So did I (like this show) until after about a dozen episodes I detected a pattern of good old liberal obsessions in the stories. Yawn! Whoopie Goldberg? Pleeeze! Didn't mean to spoil your fun, but then, it's Spiner who's the spoiler you ought to address!
I was disappointed with the first year and stopped watching after that. It wasn't until the 5th season a friend convinced me it had gotten much better and I started watching again. Although I found some of the episodes were dopey (Journey's End with the Indians comes to mind), there were others that were extremely well done. My favorite episode was Timescape.
It did get better as time went on. Also, I think part of my initial reaction to it was that the cast was too large and I was getting confused about who was whom. Once I recognized everyone and the story lines improved, I was hooked.