ABSTRACT:

UPN is boldly going into “Star Trek: Voyager” and slashing two minutes from each episode – in order to appease angry advertisers, a “Voyager” Internet website is charging.

Vidiot.com, devoted to all things “Voyager,” says it assumes that UPN is using those two minutes to air free commercials owed to advertisers because “Voyager” has failed to reach certain promised ratings levels – a practice known in advertising circles as “make-goods.”

The website charges that UPN has been slicing the Wednesday night “Voyager” episodes since . 24.