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'Fringe' Execs Prepared For Cancellation

With ratings slipping on Friday's, they won't be shocked

By Chris Beveridge     February 15, 2011
Source: Digital Spiy


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With the series having been moved to Friday nights and ratings starting to slip, there has to be some amount of nervousness on the series producers part. The show has been the one that has surprised a lot of people since it started by holding on and building an audience, as well as gaining new ones through the home video release, but the move to Friday's is something that most shows know means almost certain death.

"I don't think we'd ever say we would be really shocked if it wasn't [renewed]," Jeff Pinkner told FEARnet. "We recognise that every episode we get to make, we are lucky." He continued: "We have lots of stories we hope to have the good fortune to tell. I'm superstitious enough not to expect anything."

Co-producer Joel Wyman added that the pair are currently only considering the show's immediate future.

"We've been in this game so long and you never know [what will happen]," he suggested. "You don't know from one day to the next. You just have to [always] hit the ground running."

Wyman previously revealed that he and Pinkner had been "instructed not to take [the possibility of cancellation] into account" when planning the conclusion of Fringe's third season.

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ponyboy76 2/15/2011 2:08:03 PM

I really really hope that Fox doesn't cancel Fringe. It is one of the best shows on TV. And there is still so much to do. Its what the latter years of the X-Files should have been. Fox, let's make a deal. I'll forgive you for absolutely screwing up the X-men franchise if you just don't cancel Fringe.

Shasta 2/16/2011 8:05:37 AM

NOOOOO! Do not cancel this show! its has such a great mix of humor and sci fi, I cant get enough of John Noble as Walter! This would be a bad move by Fox, move it to another day of the week. Im not surprised, I hated when they moved it to Fridays. Why was it put on Friday nights anyway? Of course the ratings have dropped, people are starting their weekends you fools!

GSSCHAN2000 2/22/2011 8:05:30 AM

FOX = Fing  Over  eXcellent shows.

TheLast1ofMpls 2/25/2011 11:10:20 PM

Here we go again...

**rolls eyes**

twomcs 3/1/2011 7:20:38 AM

 Why does Fox continue to screw the few good shows they have? They move it to Friday, basically the kiss of death, then wonder why the ratings have dropped. I HATE FOX! I wish another channel would pick it up if it does get cancelled.

carbonsteel 3/1/2011 10:32:26 AM

They have to cancel it. How else can they cram another reality show down our throats!!

After all we NEED another reality show...right?

 

carbonsteel 3/1/2011 10:33:08 AM

They have to cancel it. How else can they cram another reality show down our throats!!

After all we NEED another reality show...right?

 

DougRed4 3/16/2011 12:30:08 PM

This is definitely NOT the X-Files (not even equal to the last two Mulder-less seasons), but it's still one of the better shows on TV.  Fridays does make it tougher to watch, but then that's why they invented DVRs.

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