Comments on Fringe Television - Fan Site for the FOX TV Series Fringe: Astrid TV Character Who Deserve a Spin-Off

OTA broadcast makes almost no money for Bad Robot ...

2010-08-17T15:45:31.256-04:00

OTA broadcast makes almost no money for Bad Robot productions or FB2 (WB) Studios. FRINGE is consistently third or fourth in its current timeslot and generates just enough money to pay FOX to air it. Bad Robot and the studio make their money in DVD sales. It is the same formula they used with LOST, which was an insanely expensive show to shoot... but despite sagging ratings, it stayed on the air because all of the profit was in after-market sales and merchandising. There aren't too many shows around that generate revenue like LOST and FRINGE.

Fringe is on an budget exemption in Vancouver. They are limited on what they can spend there. Right now the union contract they have is for less than $1mil per episode. Which is tiny. They spend more when it gets to post-production in SoCal though.

No offense DocH but just the fact that the show is...

2010-08-15T14:58:34.746-04:00

No offense DocH but just the fact that the show is in its third season while every single new show on broadcast has been cancelled in its FIRST season is pretty successful to me.

NO WAY she gets a spin-off. Spin-offs are predicat...

2010-08-15T14:47:14.692-04:00

NO WAY she gets a spin-off. Spin-offs are predicated on important/key characters from successful shows.

1) Astrid is not a key character on this show... in fact we are still waiting for her to become relevant after two seasons.

2) This is not a successful show. Imagine how bad ratings would be for poor Astrid spinning-off from low-rated FRINGE. They would cancel it after 6 eps.

Don't get me wrong... I like the actor and the character, a lot. But you can't take a second step when you haven't taken a first step. Maybe after 5 or 6 seasons she'll be 'ripe'.

Of course she deserves a spin-off, but whether t...

2010-08-14T02:44:52.101-04:00

Of course she *deserves* a spin-off, but whether there should *be* one is another question entirely. I think the answer is no. These things rarely go well. Remember the Lone Gunmen?

What I'd like to see are more Astrid-centric episodes in the future, letting her have a more active role and exploring her history. Hopefully with Olivia somewhat indisposed, we'll see more of Astrid.

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2010-08-14T01:13:43.778-04:00

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I don't know about a spin-off, but this show i...

2010-08-13T13:37:27.191-04:00

I don't know about a spin-off, but this show is ripe for a Futurama parody. The cast line-ups parallel each other so well you'd think they were from alternate universes.

No, the one character on this show who deserves hi...

2010-08-13T10:50:14.211-04:00

No, the one character on this show who deserves his own spin-off is the character the writers always write off and that's P.e.t.e.r.

This show has been nothing but a walter and olivia adventure. Nothing about Peter is ever out in the open. Peter is the one who needs his own spin-off.

NO NO NO! There is too much girly drama around. ...

2010-08-12T20:08:06.820-04:00

NO NO NO! There is too much girly drama around. If there is a spin off of astrid, it should be the work that she did before she worked with fringe division. Think about it: what work did Astrid do that qualified her to work with walter?