The UPN Network, which has never in its 10-year history been without a Star Trek series on its schedule, has pulled the plug on Star Trek Enterprise, which will end its four-season run on May 13th.  Paramount insists that the Star Trek property is not dead, though it is likely to go on hiatus for a year or two before returning in a new incarnation -- possibly in the form of the long-rumored Starfleet Academy series.

Enterprise, which got off to a great start four years ago when it captured an audience of 13 million for its debut episode, has fallen on hard times that have only gotten worse this year when the series moved to Friday nights where it is currently averaging just 2.9 million viewers -- fewer than the Sci-Fi Network's Stargate SG-1, which airs in the same timeslot.

Paramount, which has been producing a non-stop string of Star Trek TV series (all of which are in syndication) since 1986, has also grossed over a billon dollars worldwide on a series of Star Trek movies, though the last film in the series, Star Trek: Nemesis earned only $66 million, marking it as by far the worst performer in the series of feature films.

Although Star Trek comic books are no longer being published, Pocket Books continues to pump out several Star Trek books every month and Art Asylum is still producing collectible Star Trek toys -- and the Star Trek TV series continue to do well in syndication and on DVD.