
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Will Fox give the series just one more season? Or is this it?
If there is any such thing as life support for television shows, "Fringe" is on it. The J.J. Abrams series consistently ranks as the lowest-rated program on the Big Four networks this season, and at least once has been beaten by programming on The CW. But believe it or not, Fox is not ready t ...
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"Fringe" is back, and so are a few other shows that fans have come to enjoy -- even if it's not a large number of fans. The fourth season of the cult favorite Fox series earned a 2.1 rating/4 share, according to Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co. That was 22 percent below what t ...
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Read MoreJoshua Jackson getting ready for a reduced rule on the Fox favorite
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Read MoreSays show just has to match last year's audience to stay alive
"Fringe" won't be winning any awards for the largest television audience, but it doesn't need to for Fox to keep it on its schedule. Kevin Reilly, the president of Fox programming, said no one at Fox expects the audience for "Fringe" to grow next season. In fact, if the size of the audience remai ...
Read More'Fringe' scribe coming on board to write the film
It will be hard not to compare the work of two writers. But really, who can write a movie version of "Daredevil" better? Mark Steven Johnson or Brad Caleb Kane? Fans will have a chance to make that comparison in 2012 or 2013 after Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox is giving the Daredevil franchise ...
Read MoreScience-fiction icon shares his opinion on how Israel can achieve peace
What will it take to bring peace to the Middle East, and stop the conflict between Israel and Palestine? Create two countries. That's what Leonard Nimoy is saying, the man best known for his green-blooded, pointy-eared Vulcan Spock in the original "Star Trek" series and a number of movies that fo ...
Read MoreHe'll produce, but he'll also bring his writing magic to the show
This is the best news for "Fringe" since it earned a fourth season pickup. David Fury, who many fans adore for his famous "Lost" episode "Walkabout" (which also was nominated for an Emmy) has joined the Fox series this upcoming season. Fury sets up shop in the show's writing room after departi ...
Read MoreNot even a time paradox can keep Joshua Jackson away
Fox's "Fringe" sure knows how to end a season. In the finale for the third season, Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) was completely erased from time due to a paradox. However, according to showrunner Joel Wyman it is not that easy to evade a contract for the series. "He's got a job [and] he's stil ...
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This review may contain spoilers. Last week, Walter Bishop (John Noble) rang a bell, and Olivia's (Anna Torv) body was taken over by the soul of the deceased William Bell. It's weird how that's one of the strangest things to happen on this show, isn't it? Even stranger were the characters r ...
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