Happy Birthday to Ari Margolis!

On September 16th, Fringe Media Master, Ari Margolis, celebrates his birthday!
If you've been following Fringe Television anytime in the last 2 years, you will have noticed the volume of incredible promos, and other video features created by Ari that we have showcased here-almost too numerous to name.

Ari is not only a talented video artist in the television industry, but also a true and sharing Fringe fan who has been extremely interactive with other fans in the Fringedom via Twitter.
And just 2 days ago he, personally, introduced John Noble to Twitter(his address is @johnnob58004412-go say hello to John!), which is typical of Ari to do.

Ari, we all just want to take a moment to thank you for all you do for Fringe fans worldwide, and especially thanks for all your support in our fan endeavors.

So all of us here at Fringe Television wish Ari Margolis a very Happy Birthday with this video gift, created by talented Fringe vidder, Arturo Garcia. (Thank you for making this, Arturo.)
Ari, you make all the great Fringe vids, so back at cha! Enjoy!

Fringe Coming to the Science Channel

Fringe has been picked up for syndication by the Discovery Communications' cable network Science Channel. Season 1 will start airing on November 20, 2012.

They have already started airing commercials for Fringe during Dark Matters: Twisted but True which is narrated by no other than our beloved Walter... uh I mean John Noble of course.

Here is a sample of the teasers they are running, using Fringe glyph codes. This one spells out...

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Fringe and Anna Torv Win Saturn Awards

2012 Saturn Award Winners in TV: 'Breaking Bad', 'Fringe' and 'Walking Dead'
July 27, 2012 08:30:03 GMT
by AceShowBiz.com
The crime drama series leads the pack with three nods, the sci-fi drama trails behind with two gongs, while 'The Walking Dead' and 'Teen Wolf' are among other shows which take home one prize each.

The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards is yet to be held, but "Breaking Bad" has added trophies to its shelves. The AMC drama series edged out other scripted shows on cable channels to nab the Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series title at the 38th Annual Saturn Awards. It took home two other kudos through Bryan Cranston's win for Best TV Actor and Aaron Paul's victory for Best Supporting Actor on Television.

Another coveted prize, the Best Network Television Series award, went to "Fringe" which was snubbed in the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nomination list. The show's lead actress Anna Torv was additionally hailed as Best Actress on Television.

The rest of the awards in TV field were snatched by cable series, such as AMC's "The Walking Dead" which nabbed the Best Television Presentation, and MTV's "Teen Wolf" which was named the Best Youth-Oriented Television Series. Other AMC show "The Killing" collected one accolade through Michelle Forbes' win for Best Supporting Actress, while TNT's "Leverage" led Tom Skerritt to grab a trophy through his guest stint.

A gala for this year's Saturn Awards was held Thursday, July 26 night in Burbank, California. It presented prizes for TV shows, movies and DVDs for science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. It additionally handed out some Special Achievement Awards, with the long-running animated series "The Simpsons" being honored with The Milestone Award.

Click here to see the full aceshowbiz.com post and list of Saturn Awards TV winners.

Fox’s ‘Fringe’ Shuts Down Production For 2 Weeks As Star John Noble Gets Treatment

By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Wednesday July 25, 2012 @ 5:20pm PDT
After four days of shooting, production on the final season of Fox’s cult sci-fi drama Fringe has been shut down for two weeks so co-star John Noble can get treatment for a sleep disorder. Filming on the final 13 episodes of the Warner Bros. TV-produced series began last Wednesday with Noble. On Monday, Noble was MIA at the show’s TCA panel when producers explained that he was not feeling well.
 
Read the entire deadline.com post here.
 
fo note:All of us at Fringe Television hope John Noble is feeling great again as soon as possible.

Comic-Con 2012 - TV Guide Magazine Covers:Get 'Em Starting Tomorrow!

Comic-Con 2012 - TV Guide Magazine Covers
 posted by b3rt4 at Monday, July 02.2012

BURBANK, Calif. (July 2, 2012) — TV powerhouses Warner Bros. Television and TV Guide Magazine have renewed their super alliance to deliver fans the ultimate must-have Comic-Con item for the third year in a row: a Warner Bros.–themed Comic-Con special edition of the magazine, featuring programming from the Studio and four sets of collectible “flip” covers starring the casts of The Big Bang Theory, Fringe, Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries on both front and back.

