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'Fringe' producers, FOX execs react to renewal
Quotes from J.J. Abrams, Kevin Reilly and more...
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News of the fourth season renewal for "Fringe" spread over Twitter on Thursday evening, but while FOX was happy to confirm the reports, those awaiting an official press release had to hold until Friday.
The network made the formal "Fringe" renewal announcement on Friday, complete with a slew of quotes from the various involved parties.
"'Fringe'has truly hit a creative stride and has distinguished itself as one of television’s most original programs. The series' ingenious producers, amazingly talented cast and crew, as well as some of the most passionate and loyal fans on the planet, made this fourth-season pickup possible," states FOX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly. "When we moved the show to Fridays, we asked the fans to follow and they did. We’re thrilled to bring it back for another full season and keep it part of the FOX family."
Series co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams adds, "We could not be happier that the fans of 'Fringe' (and our most excellent partners at FOX) have allowed us to continue telling stories from the fringe for another season!"
"Fringe" will be back for a full compliment of 22 episodes next year and by including DVR numbers (but not clarifying in the release that DVR numbers have been included), FOX boasts that the cult favorite is averaging a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49, ranking as Friday's top series in the key demographic.
Series showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman (who broken the news on Twitter) add, "This early pickup comes at a perfect time as we start production on the Season Three finale. We join the cast and crew in thanking our loyal fans and FOX for allowing us to have this much fun telling stories we love."
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupTausif Khan
March 25, 2011 at 3:13PM EST Reply to CommentWhy isn't this post in your blog?
dan Tausif - It's a press release news story. I don't do basic news stories in my blog...
March 25, 2011 at 4:15PM EST-Daniel
Tausif Khan The reason why I ask is because it was hard to find. When FX canceled Lights Out John Landgraf's interview with Alan ended up in his blog. The title of piece lead me to believe might end up in a blog as hitfix exclusive which is why started searching there.
March 26, 2011 at 12:36AM ESTdan Tausif - Had it been an exclusive interview, it would have been in my blog, as Alan's Landgraf interview was in his. It just happened that FOX didn't have a press release yesterday when I wrote the renewal story. They put out a press release this morning and I liked the quotes. Seemed more likely that people would also be amused by them if they were in a separate news story, rather than inserted back into a day-old, already cycled-out-of-headlines news story...
March 26, 2011 at 1:27AM EST-Daniel
Tausif Khan Gotcha
March 26, 2011 at 11:57AM ESTDougMac
March 25, 2011 at 5:17PM EST Reply to Commentwhy doesn't your blog have a tab in the featured blogs section at the top of the page? The Firewall/Iceberg podcast is my favorite part of the site and runs on your blog.
dan DougMac- The site hates me, I suppose... Fortunately, Alan's blog gets tabs and links aplenty and his blog links to my blog for the podcast. Plus, you can always subscribe on iTunes!
March 25, 2011 at 6:02PM EST-Daniel