10 Amazing Behind The Scenes Secrets Of Star Trek: Enterprise

10. The Reason For The Title Change

Enterprise received a lot of attention when the first episode, Broken Bow, aired on UPN, but the viewership slowly declined to around 2.5 million per episode.

After the first couple of seasons, the writers began trying to find creative ways to save the show. One theory for the show's declining viewership was the lack of Star Trek in the title. When the series began, it was titled simply Enterprise—a first for the franchise, and also a strange and risky decision. Many on the production team believed that people weren't watching because they didn't know the show was about Star Trek (though, you'd think the word enterprise would give it away).

The third episode of the show's third season, Extinction, was the first to use the new title, Star Trek: Enterprise, and, while seasons three and four were received better by fans, the name change sadly wasn't enough to save the show from cancellation.