For those unable to attend Comic-Con in person, all four sets of collectible “flip” covers will be on sale from July 17 at newsstands wherever TV Guide Magazine is sold. And for the first time, the special issue will also be available for purchase on the NOOK by Barnes and Noble.

To read the entire spoilertv.com post click here.

Comic-Con Fringe Panel Twitter Campaign, July 15th

All through Season 4 you saw me post here about the fun Fringe Twitter Campaigns hosted by Fringenuity.
Well, now you can participate in a special Twitter campaign tomorrow, Sunday, July 15th.
The last Fringe Q&A Panel of the SDCC takes place at 10AM Pacific Time(1:00PM Eastern Time).
Fringenuity wants to try to trend two fandom tweets tomorrow, one before the panel begins, and one during the panel:

1) #TheyAreComing at 12:30PM Eastern Time(before the panel)

2) #In WymanWeTrust at 1:00PM Eastern Time (during the panel)

Please consider joining in the campaign by tweeting the above hashtags at the above-mentioned times.

Please do not use either hashtag prior to the designated times above.

Fringedom, let's show the cast and executive producer of our favorite show our support during their big day at the SDCC!

For more information about what to tweet and when, and these and other great icons, visit the Fringenuity website here.

****AND AS USUAL THERE'S MORE!!!****

Check into Get Glue during tomorrow's Fringe Panel and get a special Fringe Comic Con sticker!

The Fringe Event-August 10-12, 2012

Feel like meeting other Fringe fans next month at a special Fringe-related event?
Feel like visiting places in Vancouver where the show is filmed?

Then please consider joining fellow Fringe fans for this once-in-a-lifetime event, The Fringe Event,
which will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia this coming August 10-12, 2012.
Just what is "The Fringe Event"(or TFE as I will call it from now on)?
 Here's the description from the official website:

It is a dedicated weekend of Fringe themed activities being organised by fans, for fans. We will be running walking tours of past filming locations, screening Fringe on a cinema screen (WB copyright approval pending), bowling at Sam's bowling alley, taking a trip to Reiden Lake, holding debates on Fringe theory and mythology and more. In the evenings we will be holding mixer events to give us all a chance to relax and talk – after all, many of us will have never had the chance to meet in “real life” before even though we are all quantum-entangled through social media.

The Fringe Event will be taking place from Friday, August 10th (in the evening) through 'til midnight on Sunday, August 12th.

Tickets are still available at $135 per adult and $85 per child(under age 16). Part of the proceeds of the ticket sales go to Oxfam Canada.

The program includes:

• Friday night reception

Saturday:

•  downtown walking tour with photo opps of:"The Bishop House, FauxLivia's apartment building, Markham's book store, The Alt!Verse Fringe Division HQ and many more locations)"
• Evening mixer/party that the cast and crew have also been invited to attend(Please note that executive producer Joel Wyman has been invited!)

Sunday: A walk around Reiden Lake and 2 games of bowling at Sam Weiss' bowling alley

• Fringe Trivia
• Special viewing of Fringe episodes in a rented cinema from 6PM on

As you can see this is truly a one-of-a-kind Fringe fan event!

Visit the TFE website here. The website has information on the itinerary, ticket purchasing, the location, and accomodations. You can also donate to the TFE charity,  Oxfam Canada, via this website.

You can also follow The Fringe Event on Twitter:@The Fringe Event and like them on Facebook.

PLEASE NOTE:TFE takes place at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Vancouver, BC.
Today is the last day to received a special rate at the Coast Plaza Hotel for THE FRINGE EVENT. See @The Fringe Event on Twitter for more details.




 

Happy Birthday AnnaTorv!

Althought some sites are reporting that today is definitely the beautiful Anna Torv's birthday, no one can confirm this except Anna herself, and she has not. But the stunning actress has admitted previously that her birthday is in June.

Last year on this date, Wikipedia had her birthdate as June 7th, while the imdb site had it as June 15th.
So we posted a birthday wish on June 15th and we'll post this year's wish today also.

Anna, you are awesome, and we thank you for all the many shades of Olivia Dunham you play. Regardless which day in June is your actual birthdate all of us here at Fringe Television hope you have a very special day!

Happy Birthday, Joshua Jackson

I'm posting this a few minutes late in Eastern time, but it's still Joshua Jackson's birthday in his home town of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Happy Birthday to the man who plays our favorite door-kicking, raising-all things mechanical-back-to-life, dumb, smart guy.

From all of us here at Fringe Television, have a great day, Joshua. And thanks for joining us on Twitter a few months ago and sticking around!

