# Fringe renewed! \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973 "2012-01-09T21:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/21 "2012-01-13T20:54:27Z")
I love “Fringe” but mostly for Walter, and to a much less degree, Lincoln. I like Fauxlivia better than real Olivia, & liked the show better when Olivia had a sister & Olivia & Peter were just friends. I’ll be sad when it’s cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/22 "2012-01-14T01:12:14Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > I love “Fringe” but mostly for Walter, and to a much less degree, Lincoln. I like Fauxlivia better than real Olivia, & liked the show better when Olivia had a sister & Olivia & Peter were just friends. I’ll be sad when it’s cancelled. Walter is the best character, but I like REAL Walter, not shut in living at the lab Walter. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/23 "2012-03-07T15:30:33Z")
**BUMP** A couple web sites have updated their prediction about Fringe. [Likely to be renewed!!](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54097) There is still hope. Budget cuts and Terra Nova’s cancellation probably help. I assume they want to get Fringe to 100 episodes for syndication, too. Just let them have one season to end their show properly. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/24 "2012-03-07T15:32:05Z")
[Here is one link, where it has gone from “long shot” to “could go either way” to “a safe bet”.](http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/2012-renewal-scorecard-whats-coming-back-whats-getting-axed-whats-on-the-bubble/) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/25 "2012-03-07T17:54:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Just let them have one season to end their show properly. Yes, and the need to not be wishy-washy about it. Come right out from the start and say “This is the last season.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/26 "2012-03-07T18:26:26Z")
Even though I’m generally at home when the show comes on, I like to go ahead and set my DVR to record it, just to be on the safe side; you never know if plans are going to change. On those occasions where I do decide that I want to watch it live, I click though the menus to cancel the recording. I just can’t help but wince a little bit when the dialog box asks me if I would like to cancel _Fringe_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/27 "2012-03-07T20:43:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Yes, and the need to not be wishy-washy about it. Come right out from the start and say “This is the last season.” Exactly. I really think Fringe deserves the respect of having a final season where they know it is the final year. It’s been a very good show, especially for being on a major network. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/28 "2012-03-07T21:44:33Z")
I was Googling a couple of weeks ago about this and one possibility is that Fringe will get a half season for season 5. If that happens the producers are confident they can wrap up the series. Of course if they don’t get renewed they’re confident that the season ending can also serve well as a series ending. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/29 "2012-03-07T21:47:40Z")
Didn’t like Terra Nova - love Fringe. I hated when Fox gave it the “Friday death Slot.” That usually means the network has no faith in a show. Perhaps with some other cancellations they could move Fringe to another day/slot in an effort to improve ratings? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/30 "2012-03-07T21:55:38Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > Perhaps with some other cancellations they could move Fringe to another day/slot in an effort to improve ratings? I think part of the problem is the producers of the show. They get wrapped up in what is interesting to them, and it’s not necessarily what will be interesting to the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/31 "2012-03-08T01:19:56Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I was Googling a couple of weeks ago about this and one possibility is that Fringe will get a half season for season 5. If that happens the producers are confident they can wrap up the series. Of course if they don’t get renewed they’re confident that the season ending can also serve well as a series ending. Where did you read this? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/32 "2012-03-08T02:11:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Where did you read this? I read that somewhere too, where they indicated it might get the same go at closure as _Chuck_ did. But I think they were just unofficially spitballing. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/33 "2012-03-08T04:34:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Where did you read this? Although they’ll have 88 episodes at the end of the season, enough for syndication, the producers are hoping for 100 episodes. [The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fringe-season-5-jeff-pinkner-joel-wyman-294188) > [@](#): > > It was brought up that Fringe would end its current season having broadcast 88 hours, including the two-hour pilot in September 2008, and if reaching 100 was a significant point. > > “I think for all shows that is. I mean 88 is good, but 100 is better,” Wyman says. [TV Over Mind](http://www.tvovermind.com/fringe/fringe-season-5-renewal/119185) > [@](#): > > Season 5 would bring the show to the 100-episode mark, something that would be incredibly helpful in its prospects of syndication. In fact, a thirteen-episode fifth season would bring the number of episodes out to exactly 100, which might be something the networks discuss. [Fringe Bloggers](http://www.fringebloggers.com/fringe-we-feel-pretty-confident-about-13-episode-fifth-season-jasika-nicole/) > [@](#): > > Jasika Nicole says the Fringe camp is “pretty confident” over a potential 13-episode fifth season return. > [@](#): > > Insider: Fans are obviously hoping the show gets a fifth season. Have you heard anything on set that we don’t know? > Jasika: We honestly still do not know – we feel pretty confident that we’ll be back but for a 13-episode fifth season. It’s a rumor that’s going around, so we all feel like it won’t be a full 22 but we’ll have time to wrap everything up and provide closure for fans. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/34 "2012-03-09T02:37:59Z")
I felt at home that it would get as much of a run as it would need when I found out Anna Torv was Rupert Murdochs niece. [fox-tv-star-would-rather-not-talk-about-her-rupert-murdoch-connection-thank-you](http://gawker.com/5051142/fox-tv-star-would-rather-not-talk-about-her-rupert-murdoch-connection-thank-you) When uncle owns the network. Well. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/35 "2012-03-09T04:27:14Z")
🆒 I don’t think she has any power, but she doesn’t want to go on past season 5. [Spoilers Guide](http://www.spoilersguide.com/fringe/anna-torv-wants-series-to-end-after-season-5/) > [@](#): > > “People have been quoting [series co-creator] JJ [Abrams] for a while saying [that] four or five years is kind of enough,” Torv told the Coventry Telegraph according to DigitalSpy. “I tend to agree with him.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/36 "2012-04-27T01:06:28Z")
**BUMP** [Fringe renewed!](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55282) 13 episodes for its fifth and final season! Yay!! ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/37 "2012-04-27T01:15:39Z")
A couple days ago I noticed that the last two episodes had their name changed. They were called “Endgame part 1” and “Endgame part 2” but now they’re “Brave New World part 1” and “Brave New World part 2”. So, 13 episodes to wrap up loose ends. I’ve loved the show so far; I hope Season 5 doesn’t disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/38 "2012-04-27T01:36:44Z")
:happy dance: ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/39 "2012-04-27T01:37:50Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > A couple days ago I noticed that the last two episodes had their name changed. They were called “Endgame part 1” and “Endgame part 2” but now they’re “Brave New World part 1” and “Brave New World part 2”. > > So, 13 episodes to wrap up loose ends. I’ve loved the show so far; I hope Season 5 doesn’t disappoint. Apparently they filmed two alternate finales, depending on whether they get cancelled or not. I hope the alternate is a DVD extra. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973/40 "2012-04-27T01:39:10Z")
I’m sure it will be. It’ll be cool to see the differences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-renewed-edited-title/608973.md?page=3)