But you had multiple movies for Trek..........I think 10 years was the longest drought. Dr Who was 1963-1989 and then 2005-current so there's a 16 year break. But you had the TV movie in 1996......... EDIT: Just saw I was ninja'ed by @The Wormhole ...........always refresh the screen! ;-)
The only other one I can think of is Twin Peaks. I think it was 25 years for that one. Even if you include the movie.
The X-Files had a 15 year break between episodes, but that goes to 9 if you include the second movie.
I was thinking along the lines of TOS to TMP. Granted that wasn't 20 years but 20 is a nice round number so I used it instead. Jason
Also a ton of old sitcoms now. Full House, Roseanne, Will & Grace. Even Family Guy had a 3 year break.
The longest 'drought' (IE no Star Trek on TV/Film) was 4 years: End of TOS 1969 --> TAS 1973-1975 ST:TMP 1979 STII:TWoK 1982 STIII:TSFS 1984 ST:IV:TVH 1986 ST:TNG, STV:TFF, STVI:TUC, DS9, ST:GEN, ST:FC, ST:Voy, ST:INS, ST:NEM, ENT 1987 - 2005 ST (Abrams) 2009 ST:ID 2013 ST:B 2016 ST: D 2017 STP 2019 ST:LD 2020 So yeah, 4 year gap between any Star Trek TV/Film projects at most.
What legwork? That's all from memory as I saw all of it (TAS on) 'first run' - so yeah, I recall the release years.
There were only four years between Enterprise and the first Abrams movie? I could have sworn it was longer than that.
Yes, because they were the first four years without new Star Trek in decades. And there weren't as many other space adventure shows and movies out at the time to fill the void.
In fact, Trek XI was released just under a week before the four year anniversary of Enterprise's finale airing. There was the Stargates, though SG-1 ended two years after Enterprise and Atlantis had just ended four months prior to Trek XI's release, with SGU another six months away from premiering. BSG which premiered several months before Enterprise ended and finished two months before Trek XI was released. Doctor Who, though in 2009 that was on its "gap year" reflecting the popular scenario in which the two franchises rarely co-exist at the same time. In fact, I think this past winter with a new season of Doctor Who airing at roughly the same time as Picard is the first time they aired shows simultaneously.
What about the 7th Doctor, Sylvester McCoy? His three seasons were on while TNG was on the air in 1987-1989.
Yeah, I definitely did not notice Enterprise's ending. I had plenty of science fiction fare to keep me busy.