You can wish Mr. Jackson a Happy Birthday on Twitter via @Vancity Jax.

Amazon Lists The Complete Fourth Season of Fringe on DVD & Blu-ray for Pre-Order

It's a great feeling when Amazon.com lists the previous season of Fringe available for pre-order!
According to Amazon, both the DVD and Blu-ray versions will be available on September 4th, 2012, which is 17 days before the Season 5 premiere date.
But tread cautiously, as last year fans were promised an earlier release like this only to have it show up just days before Season 4 began. Regardless, it's good news, and there's no time like the present to get ordered-up. The DVD set is priced at $41.99 and the Blu-Ray set at $48.99.

Pre-order your Fringe Season 4 DVD set here.
Pre-order your Fringe Season 4 Blu-ray set here.

Science cabler nabs 'Fringe' reruns

Science cabler nabs 'Fringe' reruns
Amazon also said to be a contender for SVOD rights to WBTV drama
By Andrew Wallenstein
Posted: Wed., May. 23, 2012, 6:57pm PT

Fox series "Fringe" has been sold into syndication to an unlikely buyer: Discovery-owned cabler Science. And a second, even more unusual buyer may be coming to the party.

Discovery confirmed that the off-network deal was completed Wednesday. Pact is non-exclusive, which will allow Warner Bros.' syndie arm to bring in a second buyer in the subscription VOD window.

That's a category where Netflix and Hulu Plus have emerged as eager buyers, but they may be upstaged in this instance by Amazon, which sources say has been aggressively courting the property in a bid to finally break into the off-net marketplace where they've been quiet to date.

Last month, Fox ordered a final fifth season of 13 episodes of the sci-fi hour from WBTV, which agreed to trim its license fee on the show because it was looking to pack as many episodes as possible into the sale. (The fifth season will bring the show's episode tally to 100.) "Fringe's" audience is small enough to make it a question mark for renewal in recent years, but it has been helped by a fervent fan base that is vocal across social media.

Read the entire variety.com article here.

‘Fringe’ Sells In Off-Network Syndication To Science Channel

‘Fringe’ Sells In Off-Network Syndication To Science Channel

By NELLIE ANDREEVA
Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 8:34pm PDT

 A month after securing a 13-episode fifth and final season renewal from Fox, modestly rated sci-fi drama Fringe has been sold in off-network syndication to Discovery Communications’ Science Channel. The pact between Fringe producer/distributor Warner Bros and Science includes a SVOD carveout, allowing Warner Bros to sell the series to a streaming service where serialized dramas do far better than in traditional off-network syndication.

See the entire deadline.com article here.

Fringe Scoop: Seth Gabel Not Returning as a Regular For Fifth and Final Season

May 22, 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Fringe Scoop: Seth Gabel Not Returning as a Regular For Fifth and Final Season
Michael Ausiello

When Fringe kicks off its fifth and final season this fall, it will be down one castmember.

Sources confirm to TVLine that Seth Gabel will not be back as a series regular.

In a recent interview with TVLine, Fringe‘s leading lady, Anna Torv, noted that the odds of Gabel returning were slim.

Read Ausiello's entire tvline.com post here.

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 421 "Brave New World:Part I"-Darkest Before Dawn

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 421 "Brave New World:Part I"-Darkest Before Dawn

The last Fringe Twitter and GetGlue campaign, sponsored by Fringenuity on April 27th was quite successful.
Thanks to Fox Broadcasting's help, the entire episode aired with the Fringenuity hash tag "Worlds Apart" on the screen instead of #Fringe, for the sixth time in the show's history!

The group, Fringenuity, hosts the Friday night Twitter/GetGlue campaigns.
Fringe Television is proud to support Fringenuity's efforts to promote "Fringe" in as many social media venues as possible, and asks for your help.

**SEASON 5 UPDATE:As of this evening, FOX has officially picked up Fringe for a fifth season composed of 13 episodes!**

Tonight we want to continue our social media domination and thank FOX, the show's sponsors, the executive producers, cast, and crew by trying to get the hash tag #DarkestBeforeDawn to trend on Twitter starting at 8PM Eastern.

That's 1 hour before the new episode airs, and then again at 8PM Pacific time.

Why keep tweeting? Because we know that ratings isn't just about Nielsen boxes anymore. TV networks and their contractors pay attention to which TV shows are 'socially-active' and our show Fringe is very socially-active on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other venues.

