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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 2030100" data-attributes="member: 8863">I'd have to say that's probably far more likely that Trek being sold off.  Viacom owns Trek, and there's money to be made in it, they just don't feel like trying to make any money off it right now.  So while they don't have any use for it, they don't want anyone else getting their hands on it and turning it around again.  Maybe if Moonves or whoever the morons are at the top (and I mean over even B&B's heads here) actually put the show in syndication or some other venue where it could find an audience instead of killing it on a third rate network where it was getting butchered by the competion in ratings, maybe things might have been different.Certainly WB's decision to air Smallville opposite Enterprise helped to kill ratings as both shows draw from a similar fan base.  Then moving Enterprise to Friday was a really hare-brained move unless they wanted to kill the show (a distinct possibility), since Sci-Fi already had strong genre programming on Fri which also helped dilute the fan base.  This sort of executive stupidity, that is airing 4 or 5 nights at least of crap and putting all the interesting stuff opposite each other is one rason I do'nt bother watching TV anymore.  And know, I'm not going to get a TiVo, too expensive with my budget, and I don't have cable or strong enough TV viewing habits to justify the purchase either. That sounds like crap to me.  Star Trek can be a money maker and has proven it often enough in the past.  I think it hasn't been making money recently because Viacom is run by morons:<a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-07-04&res=l" target="_blank">http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-07-04&res=l</a> A strong fan response *might* sway their decision.  But if this thread reflects the views of Trek fans as a whole I doubt it somewhat.  Some fans want a rest, others say that Coto and the Stevens are proof that with good writing and production, Trek can still keep going strong.  Some fans want to see the Romulan Wars and the early days of the Federation.  Some want something set in Kirk's time.  Others want to leave the past behind, and go back to where DS9 left off (not really counting Voyager, since that was somewhat self-contained).  There certainly doesn't seem to be any agreement as to what direction to take.  And then you get the old curmudgeons who hate everything new and will just bitch about how much the new stuff sucks and how great TOS was.</blockquote>

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