10 Amazing Behind The Scenes Secrets Of Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek's most controversial series has had it's fair share of behind-the-scenes drama.
Star Trek: Enterprise is beloved by some Trek fans and hated by others. From the start, it was plagued by behind-the-scenes drama and changes in direction that made cancellation almost a certainty, but, despite this, the show managed to accomplish so much.
Enterprise showed us a new Starfleet, one that was still learning what it was. It took risks, and sometimes it failed to meet the lofty goals it set out to. Still, Enterprise's legacy lives on and gives us some much-needed context of Trek history.
We all know how long the road was gettin' from there to here, so it'll be interesting to look back at what was going on behind the scenes of one of Star Trek's most controversial installments. In the process, we'll go over everything that made the show brilliant, and everything that it fumbled.
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.