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« on: July 12, 2010, 03:35:43 AM »
1. Series burnout, because Star Trek had been on the air constantly for about 20 years at that point.
2. Genre saturation; TNG was the only sci-fi show on TV at that point. When Enterprise came out, there was a whole channel for it.
3. Storyline glut; TOS/TNG had piled on so much history into what had happened that Enterprise became a historical. And quite frankly, few people are into seeing a historical, and Star Trek fans are notoriously "wankish" about details. And those who aren't Star Trek fans don't care and watch it.
4. Tech issues; when TOS came out, there was all sorts of future tech, which was cool. Enterprise, taking place 100 years before TOS needed worse tech. However, when Enterprise came out, our real-life tech was advanced.
5. Also, bad casting issues. Namely, Scott Bakula.