Operations "Fringe Fridays" and "White Tulip" from the Fringe Network

Fringe fans? We need to unite. And quickly!
As we move closer to our favorite show's new night and timeslot on Friday, January 21st, it's imparative that the number of viewers watching the show while it airs is as high as it can possibly be to send the FOX execs the message that WE LOVE FRINGE!

And there are other ways to promote Fringe in order to increase its viewership.
Recently the Fringe Network hit the internet. Formed by a group of graphically-gifted Fringe fans, this group's goal is to increase the show's exposure worldwide. There are several groups within this group. The most active one is the Fringe Movement(TFM).

Currently TFM has 2 hot projects in the works:1) Fringe Fridays and 2)Operation White Tulip.
The Fringe Fridays campaign is aimed at inundating the internet with the message to watch Fringe live on 1/21. You may have seen some of the nifty new posters members have posted recetly on tumblr.com.

The second project intrigues me. "Operation White Tulip" involves sending as many postcards as possible to FOX President Kevin Reilly by January 21st, thanking him for Fringe. There is even talk of the Fringe Network staff sending real bouquets of white tulips to executive producers Jeff Pinkner and JH Wyman(Please send us pictures of this, Fringe Network people!).

How can you help? There is still time to help the Fringe Network/The Fringe Movement with both the Fringe Fridays and Operation White Tulip projects.

1. Tell everyone you know to tune into Fringe this Friday. The Fringe Network has suggestions on how to use the internet to accomplish this.

2. Click on the "Operation White Tulip" section and send an email to the Fringe Network.(See link below). They replied fairly quickly to me with a friendly note and postcard templates for the notes for Mr. Reilly. You'll also receive a monthly newsletter.

United, we fans can make the live viewing numbers go up, and therefore make a difference.

The Fringe Network website: http://www.fringenetwork.com/

"Fox's 'Fringe' not going gently into Friday night"

Christopher Lawrence LIFE ON THE COUCH

Fox's 'Fringe' not going gently into Friday night From left, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, John Noble and Jasika Nicole star in "Fringe," which is moving to 9 p.m. Fridays on KVVU-TV, Channel 5.

Remember "The X-Files"? The guy from "Californication" and the redhead chasing little green men nearly two decades ago? That was the last time Fox made any real noise airing sci-fi on Fridays.

"Sliders." "Millennium." "The Visitor." "Harsh Realm." "FreakyLinks." "Dark Angel." "Firefly." "John Doe." "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." "Dollhouse." Since the mid-'90s, Fox Fridays have done more to break the hearts of nerds than school dances and Jar Jar Binks combined.

Yet that 0-for-15 years streak isn't keeping Fox from hoisting its critically acclaimed "Fringe" (9 p.m. Friday, KVVU-TV, Channel 5) onto the altar of bad scheduling and setting it ablaze.

At the beginning of the season, and for the first time in years, the networks were putting actual effort into programming Fridays. It looked for all the world as though there might be a renaissance on the night given all the series headed there.

But four months later, only The CW's "Supernatural" is really taking hold on its new night. Fox's "The Good Guys" bombed. NBC's "Outlaw" crashed and burned. Fox's "Human Target" and CBS' "Blue Bloods" both escaped to Wednesdays. And ABC pushed Dana Delany's "Body of Proof" from last fall all the way to March 29 just to get it away from Fridays.

So why move "Fringe" there when it was putting up solid if unspectacular ratings on Thursdays, the toughest night of the week? To make room for "American Idol" (8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Channel 5).

A fixture for years on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, "Idol" kicks off its 10th season by shifting back a day. On the surface, the move lets Fox get a bigger piece of the lucrative Thursday ad budgets as movie studios make their last-gasp efforts to reach viewers before the weekend. But it also allows "Idol" to get its performance shows out of the way of the "Dancing with the Stars" results shows, and it positions Fox to be able to blame the expected ratings drop-off on the new night instead of the loss of Simon Cowell.

