Fringe Season 4 Premier: What You Need To Know

Tonight is the Season 4 premier of Fringe. If you are new to Fringe, this episode is a prefect place to jump into the show. The storyline has gone through a "reset", and will be starting fresh with new story lines. Everything you need to get you started will be explained in tonight's episode, but if you want to get the full backstory, this Past + Present + Future video series gives a great summary of the show so far.

If you have the ability to watch the show LIVE tonight, we will be hosting our live chat room, and may even give away some prizes. Stay tuned for more info.

Happy Fringe Friday!

Season 4 Promo with Cast Interviews

Here's a new Season 4 Promo vid full of Cast Interivews.
I believe this came on a USB that FOX Broadcasting recently sent to the press. Enjoy!

NOTE:If you are a diehard "No Spoiler" person, you may want to pass on this, but I couldn't find anything really spoilery in here.

FRINGE: A Sitdown with Joshua Jackson

For all the Peter fans, here is an interview with Joshua Jackson about his role in Fringe Season 4.

Fringe 3 Sneak Peeks 401 Neither Here Nor There

Here are 3 sneak peeks from the Season Premiere of FRINGE.

Complete List of Ari Margolis' Summer 'Fringe Song Of The Day'

I've posted before here at Fringe Television how lucky we are that Fringe Media Master, Ari Margolis, is also a great friend to Fringe fans.

Ari started posting a Fringe Song Of The Day(SOTD)on his Twitter account in May and he kept it up the entire summer, which made the summer hiatus that much more fun, and feel a bit shorter.

Ari even took fan SOTD requests and posted them, and solicited at least 3 from
Fringe cast member Jasika Nicole who plays both Astrid Farnsworth's on the TV series.

Check out the entire list of Ari's picks for 'Fringe Song Of The Day' by clicking here.
Enjoy! And go to Ari's Twitter account at @jonxproductions and thank him for an awesome
job.

Fringe Season 4 Conference Call with Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner

Fringe S4 Conference Call w/ Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman by FringeTelevision

I had the unique and awesome opportunity to be included on today's conference call with executive producers Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner that took place at 2PM Eastern today.

Joel and Jeff were in great spirits. First, they reassured everyone that Joshua Jackson's character was not permanently gone. "We would never do that."

They also said "Peter's part of the DNA of the show," and "the previous three years did indeed happen." Joel and Jeff said they would be frustrated if a show they watched did that, and it's not part of their storytelling method to let that happen.

Then out of the blue, Jeff Pinkner started talking about the incredible "Where Is Peter Bishop" fanvid and how much they appreciated it.

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New Season 4 Photo Shoot

This new Season 4 Photoshoot vid showed up on YT today. Enjoy!

The Question Asked Around the World: An Interview with the #WhereisPeterBishop? Fan Video Editor

I once remarked that one of the best things about FRINGE is that the show inspires creativity in the fanbase. We're a passionate bunch, and use many outlets to express our affection for our special show. Fans create art of all kinds, write fan-fiction, blog, create pod-casts, and make videos about FRINGE. It is done purely for love of an amazing show, but sometimes something special catches the eyes of many.

What started as a fan-project for Zoey M. became something more. It ended up becoming an extraordinary journey for her and fellow Cortexifans around the world.

Word about the #WhereIsPeterBishop video project was spread throughout Twitter, Tumblr, forums, and various FRINGE Facebook fan groups. The request was simple - fan picture submissions from as many different places/landmarks as possible, featuring the message, "Where Is Peter Bishop?" We all knew it was going to be something special, but no one expected the high-level attention that her labor of love would receive.

The FOX online promotion head for FRINGE, Ari Margolis, even became involved by taking #WIPB pictures of John Noble, Jasika Nicole and he-whose-character-does-not exist-but-will, Joshua Jackson. But everyone was surprised when they read this Give Me My Remote interview with FRINGE producers Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner:

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Where Is Peter Bishop? In A New DC Comic!

DC Comics has released a new 'Fringe' direct-to-digital comic series via the internet titled "Beyond The Fringe." The first issue was written by Joshua Jackson himself(!) and is available now for $0.99 via the link below.

Here is the official description:

Jump BEYOND THE FRINGE in the very first chapter of the direct-to-digital series, written by star Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop)! The stakes are high as Peter undertakes a desperate, time-traveling adventure that Walter believes might save the world. Then come back in two weeks to explore an entirely different scenario, featuring a young Peter in an alternate timeline where Peter never died as a boy!

Order "Beyond The Fringe" here

Full press release after the break.

