10 Reasons To Greenlight Star Trek: United NOW

10. 25th Anniversary Celebrations

Star Trek: Enterprise debuted in 2001, originally airing without any competing Trek series alongside. While Deep Space Nine had arrived during The Next Generation's penultimate season, and Voyager spent several years overlapping with the former, Enterprise was out there on its own. Sadly, while it had a strong start in terms of numbers, those viewing figures dwindled over its four-year run.

However, while there were several contemporary reasons for this, the show found a new life when it arrived on streaming. This, when combined with much of the cast's ongoing visibility and popularity, has led to a reassessment of sorts for this prequel series. As it turns out, Enterprise was never bad; it simply arrived at the wrong time.

2026 sees the 25th anniversary of Broken Bow, with celebrations planned for the Trek to Vegas convention in Las Vegas. While Star Trek: United would not necessarily be a revival of Enterprise in the strictest sense, it has quickly found itself tied to the overall Enterprise discussions. 

In terms of timing, now seems the best time to strike forward with United. Starting any show comes with myriad difficulties, not least of which is securing an audience from the beginning. This struggle is all too common, as the recent Starfleet Academy experienced during its debut season. With so many eyes focused on Enterprise this year, there may never be a better time to begin production on a show that features at least one (if not more) of the original cast. 

This is, effectively, a case of strike while the iron is hot. Paramount and CBS are, to put it bluntly, floundering when it comes to Star Trek right now. This could also go a long way to mending some very burnt bridges.