Editing Star Trek: Enterprise (section)

===Time slots===
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! Season !! Time slot (ET)
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| [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001–02]] || Wednesday at 8:00 pm (episodes 1, 3–23, 25–26) <br />Wednesday at 9:00 pm (episodes 2, 24)
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| [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2002–03]] || Wednesday at 8:00 pm (episodes 1–24, 26) <br />Wednesday at 9:00 pm (episode 25)
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| [[2003–04 United States network television schedule|2003–04]] || Wednesday at 8:00 pm
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| [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–05]] || Friday at 8:00 pm (episodes 1–21) <br />Friday at 9:00 pm (episode 22)
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The pilot, "Broken Bow", was watched by 12.5&nbsp;million viewers on the first broadcast on UPN.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlosser |first=Joe|title=New and Improved|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79304466.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414101404/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79304466.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2016|access-date=2015-05-31|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=October 8, 2001|url-access=subscription |via=}}</ref> This was during the first full week of the new season on American television, and it was felt at the time that the combination of ''Enterprise'' alongside ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' would help to cross-promote each other due to the science fiction and fantasy genre links.<ref>{{cite journal|title=It's A Date!|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=September 2001|volume=1|issue=83|page=4}}</ref> This even included a cross-over episode of ''Roswell'' with a character from that series auditioning before [[Jonathan Frakes]] for a role on ''Enterprise''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=When Shows Collide|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=November 2001|volume=1|issue=85|page=5}}</ref> After the first few weeks of episodes of ''Enterprise'', the ratings were considered to be solid enough and the expectation was that the series would run for seven seasons in the same manner as ''The Next Generation'', ''Deep Space Nine'' and ''Voyager''.<ref name=hotvulcan /> However, the viewing figures began to decrease towards the end of the season.<ref name=wednesdaystrip>{{cite journal|last1=Spelling|first1=Ian|title=Wednesday's Trip|journal=Starlog|date=November 2003|volume=1|pages=34–37|url=https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-316JPG/316#page/n33/mode/1up|issue=316|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref>

Changes were made for the third season, with the introduction of the season-long Xindi storyline. This improved the reviews that the series was receiving, and the viewers in the 18 to 35 demographics, but the overall ratings continued to decrease.<ref name=scrapbook/> UPN cut the 26 episode order for the third season to 24, meaning that if 24 episodes were created for the fourth season as well then they would have the 100 episodes needed for syndication.<ref name=vulcanimpulses /> As well as a move to Friday nights,<ref name=scrapbook/> the fourth season was shortened further to 22 episodes, meaning that at cancellation there were 98 episodes produced in total.<ref>{{cite web|title=Production Report: Classic Déjà Vu in "Mirror" Part II|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9522.html?page=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907144516/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9522.html?page=0 |website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=February 8, 2005|archive-date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=2015-06-27}}</ref> At the time of cancellation, ''Enterprise'' remained the highest rated drama series on UPN.<ref name=boybands /> The series went immediately into [[broadcast syndication]]; the arrangements having been made by UPN prior to the cancellation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Star, Farscape Score|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-128168120.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326233803/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-128168120.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2016|access-date=2015-06-27|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=January 31, 2005|url-access=subscription |via=}}</ref> It is distributed by [[CBS Television Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Trek: Enterprise|date=September 26, 2001 |publisher=CBS.com|url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/enterprise/|access-date=2017-06-15|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614202946/http://www.cbs.com/shows/enterprise/|url-status=live}}</ref>