[Demiurge2]

I recall that, before Enterprise bowed, the buzz was that a new series would take up in the ST-NG timeline, and be focused on Star Fleet Academy. Didn’t happen, of course, which was too bad. IMHO Enterprise started interesting, but grew increasingly gimmicky and desperate by its last season.

[Charles Martel]

Yes, Enterprise was under-utilized. I thought the academy series concept was the wrong direction for a follow-up, it sounded like a way to cheap out on the sets. Besides, the Romulan War plot line would've been a lot more interesting.