E! Interview, June 2000

Kevin talked about his new show, Andromeda, on E!. Here is a transcript and some snaps from the show. Greg Agnew had the "Intergalatic details":

Kevin: There is no warp speed, there are no phasers, there’s no "beam me up, Scotty." All that stuff is gone.

Greg Agnew: On the starship Andromeda Ascendant, Kevin Sorbo plays Captain Dylan Hunt. And the Captain is also a Trekkie.

Kevin: I said, "Gene Rodenberry? Heck yeah." I mean, I grew up a big Star Trek fan, so I was very interested to see what they had, and I fell in love with it right away.

Greg Agnew: The skipper welcomed E! News aboard with an exclusive tour of his starship. And we’re definitely not on the old U.S.S. Enterprise anymore.

Kevin: Once again, the reference won’t be anything to what Star Trek was. Theirs was sick bay. Ours is medical bay. So there are things that are different with it.

Kevin: This room over in here... This, I have no idea what this does, I don’t know if this is a brain scan or if this is some sort of a weird sort of a spinal tap machine. I have no clue.

Kevin: The rest of it is pretty impressive. I would say the bridge is probably double the size of what other Star Trek shows are. Because this ship is reeeeeally big. It’s really, really big. The space is reeeally big.

Greg Agnew: The Captain packs some impressive looking sidearms that replace the old Star Trek phasers.

Kevin: This is our lance. See, you’re making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they’d be a great toy. So... just batteries aren’t included.

Greg Agnew: But the hardest part about commanding a starship is how to drive the darn thing.

Kevin: It’s pretty much, you know, I have no idea. Just press any thing and see if the ship blows up.