Remember "The X-Files"? It was hard not to when "Fringe" launched in 2008, with its coed duo investigating seemingly impossible phenomena under the auspices of the FBI, with a taciturn, bald boss running interference for them. But the drama, from "Lost's" J.J. Abrams, has since morphed into a staggeringly complex tale of parallel universes about to go to war with each other, and it's proudly letting its geek flag fly.

"Fringe" sort of had to ease into this new direction, as it never would have survived its first episode in its current state -- assuming it would have made it to the air at all. But while the progression has been gradual, "Fringe" has covered so much ground in its two-plus seasons, it would be like "Lost" having gone from "Was that a polar bear?" to "Whaddya mean we're all dead?" in a little over a month.

A heartbreaking episode last season revealed that mad scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) lost his son, Peter, to a rare illness as a child. Looking into the alternate universe through a portal he'd designed, Walter saw that the Peter in that world, being genetically identical to his own, also was dying. So when Walter discovered the cure, he created a wormhole, traveled to the other universe and brought that Peter to our world to save him. Only once Peter was cured, Walter couldn't bring himself to return the boy that by almost every measure was his son.

Ethical issues aside, Walter's meddling created tears that are slowly destroying the other world. Worse, it emboldened that world's Walter, dubbed the Walternate, who is now actively working at the highest levels of government to destroy our universe in the belief that it will save his.

Yeah, it's pretty heady stuff. But it plays surprisingly well even for those of us who are fluent in neither Vulcan nor Na'vi.

In our world, Fringe Division seems to consist primarily of the doddering former mental patient Walter; Peter (Joshua Jackson); FBI agents Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) and Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole); their boss, Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick); and a cow named Gene. But over there, Fringe Division has eclipsed the now-defunct FBI and is a part of the Department of Defense, run by Walternate with a ruthless streak that would make Donald Rumsfeld look like the Girl Scout other Girl Scouts picked on.

It's a fascinating, emotional tale that's improving every week. And now all that's at risk after having been sent to what's commonly referred to as "the death slot." But at least "Fringe" isn't going quietly.

A cheeky promo assembled a string of media quotes bemoaning the show's upheaval, with the tagline "You might think Friday night is dead ... but we're gonna re-animate it" -- an allusion to one of the fringe sciences at the heart of the series.

And after learning of the move, producers titled this week's episode "Firefly," an homage to Joss Whedon's late, great Friday night casualty.

In announcing the decision, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly, who still champions the show, stressed that DVR use already accounts for nearly half the show's audience. So, in theory, if anybody at all shows up to watch "Fringe" live on Fridays, it could thrive there for years to come.

Stranger things have happened.

Remember "The X-Files"?
Source:Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fringe Review: Marionette

“She’s taken everything.”

I wondered last week why the Fringe powers that be didn’t use the last episode—specifically, Olivia’s return—as the mid-season finale. It was exhilarating, fast-paced, and nicely concluded one phase of the longer story about the two worlds. Now that I’ve seen “Marionette,” I understand.

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Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in Marionette

The Observer can be spotted in plain sight, at the end of the episode, just outside of Peggy's Malt Shop.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe 310 Preview: Firefly

Preview for the Fringe episode "Firefly" , which airs FRIDAY, January 21st at 9:00PM on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots of the video are available at FringeFiles.com

Fringe Episode 309: Marionette

When the Fringe Team investigates a case where a victim had his heart extracted, it’s just the beginning of a series of mysterious and reanimating events tied together. Meanwhile, Peter comes to terms with the reality of his relationship with Olivia

Discuss the episode here in the comments.

"Entrada" Into The Vortex

Even if you haven't been watching Fringe since the pilot, you may have noticed that some episodes just stand out more than others. 'Entrada' is one of those. I was not at all surprised to see 'Entrada' was written by executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman. How could I tell? This episode was riveting, smooth, and flowing. Despite all the back and forth action between universes, we viewers could keep up with it.

In reviewing "Entrada," which is most likely the best Season III episode to date, let's start with its glyph word, "CROSS." There are at least 4 crossing situations in this episode(if you find more let me know.) Peter Bishop finally realizes FauxLivia has crossed him. AlternateBroyles crosses Walternate(yikes!), FauxLivia crosses over to her side, and our poor Olivia crosses back to ours.That's a lot of action in a less than one hour show, and the brilliant thing is Pinkner and Wyman packed more into the episode than just that.

