Kevin Reilly, President of 20th Century Fox, has announced today that the network is picking up an additional nine episodes of the critically acclaimed thriller "Fringe," bringing the new genre series to a full season order.
"We're having a blast working on this show with this great team of producers and amazing cast," said Reilly. "The series has really taken off creatively, and it's exciting to see that the audience is responding. We believe this is the first full season of many years to come."
"Fringe" has captivated audiences this fall, winning its Tuesday time period weekly among key demographics and ranking as the No. 1 new series in primetime among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, "Fringe" dominated its time period by posting a 4.3/11 among Adults 18-49, which was an increase over the previous week's airing by +5% (vs. 4.1/10), and growing +6% in Total Viewers (10.0 vs. 9.4 million).
On Tuesday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), "Fringe" returns with a high-voltage episode as the unlikely trio investigates the cause of a fatal elevator accident that had some very unusual circumstances. They discover a connection to a dangerous man whose developing abilities point to a bigger threat. Meanwhile, Olivia has a highly charged encounter of her own when she is rocked by someone from her past, and Dr. Bishop turns to a methodology Peter thinks is for the birds to help break the case.
Created by J.J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, "Fringe" stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole with Mark Valley and John Noble. The series is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Kurtzman, Orci, Jeff Pinkner and Bryan Burk serve as executive producers.
I have to admit, Fringe is one of my new favorite shows. It is smart and lightly funny, with some great dark undertones. I was big on the first episode but it has definitely grown on me. The characters except for Astrid are being fleshed out more and Olivia is a hottie. I`m glad that it has been picked up for a full season. If only they would do that TSCC.
I'm definitely enjoying Fringe. John Noble's mad doctor got me hooked from the beginning, and now the other characters are starting to grow on me. The atmosphere is suitably creepy, and the stories are disturbing enough to truly make this a worthy successor to the X-Files (and the timing is perfect given that the last nail was driven into the X-Files coffin with this summer's lackluster movie).
The future of TSCC is much less rosy. EW reported last week that unless there's some drastic improvement in the ratings, Fox is very unlikely to order the remaining episodes of the season.
I think it's safe to assume that Sarah Connor won't get picked up.
I haven't finished watching this week's Fringe episode yet but it was alright up to the point I saw.
My question, and you`ll get this if you read comics, is why the hell must all observing, non-intrusive, overseers be bald and pastey? The Watcher, now this Observer guy. What`s up with that? A tall pastey white bald dude doesn`t necessarily scream "fit right in or subtle" to me.
I know SCC won`t get picked up but I would hope that they let us finish the season and have some sort of finale, instead of just killing it. I hate FOX.
yea I was thinking that 2 ponyboy. If they are gonna cancel the show at least pick it up a few more episodes to that the writers can get to a "series finale" instead of just leaving it up in there on episode 13.<BR itxtvisited="1" /><BR itxtvisited="1" />Maybe they could end it with a shot of Christian Bale as John Connor as a segway for the films since Fox don't care about the series the least they could do is something for the fans.
Wow. I'm amazed. They're actually keeping a genre show. Then again, Fox did keep X-Files for, what, 9 seasons? Of course, this might mean they will change the time slot 2-3 times per season. Then they'll start rotating cast members out, bring in some pretty faces who can't act. I'm sure they'll do whatever they can to ruin the show. But until they do, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy it.
Ponyboy and DangerRick, the Observer was a pretty straight-up imitation of one of the "Men in Black." In the writings of John Keel and Jenny Randles, they seem like robots, or aliens, or time travelers who try to fit in but can't seem to get it right. They're described as bald and pale, socially uncomfortable men who wear out-of-date clothing. In one account, when a Man in Black was offered jello, he tried to drink it like it was a liquid. In another, one of them kept asking for water and seemed distressed like he was a machine overheating. So, the food thing was spot on.
I loved Tuesday's episode. I'm really glad the show was picked up. So far, this, Supernatural and Primeval are the only genre shows I'm really, really enjoying. (Primeval has that double bonus for me of offering a good story with some of those odd B movie LoL moments)
Things are not looking good for a lot of last year's genre series. TSCC, Chuck, and Pushing Daisies have all premiered to their lowest-ever ratings. And Heroes - which I believe is already contracted for a full season - had a 42% drop compared to last season's premiere episode.
Fringe actually had a shaky debut as well, but the ratings have increased once it was in its regular slot with House as a lead-in. I hate to admit it, but the progam schedulers at Fox actually got it right by matching Fringe with House.
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