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Every year I usually give a couple of new shows a chance. This year my new shows were Skin and Tarzan, the former because of its loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, the latter because of, well, Lucy Lawless and Travis Fimmel. They've both been cancelled already.

Is it me, or have this fall's offerings been even worse than usual? I can't blame the reality show trend, as there are fewer now than there were several months ago. It's not just the new shows either: West Wing is depressing, 24 is boring me, and Smallville has way too much Lana and way too little Lex.

This being the case...why aren't more people watching Enterprise? I have my gripes with the show, but I have to say it's much better now than it was during the first season and unlike a lot of returning shows, it's not showing its age already.

Okay, I know one reason people may not be watching is the time slot -- come on, UPN, get it on in an hour when people aren't distracted by a bigger-name genre franchise! There's no shame in being outscored by Superman. Move Enterprise to Fridays; it's not like the ratings can get any worse for you that night, anyway.

I'm betting that more people are watching the show than we see in the numbers, but they're taping it. Unfortunately, without hard numbers to back this up, Mediaweek and others are going to continue to harp on the show's ratings. The network really needs to do something to support its franchise.

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

-Is Rick Berman right...do 'shippers take themselves too seriously?

-What's your sci-fi dream weapon?

-Got Unity yet? Who's the best place to order books from?

More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!

Trek Two Years Ago

These were some of the major news items from mid-November 2001:

• Linda Park Loves The Languages
  "I think Hoshi has more of a latent explorer in her than the others have because she gets fearful sometimes. But I hope that she'll blossom and become the full-fledged explorer that I hope she will be," said Linda Park, who also enjoyed her scenes speaking Denobulan with Phlox and added that she shared Sato's hunger for knowledge.

• Kate Mulgrew Confirmed For 'Nemesis'
  At a convention in Philadelphia, Kate Mulgrew confirmed that she would be appearing as Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Nemesis. She said that she would be "ordering Picard around" in the film.

• Philadelphia Convention Report
  DS9 actors performed Shakespeare, Marc Alaimo (Dukat) described what it was like having Avery Brooks (Sisko) break his nose, and Mulgrew admitted that she and Jeri Ryan never bonded as Janeway and Seven of Nine did.

More news can be found in the archives.

Poll Results

Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:

How Would You Rate 'North Star'? 9-10 38.7% - (352 Votes) 7-8 31.3% - (285 Votes) Wasn't able to see it 9.4% - (86 Votes) 5-6 9.2% - (84 Votes) Didn't want to see it 5.3% - (49 Votes) 3-4 3.7% - (34 Votes) 1-2 2% - (19 Votes) Total Votes: 909

Please vote in our new poll on aliens popping up in the Expanse.

Happy Birthday!

On Wednesday, November 19, Robert Beltran (Chakotay) turns 50 and Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) turns 40.

This Week's Television Listings

Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, UPN will show Enterprise's "Similitude". Here's the official synopsis of the episode:

When Trip suffers a catastrophic injury, his only hope for survival is a transplant from a "mimetic simbiot" – a clone – which Phlox grows from one of his exotic creatures. But it's a very troubling solution.

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