Why continue this effort? Last Friday's event catapulted Fringe in multiple social media platforms, and we would like to keep Fringe visible in these platforms in the weeks and months ahead, even over the summer hiatus.

Please consider joining in tonight at 8PM Eastern and 8PM Pacific to support your favorite show by signing into Twitter and using the #DarkestBeforeDawn hash tag.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, you can create an new account rather painlessly at http://www.twitter.com/.

For more information on this week's special Fringe Twitter event, including the 21 special icons, 2 banners, and brandy new wallpaper and Twitter skins for this event(!)  visit the Fringenuity website here.

An important reminder: Please do not tweet with the #DarkestBeforeDawn hash tag until 8PM Eastern, to increase the likelihood of trending! And volume helps, so tweet slowly, and tweet often after the start time Friday night! Also, retweet tweets that you like, that have the #DarkestBeforeDawn hash tag.

Let's dominate Twitter Friday night, and make our hash tag and our show trend worldwide! Again!

********EXTRA!EXTRA! Need another reason to tweet tonight?********

In a conference call Wednesday afternoon executive producers Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner confirmed for me that they will be LIVE tweeting during BOTH the East and West coast airings!

***ButWait! There's more!***
Another social network platform that needs our attention on Friday nights is GetGlue.com.
If you are not familiar with getglue.com it is a very clever advertising site married to social networking.
GetGlue merges fans with their interests, and their interests' sponsors.

If you have a GetGlue account you can "check-in" to Fringe. The shows that get the most check-ins are highly visible to the networks and the show's sponsors.

It is recommended you start checking into GetGlue closer to the start time of Fringe to increase the chance of trending there. For the last several Friday nights we made Fringe the #1 checked in show on GetGlue!

Fringenuity is asking that tonight, your first check-in to one of Fringe's sponsors on GetGlue, ie. Nissan Leaf, and thank them for supporting Fringe. Think it doesn't make a difference? Guess again.

For the last few weeks, due to our GetClue check-ins, the Nissan Leaf was one of the most checked-in sponsors on the site.

Let’s make it a combined effort to not only check-in to the show, but to also check-in to the show’s advertisers and comment, “Thank You for your support of Fringe! @FringeOnFox”

If you don’t have a GetGlue account, make one at http://www.getglue.com/.

You can post your check-ins to Twitter and/or Facebook.

The more activity, the better, as this may also get other Fringies involved in the GetGlue check-ins.

GetGlue also has convenient mobile phone aps for iphone, Android, and Blackberry.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Please, enjoy the new episode tonight, and support high visibility of your show by tweeting on Twitter with the special hash tag, and checking into Fringe at GetGlue and thanking at least 1 of Friday night's many sponsors. Your efforts will not go unrewarded, and it is quite likely these actions helped us acquire a Season 5!

Fringedom, the time is now to thank FOX, the show's sponsors, and everyone affiliated with Fringe by watching "Brave New World:Part I" LIVE tonight, and joining in this Twitter/GetGlue event!

EP's Joel Wyman & Jeff Pinkner LIVE Tweeting During 419-Josh Jackson Too!

You've heard me say executive producer Joel Wyman is a frequent visitor to Twitter.
Especially lately, as he knows Fringe fans have been awaiting news of a renewal of the series for a 5th season.

Wednesday afternoon Joel dropped in and said he and co-showrunner Jeff Pinkner will be live tweeting
both airings of episode 419 this Friday night.

As icing on the cake, Josh Jackson tweeted a few hours later that he would be live tweeting also,
but only during the West Coast airing.

Say hello to Joel, Jeff, and Josh and shower them with praise this Friday night!

If you do not have a Twitter account you can easily make one at http://twitter.com/

Follow the 3 of them at these Twitter addresses:

@JWFRINGE  Joel Wyman
@JPFRINGE   Jeff Pinkner
@VanCity Jax   Joshua Jackson

(fo note:I wouldn't be surprised to see other Fringe alumni live tweet also such as Jasika Nicole,
Kirk Acevedo, Lance Reddick, Michael Cerveris, and Michelle Krusiec.)

More Fringe Stuff Available From FOX, per Joel Wyman

Executive producer Joel Wyman stopped into Twitter at 2AM Eastern today to give us some news.
Sadly, not THE news we've been waiting for, but news that the good people at FOX have added some Fringe merchandise to the "Fringe" store. Use the link below to check it out.

