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Posted on 08/10/2004 9:59:12 AM PDT by presidio9
UPN has reportedly commissioned advertisements touting William Shatner's (James T. Kirk) return to Star Trek.
CBS Television City Research Center, located in Las Vegas's MGM grand hotel, is showing a commercial for Enterprise's fourth season announcing a guest appearance by Shatner, according to a post by 'Lt. Barclay' on the TrekWeb message boards.
Barclay said in his report that the center previewed an episode of CBS's new comedy series, Centre of the Universe, for visitors. "During the show, a few UPN commercials were shown, including one for Enterprise," he said in his report. The Enterprise ad reportedly contained scenes from season three, followed by a Star Trek logo and a voice over announcing that Shatner would be appearing in two episodes this season.
Rumours about Shatner making the trek to Enterprise have circulated since the series premiere in fall 2001, but have picked up steam in recent months. Back in May, executive producer Rick Berman said the writers were looking for a way to bring Shatner on board Enterprise. In June, it was reported the actor approached Berman with a "great story idea" for a guest stint (story). The only stumbling block at that time was that Shatner is signed as a regular on ABC's new drama series, Boston Legal, and would require time off to appear on Enterprise.
The CBS Television City Research Center is a joint initiative between Viacom, the parent company of CBS and UPN, and ACNielsen, which provides television ratings data. The complex includes screening rooms fitted with touch screens so visitors can give instant feedback on the programs as they are watching them.
Please note that this information has yet to be confirmed by UPN or Paramount Pictures and until such time you should treat it as you would any rumour from an unofficial source. The original post can be found here at the TrekWeb forums.
I love his price-line commercials with Leonard NImoy. They're a hoot!
Star Trek is so dead. Stunt casting Shatner is just a pathetic attempt to pump some voltage into a corpse to make it twitch, but the magic is gone. Star Trek ran out of ideas 10 years ago.
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Check this out! Its amateurish at times but getting better. Roddenberrys son is associated with them now. Its great for nostalgia alone...........
http://www.5yearmission.com/
at least 10 years ago. I can't believe people still watch that dreck.
ahhh, the good old double fisted karate chop, the perfect move for defeating a lizard-man when trapped on a desert planet while locked in a life or death duel.
Are they mad?
What...do they think...their doing?
I agree that its stunt casting, and that Enterprise is a horrible show. Still, if Shatner shows up, I'll tune in and check it out. William Shatner is Star Trek.
Oh. I thought they were dancing to the Bee Gees... or Abba's 'Dancing Queen'...
Flame away!
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"Mista Kirk. He dead."
If you don't appreciate the campy genius of Bill Shatner, that's your loss.
Trek is just desperate for anything, they had to drop the price per episode to a price where they will be losing money this year making the show... UPN is only paying $800k per episode if I am not mistaken.. But the show needs a 4th season so that it can be sold in syndication reruns so they took the loss to be able to have rerun revenues. Without the cut in cost UPN would not have picked it up.
Enterprise started out with a reasonable premise... and then was quickly destroyed by preachy leftist lecturing and a wishy washy captain character.... The show has only lasted at all because of its Star Trek name.
Yeah, he can be funny. I just never liked the show.
I am going to watch this one tonight!
It's not about the show, it is about Shatner. Click on the link in post five and I defy you not to crack up.
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