Berman answered a reader comment in his column today. saying that he does not believe UPN can promote Enterprise's improved storytelling this season.

"That would imply the show initially was a bust," Berman wrote, adding that he did not believe the show could be moved to a time slot out of competition with Smallville because there isn't one available.

"Because UPN got on the map thanks to the Star Trek franchise, there is still every reason to believe the series will continue past this season," he added, stating that if the quality this season continues, there could be resurgence of popularity for the show: "Not likely, but a possibility."

Total ratings have not yet been released for Wednesday night. When they are available, audience numbers for "Chosen Realm" will indicate how many viewers may actually have watched the show.

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