JOEL WYMAN ‏ @JWFRINGE
 No news yet. BUT -- Fringe stuff is now in the Fox store. Small victories. ; )

Click here to see the new Fringe merchandise for sale.

Joshua Jackson and Executive Producer Joel Wyman Live Tweeting on Twitter After Tonight's Episode!

As if you didn't have enough great reasons to participate in the Fringe Twitter/GetGlue campaign tonight, hosted by Fringenuity, I give you a few more!

Two days ago, executive producer Joel Wyman dropped by at Twitter(and we always love it) and answered many fan questions. One fan asked if he would be live tweeting after the airing of episode 415 tonight. Joel posted the following:
" I will. Barring any unforeseen circumstances. For sure."

At 10PM last night Joshua Jackson, who plays Peter Bishop on our favorite show, started tweeting on Twitter. That's right! Joshua Jackson has a Twitter account and has been quite actively tweeting since 10PM Eastern US time last night.

Of course many Fringe fans were skeptical that @VancityJax was the real Joshua Jackson, so executive producer Joel Wyman appeared and tweeted the following around 3AM Eastern:
JOEL WYMAN ‏ @JWFRINGE
 Popping on to say @vancityjax is the great Josh Jackson. It's true. 'Night!


Now, in addition to joining Fringe fans on Twitter last night and today in between filming on the set in Vancouver, Josh tweeted the following reply when asked if he was going to live tweet during episode 415 tonight:
"as much as I can. I'll be at work, but I'm going to join @JWFRINGE in the fun."

So Fringe fans, I present you two more reasons to get onto Twitter tonight after episode 415 ends:
Joel Wyman and Joshua Jackson.

(And please be aware that Jasika Nicole sometimes joins us as well as long time fan Rebecca Mader, and past guest actress Michelle Krusiec.)

If you are not familiar with Twitter you can make an account here: http://www.twitter.com/.

Vote For Fringe in Hulu's Best In Show 2012

They say this is the golden age of television. From offbeat comedies such as "30 Rock" to gripping dramas like "Game of Thrones," we can't argue with that.


But what's the most incredible, era-defining series on TV today? We asked HitFix's Alan Sepinwall for his take, but Hulu's third annual Best in Show is all about your vote. We've rounded up 32 TV shows for a bracket-style competition. Each week, the winning shows — based solely on the fans' votes — will advance, all the way until we reach No. 1. Cast your votes and find out who wins on April 12.

Week #1 March 8-March 14
 
Category:Agents Of Mass Destruction
Fringe  In hindsight, I wonder if the "Fringe" producers might like a mulligan on the decision to spend this fourth season in two brand-new (or largely-rewritten) timelines where Peter died as a boy, which severed the emotional connection we had built with all the other characters over the three previous seasons. Yet even with that handicap, we've gotten a number of excellent episodes, and John Noble is outstanding no matter how many versions of Walter Bishop he's asked to play.
 
Fringe is up for a vote against the series "Homeland."
Please vote often for Fringe from now until March 14th by clicking here.

Need Fringe? The 2012 Mini Fringe Binge Begins Tonight!

Well, this is the first Friday in our new hiatus, but it does not have to be Fringe-less!
The famous  Fringe Binge is back by popular demand, and begins at 9:00PM Eastern US time-the same time Fringe airs on the East Coast.

This month's Fringe Binge is a mini one. Back in December the famous Tumblr site asked fans to pick the episodes they most wanted to rewatch. Now the list is compiled and they are ready to roll!
So if you can, sit back and enjoy the 42 fan-picked episodes of your favorite sci-fi show from tonight, March 2nd through Sunday, March 4th.

Make sure to visit the official Fringe Binge tumblr page here.

You can also follow the Mini Binge progress via Twitter:@fringebinge2012 !

Fringe Nominated for 4 Saturn Awards

by Matt Goldberg Posted:February 29th, 2012 at 7:33 am

The  Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday, June 20.


Fringe has 4 nominations:
TELEVISION NOMINATIONS

Best Network Television Series:
Fringe Fox

Best Actress On Television:
Anna Torv, Fringe Fox

Best Supporting Actor on Television:
John Noble, Fringe Fox

Best Guest Performer on Television:
Orla Brady, Fringe Fox

Congratulations to Jeff Pinkner & Joel Wyman, JJ Abrams, Anna Torv, John Noble, Orla Brady, and all the cast and cew of Fringe for making this happen. As far as we are concerned, you are ALL winners.

Read Matt's entire collider.com article here.