
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Finally, a genre series that Fox really believed in
When I first got the press screener kit for "Fringe" back in 2008, I wasn't quite sure what to make of this show. The pilot seemed interesting, but to me, it was almost like Fox was trying to resurrect "The X-Files," but just with a different dynamic. And even the early episodes of "Fringe" felt ...
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ABC has canceled "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue," according to the Hollywood Reporter The network will air what’s left of the initial 13 episodes, despite ordering two additional scripts from both series. No word yet on when the finales will air. Both series struggled to retain a sizeable n ...
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Next week, HBO's "Game of Thrones" will find out how it will do against other non-genre shows at the Primetime Emmys. But at least for now, it has something else it can cheer about: Four Portal Award wins, including its second consecutive Best Series/Television. The winners of the 2012 Airlock Al ...
Read MorePLUS: Find out where the show will pick up when it returns in the fall
This story contains possible spoilers on the final season of "Fringe." It looks like "Fringe" is heading straight back to the future. But they will be doing it without one of the showrunners that helped lead the series through four seasons on Fox. Jeff Pinkner, an executive producer who helped ...
Read More'The Avengers' tops movies with four nominations
"Game of Thrones" already has a solid season season on HBO, nearly doubling the audience it had for the first season. And the quality shone through as well, especially when it came to the 2012 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards. The HBO fantasy drama picked up nine nominations, including Best Series/Tel ...
Read MorePLUS: Is Leonard Nimoy returning for final episodes?
Fox is set to announce some great news for anyone who likes the unexplained across multiple universes: "Fringe" is coming back. The J.J. Abrams series starring Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and John Noble will get a fifth and final season beginning in the fall, having a chance to end its epic story i ...
Read MoreThe show is struggling for audience, but Fox remains firmly behind it
Fans were excited when Fox decided to give "Fringe" a fourth season, despite what some viewed as a move to purgatory of Friday nights. They may be even more excited now to hear that Fox could in fact already be considering a fifth season of the show as well. John Noble, who plays the smart yet ...
Read MoreMove to Fridays could be great ... as long as the audience follows
Fear persists that Fox is hanging "Fringe" out to dry. But the network claims it's fully behind the show, which stars Anna Torv, John Noble and Joshua Jackson. In fact, where "Fringe" may have suffered against tough competition on Tuesdays, Fox is hoping for a "Blue Bloods" surprise. That seri ...
Read MoreJoseph Mallozzi still holds out hope that SGU will find life somewhere, and soon
There were a lot of things wrong with the second season of "Stargate: Universe," and it started with the scheduling. Whether that will be enough to convince another network to take on a third season, that's yet to be seen. But one thing is for sure: Syfy's decision to cancel SGU will ripple throu ...
Read MoreIt's not just past, present and future ... it's also the Over There
If you keep up with Joshua Jackson news (and who doesn't?), then you already know he took this year's San Diego Comic-Con by storm with his one-man show, Pacey-Con -- a fan convention dedicated to Pacey Whitter, Jackson's "Dawson's Creek" character and the self-proclaimed greatest television charact ...
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