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Fringe 309: "Bones & Fringe" Commercial for Marionette

A new commercial for Fringe and Bones, featuring scenes from the Fringe episode Marionette.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Fringe Review: Entrada

“It's like nothing ever happened.”

After a great deal of action in two separate universes, we’re left with sadness: Olivia has to try to fit into a world that has changed; Fauxlivia has to fit into a world that doesn’t know she has changed—or even been gone.

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Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in Entrada

The Observer can be spotted outside Penn Station (known as Springsteen Station in the Red Universe), just after we cross over from Red to Blue, and before Peter and the gang show up.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe 309 Preview: Marionette

Preview for the Fringe episode "Marionette" , which airs December 9th on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots of the video are available at FringeFiles.com

Fringe Episode 308: Entrada

Peter grapples with the aftermath of recent events as Olivia desperately searches for an ally. Meanwhile, the Fringe Team discovers a critical device that communicates between universes

Discuss the episode here in the comments.

Fringe Review: The Abducted

“I won’t forget what you did here.”

So now Olivia knows that Broyles knows what she knows. Walternate knows that Olivia knows what he worried she knew. And Peter knows what he didn’t know (despite my theory that he did know): he knows that what he thought he knew is wrong. The question is: when will Fauxlivia know what Peter now knows, and what will she do with that knowledge?

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Fringe to move to Friday night in January

Fox has released it's mid season schedule shake up, and Fringe finds itself being bumped to Friday night 9PM starting on 28th January. Known as the 'death' night in the US TV stakes, fans are understandably upset and disappointed by the move. That being said, there are also some positives that can come from the move. No longer will it be competing with the Thursday night powerhouses, but I believe it can make an ever bigger name for itself here.

Fans need to step up to the plate here and keep watching!! Fringe fans are loyal, so let's get together and make sure that we follow it wherever it goes, and spread to the word far and wide - Fringe is an awesome show that many, many more people SHOULD be watching!

Below is the press release from FOX Network President Kevin Reilly on Fringe's move and we can definitely take some positives from it:

"As for the decision to bump Fringe to Fridays, “Fringe has a very particular, loyal audience,” Reilly said. With the show picking up almost half of its viewrship via DVR, he doesn’t expect the sci-fi series to take a big ratings hit in moving to Fridays where it will be paired with solid reality performer Kitchen Nightmares. “If (Fringe) could stay near the current levels, we’ll get a big trade-up on Friday and will solve our problem there.” - Kevin Reilly (FOX Network President)

What are your thoughts Fringe fans?!

Fringe 308 Preview: Entrada

Preview for the Fringe episode "Entrada" (Spanish for "Entry"), which airs two-weeks from tonight on December 2nd on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots of the video are available at FringeFiles.com

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in The Abducted

The Observer can be spotted in the Fringe episode The Abducted, standing outside of the restaurant (next to the mustard bottle!) where Olivia talks to Henry Higgins about her plan to go home.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Episode 307: The Abducted

When a serial kidnapper “over there” strikes again, the emotional and familiar case hits home for Colonel Broyles, sending a determined Olivia to uncover additional details about the abductions. In the meantime, Olivia fights on and reunites with Henry (guest star Royo) to enlist his services on an intense and covert mission to return home

Discuss the episode here in the comments.

Fringe Review: 6955 KHz

“If you end up breaking the universe, this time it’s on your head.”

The First People existed long before dinosaurs. They conceived of time differently than we did, using a complex system of variable-length months to give order to their universe. They also discovered the vacuum cleaner. No, wait: The Vacuum, a device that has the power to create and destroy at the level of the Big Bang. No wonder they didn’t last long.

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Fringe 307 Preview: The Abducted

Preview for the Fringe episode "The Abducted", which airs November 18th on FOX.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in 6955 kHz

The Observer can be spotted in the Fringe episode 6955 kHz, standing outside of the building where Bad Olivia pushed the shapeshifter out of the buiilding.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.