THR: ‘Fringe’ Has 90% Chance of Renewal
If any of you were worried that Fringe wasn’t going to make it around to year three, The Hollywood Reporter is here to assuage your fears. When taking a look over this year’s endangered shows list, it predicted that Fringe would have a 90% chance of renewal. As you know, I’ve been worried about the show this year due to its middling ratings in the highly competitive Thursday timeslot. The Hollywood Reporter, however, says I have very little to fear.
“Boy, this show took a beating on Thursdays this fall,” the Reporter stated, “yet along with Bones has given Fox a foothold on TV’s most competitive night and recently shown improvement.”
Of course, the network will be primarily be looking at ratings from the show’s April 1 return onwards to decide whether to cancel or not, but if the show keeps with the forward momentum (and it should — “Peter,” is looking to be the greatest episode of the series ever), then we should be on the fast track to seeing a third year of Fringe science.
See the Hollywood Reporter article.
Sam McPherson began writing for Walter's Lab in August 2009. He also writes for the sites TVOvermind, MovieOvermind and SpoilerTV, in addition to being an administrator on Lostpedia since March 2009. Sam's favorite shows are Lost, Fringe, Doctor Who, Flight of the Conchords, FlashForward, True Blood, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. Follow him on Twitter (@mcphersonator) or send him an email (sammcpherson@tvovermind.com).
