J.J. Abrams’ cultish, mythology-driven show Fringe is facing potential cancellation. Though the show is a fan-favorite and has survived into its fourth season, it continues to face two of its greatest antagonists, and no, I’m not talking about shape-shifters or Walternate. I’m talking about consistently mediocre ratings and the Friday night “death slot”. But if Fringe has one plucky can-do hero in its corner, it’s Joshua Jackson.

Just yesterday at the Television Critics Assoc. press tour, Fox chief Kevin Reilly wasn’t pulling any punches when talking about Fringe. He said that the show was completely cost-ineffective, stating that Fox, “lose[s] a lot of money on that show. At that rating, on that night, it’s impossible to make money … and we’re not in the business of losing money,”

When asked to respond to Reilly’s comments, Joshua Jackson, who plays Peter Bishop on the show, said this:

“Look, I’d rather not get canceled but if we did get canceled, so long as they have enough time to properly finish the story that to me is the most important thing, [...] Even though Kevin Reilly had very honest things to say about the show, I get it, it’s a money-making business and if we’re not making that money then we don’t deserve to be on the air.”

Jackson wasn’t completely satisfied accepting his potential fate, expressing a desire to explore different mediums to finish the story of Fringe.

“Yeah, however the story needs to end or whatever they put together as the ending, whether it’s at the end of season 4, whether it’s a TV movie. They’ve talked about doing graphic novels; whatever it is, I just want it to properly end,”

For some reason, his comments remind me of Firefly fans.

In any case, Fringe returns from hiatus this week, 9:00 P.M. on Fox. Though there have been cancellation rumors, there’s nothing out there to suggest that Fox will pull the rest of the season before all episodes have aired.

So what do you think? Still looking forward to Fringe season 5?

Joshua Jackson Suggests Walternatives to Potential Fringe Cancellation is a post from: The Inquisitr

I have to say that Fox’s sci-fi show Fringe is one of my favorites however I’m not sure how some mobile app is going to do anything for the show. However I’m not Fox or AppNation and they both seem to think that Fringe fans out there will be able to come up with some unique and fun apps – to the tune of $10,000.

Yup, Fox, in conjunction with AppNation, are running a developer contest to see who can create the most “mindbending” app around the popular show. From AppNation’s Pimp My App Contest announcement:

Do You have what it takes to build the coolest app on the planet for one of the coolest television shows on the planet?? You’re assignment is simple: Create the coolest, groundbreaking, mindbending app for the Fox hit show “Fringe” and pocket a cool 10 large along the way. It costs nothing to enter, we have some cool official “Fringe” assets to get you started, and, other than that, you are limited only by your imagination. Just read and agree to the simple rules and criteria, fill out the short registration form, and get to work! Hack on…

The winner of the contest gets to rejoice in fame and a cool $10G’s – not bad.

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Despite the best efforts of Fox to kill the show, sci-fi TV series Fringe has been renewed for a third season.

Fringe has struggled in the ratings since Fox moved it to Thursday nights, running it against The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, and CSI.

As EW.com explains:

Though the show isn’t exactly blowing the roof off of Nielsen — it’s been averaging just 7.6 million viewers and is ranked No. 50 in the all-important adults 18-49 demographic this season — it managed to survive in a tough new time period on Thursdays.

Created by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, Fringe stars the stunning Australian actress Anna Torv.

Epic Win: Fringe Gets Renewed For A Third Season is a post from: The Inquisitr

Fringe co-stars Anna Torv and Mark Valley have gotten hitched.

A representative of Torv confirmed the couple were married in December, but didn’t provide any further details.

In a case of life imitating art, Torv and Valley’s characters were engaged on Fringe, until Valley’s character (John Scott) was exposed as a traitor and supposedly killed.

29 year old Torv is a Melbourne native and appeared in the Australian television series Young Lions and The Secret Life of Us before getting her big break in the US as Olivia Dunham on Fringe.

Fringe’s Anna Torv and Mark Valley Married is a post from: The Inquisitr

One for fans of the excellent series Fringe: a user mashup of the appearances of “The Obsever.”

Michael Cerveris plays the role and although you don’t always catch him, he’s usually in every episode.

Enjoy:

Best of Fringe’s “The Observer” Mashup is a post from: The Inquisitr