Fox Takes J.J. Abrams' Fringe

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The possible reveal that AltLivia might be pregnant, for one.

Spoiler

The Observer was talking about Walter not Peter.

“It must be very difficult”
“What?”
“Being a father”

He was talking about the tough decisions Walter has made, especially allowing Peter to go after him.

I will say though, that I thought Altlivia's real mission coming over here was to get pregnant, I think now it was just to get the machine built here.

 

[Shifty]

Some good news in the ratings, but the show isn't safe yet.

Fringe Fans Fantastic Friday Firefly Fun! Far From Faux, Fox?
ByRobert Seidman
– January 22, 2011Posted in: 1-Featured, Broadcast TV

Whether over here, or over there in the land of “look, we have zeppelins in our alternate universe too, just like ‘Dr. Who,’” it was never in doubt that Fringe Fridays would be fantastic for TV by the Numbers. I haven’t read any of the comments in the Friday overnight post yet, but I don’t need any special 3D glasses to read the aura of those comments. As far as ‘Fringe’s’ ratings in its Friday premiere those comments surely shake out into two camps:

1: YES! YES! YES! WOO-HOO! YES!

2: Don’t get ahead of yourselves, it was the Friday premiere. ‘Supernatural’ was in repeats and so was ‘CSI: New York.’

Even if you use Olympic comment scoring to throw out both the extreme fan boys and the haters, both points of view and everything in between are valid. For us, that’s a perfect storm.

‘Fringe’ goes back on the bubble, which is a heck of a lot better place to be than “likely to be canceled-ville.” At a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating on Friday, ‘Fringe’ is likely to be renewed, but the coming weeks will tell the tale. For ‘Fringe; fans last night’s news as all good:

* it maintained 100% of its Thursday average on a Friday
* the half hours were very consistent (i.e., most people didn’t look-in for 10 minutes and then bolt)

CW and CBS being in repeats at 9pm isn’t a negative, it’s merely an unknown. We’ll know soon enough.

Next week will certainly be more telling. ‘CSI: NY’ is still a repeat, but ‘Supernatural’ is new. The following week (2/4), everything is new, but CBS is running ‘Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials’ at 9pm.

 

[Donut]

Fringe only had good ratings because of no Supernatural so its audience was not split between the two. I say wait until next week to see how this does when Supernatural returns

 

[carrrnuttt]

Spoiler

The Observer was talking about Walter not Peter.



He was talking about the tough decisions Walter has made, especially allowing Peter to go after him.

I will say though, that I thought Altlivia's real mission coming over here was to get pregnant, I think now it was just to get the machine built here.

That's one theory, but the fact that the Observer said all this whilst [BLACKOUT]standing in front of the silhouette of a pregnant woman[/BLACKOUT] also opens the other possibility.

 

[dsfjr1190]

Fringe only had good ratings because of no Supernatural so its audience was not split between the two. I say wait until next week to see how this does when Supernatural returns

I doubt that Supernatural has any effect on Fringe one way or the other. They went up against each other on Thursdays before with little ratings change.

Besides, I highly doubt Supernaturals paltry 2 million viewers could even make any meaningful impact on Fringe's ratings.

Personally, I'm more worried about CSI: NY and their 10 million viewers.

 

[wiegeabo]

It was already going up against the first CSI before the move, I'm not sure if NY will have any more impact.

But, luckily, NY is a repeat next week again, and then comes on at 10 the week after that.

 

[Donut]

I take it Walternate is going to be coming over to the our side soon ? As I doubt this machine would get made without Walternate coming to convince Peter to destroy our Universe. Probably have a bunch of guys with him & take Olivia & Walter by gun point the usual stuff

 

[Shifty]

I doubt that Supernatural has any effect on Fringe one way or the other. They went up against each other on Thursdays before with little ratings change.

Besides, I highly doubt Supernaturals paltry 2 million viewers could even make any meaningful impact on Fringe's ratings.

Personally, I'm more worried about CSI: NY and their 10 million viewers.

Its the 18-49 demo that you should focus on. Supernatural's is too small to have any effect on Fringe and CSI:NY skews old. The competition really isn't on the other networks its young people doing other things on a Friday at 9/8c. Shows on Fox that move to Friday don't die because of what CBS is airing, they die because young people with a Nielsen box go out and those that stay in watch CBS/Dateline.

 

[Asgard]

Does anyone else's Fox affiliate show a repeat of Fringe on Saturday at 10PM?

Did Walternate plant the parts of that WMD into the main universe in the years after Peter was abducted?

 

[Sub-Zero]

Does anyone else's Fox affiliate show a repeat of Fringe on Saturday at 10PM?

Did Walternate plant the parts of that WMD into the main universe in the years after Peter was abducted?

yep. i had to watch it then. i still managed to miss the first 10 min.

you're probably right, or massive dynamic always had the pieces, and his brain loss, literally, was to prevent the machine from being built. my biggest concern with this season is where can they go after this season is over?

 

[wiegeabo]

I thought all the pieces of the weapon existed on both Earths in the same places. And Altlivia was transmitting the locations of the parts they found on this Earth to Walternate for them to find on their world. And then it became a race to be the first to build it.

 

[BlackLantern]

Marionette was extremely disturbing

 

[Asgard]

I thought all the pieces of the weapon existed on both Earths in the same places. And Altlivia was transmitting the locations of the parts they found on this Earth to Walternate for them to find on their world. And then it became a race to be the first to build it.

I dont remember that being explained in the show. You might be right though. It might be related to the people that created that signal in the ep where several people had their memories erased after listening to it.

 

[wiegeabo]

It might have been that episode.

I just remember Astrid figuring out the coordinate system, and then they started finding all the pieces. And then Altlivia reported back home about it.

 

[GhostPoet]

I thought all the pieces of the weapon existed on both Earths in the same places. And Altlivia was transmitting the locations of the parts they found on this Earth to Walternate for them to find on their world. And then it became a race to be the first to build it.

You are correct, Sir, Walternate only had some of the pieces, but the others were still lost. On our side, those pieces were located, allowing Walternate to know where the missing pieces would be located in his own universe.

 

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[Lord]

In other news, Fox has already canceled it

Not yet

 

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