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Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman on 'Neither Here Nor There,' Fan Support, Alt-Nina, and More

FRINGE: Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman on ‘Neither Here Nor There,’ Fan Support, Alt-Nina, and More
September 20, 2011 by Marisa Roffman


After having arguably the biggest cliffhanger of the season — no, seriously, where the heck did Peter Bishop go?! — FRINGE is finally back this week with new episodes! (I won’t judge you if you do a happy dance. Swear.)

And while it would be way too spoilery to do a traditional “You Ask, I Answer” for the first two hours of the season, I think I found a solution you guys will be a little happier with: teases straight from FRINGE executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman!

I spoke with Pinkner and Wyman earlier today, and they spoke about about their very big premiere, the fan support, alt-Nina, season 4, and more…

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Whoa! Chuck, Supernatural and Fringe Prove to have More Fall TV Buzz...

Whoa! Chuck, Supernatural and Fringe Prove to have More Fall TV Buzz than Glee, The Playboy Club, Charlie’s Angels

Posted by: Jessica Rae

You’ll be surprised at what Chuck season 5 (Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez) , Supernatural season 7 (Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalacki) and Fringe season 4 (Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv) have in common. According to Banyan Branch, a leading full-service social media agency, these are the top three TV shows receiving buzz online, especially when it comes to social media. Do TV fans matter more than ever? Damn right they do. And the results will surprise even the most loyal of TV watchers.


Fall TV 2011 Surprises:

•The top three shows currently receiving buzz online are Chuck, Supernatural and Fringe
•Newcomers and returning favorites such as Glee, The Playboy Club and Charlie’s Angels have generated almost *no* online excitement
•Even more surprising, online chatter for Glee, a show that has received an extraordinary of media attention during its first two seasons, has been fairly negative and conversation has pointed to the failure of the show’s promotion during the NFL games this past weekend.
Additional takeaways:

•Banyan Branch’s research indicates that the top three shows are using a variety of media outlets and their own Twitter properties for promotion, with popular sites like E!, Entertainment Weekly and People sharing exclusive content, season trailers and sneak peeks with Twitter followers.
•Supernatural is exploring GetGlue, a service similar to FourSquare, but instead of checking into physical locations, you check in to TV shows you’re watching, books you’re reading or music you’re listening to. (GetGlue seems very popular with people on Twitter.)
•Social viewing parties are emerging. Unofficial viewing parties are held via Twitter simply by fans using a pre-designated hashtag to have conversations with each other (Editor’s note: Such as #TVD but more specific like #TVDS3 for The Vampire Diaries season 3 conversations.)
•A shift is occurring in how fans communicate with shows as they start to get access to some of their favorite characters on their favorite television shows—this communication is a privilege they’re coveting! For TV shows, it’s a great way to identify influencers and build relationships, opening the door for turning a loyal fan into a brand advocate. As shows compete to stay on the air, regular engagement with fans on Twitter is an essential way to keep the buzz going. (Editor’s Note: I am more excited when I get to tweet with a TV show star than when I’m conducting an official interview with one on the phone. This is because on Twitter they aren’t scheduled to talk with me.)

See entire article here at smallscreenscoop.com

'Fringe':Seth Gabel talks Lincoln Lee, Season 4

‘Fringe’: Seth Gabel talks Lincoln Lee, Season 4September 19, 2011 9:00 am

"Fringe" returns Friday night after a summer of hanging questions. Has Peter Bishop been erased from history? How will the two universes’ Fringe teams interact? Whatever happened to Amy Jessup, that new FBI agent they introduced awhile back? If any show is good at keeping its secrets, it’s "Fringe." Though one welcome spoiler did slip out over the summer months: Seth Gabel is moving from guest star to cast member in time for Season 4. That means we’ll be seeing more of Gabel’s character, Lincoln Lee.

When I chatted with Gabel about the promotion, I asked if it came with any hazing. Did John Noble make him do key stands? Clean his trainer? “It’s actually the opposite.” Gabel laughed. “John is a very protective person. He realized I was stepping into a new situation; he took a parental approach. Actually, I had to show him after a while that I was OK. When we went to Comic-Con he was introducing me to people saying, ‘This is Seth. He plays Lincoln Lee.’ I had to let him know I could handle it.”

Fans of "Fringe" know exactly who Lincoln Lee is. Besides having one of the coolest names in television, Lincoln is also a key member of the other universe’s Fringe team, which made him very prominent last season. It's been a big leap for a character who was originally planned for a one-episode gig. “My first introduction to the show was very unpredictable as far as how I’d be involved in the future of the story. I was just signed on for one guest episode. It was very open-ended on whether or not I’d even survive, but as we were shooting it, Akiva Goldsman, who was the writer and director of that episode, kept on putting in little hints that my character would be much more involved in the show. I started to get very excited, but I had to wait a whole summer if, in fact, I’d be back.”

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