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Friday night is not a graveyard after all – Fox’s struggling sci-fi drama Fringe has been renewed for a fourth season. What’s more, it has received a full-season 22-episode order. Despite low ratings, which got lower after the show relocated from Thursday to Friday, Fox brass remained high on the series’ creative direction and upbeat about its chances. Finge has been a big DVR player, so, with time-shifted viewing included, the series ranks as the top-rated series on Fridays. Still, in Live+same date, Fringe hit a series low, 1.3 rating in 18-49, just last week. Well, that doesn’t matter anymore….
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YES! YES! YES! At least one good, unappreciated show keeps on keepin on!
Struggling is an understatement…
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Best decision FOX has made in about 5 years
Does FOX now qualify as a non-profit?
Good show…I bet Fox new shows suck
why hasn’t John Noble received a well-deserved Emmy (or at least a nomination) for his extraordinary portrayal of Walter Bishop? Anyone?
Here, Here !!
Best character on television.
He truly is amazing.
Because he DOES NOT deserve one.
One of the best actors on tv!
John Noble is the greatest actor on TV. No one can compare to him, no one!
2ND!!!!!!
He is amazing for sure.
I heartily agree. John Noble’s characterization of this classically tragic figure is almost Shakespearean in depth and beauty. It’s a kind of portrayal that one rarely gets to see on the small screen. The entire cast is exceptional.
Fantastic! Simply fantastic! The show has tragically never off the way it deserves but Fringe has become an outstanding show. I do kind of hope that they wind things up after season 4 though. I’d hate for it to get stale.
Soooo excited – John Noble is divine and I agree – he should have a statue by now for his delicious portrayal of Walter Bishop. Such a treat to watch him and the rest of the talented cast.
YES!!!!! Finally FOX gets it right. Fringe is one of the best shows on television. And Susan is right, let’s get John Noble an Emmy nomination!
Please do the same for human target
That was quite humorous. HUMAN TARGET doesn’t deserve to come back.
Neither does Fringe with only 3 million viewers.
It does when it’s the top rated show on Fridays in the 18-49 demographic…
Human Target sucks.
Human Target was actually more deserving than Fringe. So was Lie To Me. So is Chicago Code.
I am disgusted that I may lose al three while this poorly acted —-fest continues.
Please please please let Human Target return…AND run it on a conistant schedule.
You needed a private detective to track down its airdates last season. If Fox gives it a real shot, the show would do much better then Fringe. Come to think of it, they should air it right after Fringe on Fridays.
Fox did a mitzvah; truly an exceptional show!
Wonderful news indeed!
Cheers to all … And, To Fox!
Go Sara Isaacson!!!
I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
This is the best thing I’ve heard all day!
yES!!! excuse me while I happy dance. LOVE LOVE LOVE this show. So happy FOX renewed it.
I want Human Target back so bad as well, but I’m so elated by the Fringe news I’ll have to go back to worrying once I’ve come down from this.
Wonderful news! Christmas in March! Thank you FOX!
Yay! Now ABC should do the same for Detroit 1-8-7.
I was so certain the show would get cancelled. This is really an unexpected surprise. 22 more episodes of Fringe. Woohoo!
Terrible decision. I think we just found out how much (or little) confidence Fox has in its 2011-2012 schedule. We all know what they’re trying to do. I watched the X-Files. I enjoyed the X-Files, and this, sir, is no X-Files. All the time in the world won’t make it so. I’m sure there are lovely people working on the show, but I tried to watch it and got bored out of my mind. It’ll be a real shame if a show with more viewers gets shut out. Lie To Me gets treated like a redheaded stepchild by Fox with the revolving door showrunners. I’ve heard Human Target’s gotten messed with too. Sounds like Fox execs are betting on the wrong horse. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson left long ago. Just accept it. Fox used too pull the trigger too soon, but I think they swung the pendulum pretty far the other direction this time. Fringe isn’t trending upward. It’s just not. This show must cost pennies to produce. That’s all I can fathom.
Give me a break, I bet you watched one or two episodes in season 1 and gave up. Season 3 has been amazing so far and taken show way beyond an X-Files wannabe. This is fantastic news. The networks will hopefully win out in the long run by rewarding quality.
I gave up because I found the cast totally unlikeable.
If you watch 2 episodes of a show and it doesn’t resonate, that’s not the viewer’s fault. “Gave up?” Why should watching a show be hard to do? There’s your first problem.
Shows change, specially during its first season. You don’t have to stick with it, but you can’t judge it’s quality OR if its a rip off of anything if you don’t know what the show has become.
You shouldn’t have to watch 48 episodes of something to find out whether it’s good or not…
Just cause it got picked up doesn’t mean Fox won’t dump it three episodes in next season. Or suddenly cut it’s episode order to 12 if one of their new pilots comes back really humming.
A small victory.
Maybe they see that this show will live in syndication for a long, long time and they would like a cut.
I’m with you. I’ve watched a couple of episodes in every season and although I love these types of shows (X Files, Lost, BSG) I’m just left cold by Fringe. I feel about it the way I feel about the Stargate shows – they’re putting a lot of work into it and people seem to respond, I get the concepts and all.. but it doesn’t really work. Still, in a very dry genre season there are certainly worse shows to follow (cough The Event cough).
I don’t think you should watch the show. It’s obviously far too smart for you, and far too well acted. This show is one of the very few that doesn’t cater to the moronic masses who enjoy the mind-numbing and intelligence destroying purile spewed out on TV these days.
You have to be intelligent to watch Fringe, and you have to have a heart to be moved by John Noble’s extraordinary talent: episode after episode, after episode. A sense of humor comes in handy, too. Someone mentioned Shakespearian here and I completely agree. Walter is a figure of Shakespearean tragedy who has done his fair share of acid and has a wicked sense of humor when the writers break that out. His sly witticisms followed by comments of pure pathos are unique, not only in TV but in film.
Whilst John stands out for his portrayal of the once evil scientist, the show would fall apart if Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv and the rest of the cast weren’t also holding their own – which they more than ably do. It’s a brilliant ensemble piece that raises the bar for TV viewers everywhere.
Thank you to Fox for renewing. However many viewers this show has can only be doubled (tripled?) by those watching it the next day on Hulu or on Fox.com, or on their DVR….I’d love to have those numbers to get an accurate account of how many people really do watch the show.
nice. guess this means maybe fox is finaly willing to give a show like fringe the time it needs to really build a fan base and be another xfiles. instead of oh its sci fi lets give it the death slot. and a full season to boot.
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Of course the 1.3 (and any other demo and income index scores for the remainder of the season matter. They will help the network and the advertisers set ad rates (or even if they fail this year to meet ad rates for that time period). Just because a show is renewed doesn’t mean those ratings have no value.
HALLELUJAH!!!
That is fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!! A Network stuck with a great, yet low rated, program. Maybe Armageddon has been put off for awhile.
VERY excited!
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!