Happy Birthday, Lance Reddick!

From all of us here at Fringe Television, we wish you a very Happy Birthday in all the universes!

Fringe Rewatch 406: And Those We've Left Behind

Join us during the fall/winter break every Friday for our Fringe Winter Rewatch.

In my opinion, Fringe is a long-running mystery that will never give up it's secrets until the very end. It used to be a private escape. But today, it's very hard to throw away an episode after watching. I missed that a lot. So I appreciate the time taken to set up the season for all the players involved. From a storyteller's point of view, I need episodes like these to establish where the characters are. Here Peter is embarking on a journey all his own.

It is weird that much of what I imagined has come true. I am not referring to Olivia not knowing Peter. I have come up with that scenario myself in fan fiction. What I imagined was a train coming from nowhere, not so much from the past.

On with the episode. Is it a dream, or a memory? Part of the future vision Peter saw in season 3's The Day We Die. The perfect day in the park for Peter until Olivia tells him, "Too bad it has to end." Why? "You can't ignore the problem, Peter. Ignoring it won't make it go away." What's the problem? "You, Peter. You are the problem."

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TVLine Readers Share Their 2012 Wish List

December 29, 2011 05:00 AM PST

TVLine Readers Share Their 2012 Wish List For Supernatural, Glee, NCIS, Gossip Girl and More!
by Team TVLine


And look who the #3 wishes are for:

                                                              Fringe



“Finally an Emmy nomination for Anna Torv and John Noble – the most underrated actors on TV.” --Sabrina


“Renewal of Fringe for a fifth and final season (a la Chuck). That's it. I'd trade the future of all my other shows for one last season of Fringe. That's how good it is. It deserves a real ending.” --Jeff

Read the entire TVLINE article here.

Matt Roush's Top 10(And Then Some) of 2011

Matt Roush's Top 10 (And Then Some) of 2011
Dec 16, 2011 04:11 PM ET
by Matt Roush

8. FRINGE

Living on the fringe of the TV schedule and ratings, Fox's sci-fi/fantasy mind-blower just keeps expanding in its mystical complexity. As Peter Bishop plays peek-a-boo between warring universes, we're treated to cautionary Frankenstein parables of the dangers of playing God. A more than worthy successor to The X-Files.

Click here to read Matt's entire TV Guide article.

Press Release for 408-"Back To Where You've Never Been"

SpoilerTV has posted this press release for the upcoming January 13th episode, 408, titled, "Back To Where You've Never Been":

THE TIME HAS COME TO CHOOSE A SIDE ON AN ALL-NEW "FRINGE" FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, ON FOX

In an effort to find a way home, Peter journeys to the Other Side to confront Walternate. His venture proves more dangerous than expected. Meanwhile, Olivia receives a dire premonition from an Observer in the all-new "Back to Where You've Never Been" Winter Premiere episode of FRINGE airing Friday, Jan. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-408) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth; Seth Gabel as Lincoln Lee

Click here to see the original SpoilerTV post.

"Downhill Racers" Game On Official Fringe Website

Every year FOX Broadcasting has a cute little animated game for the holidays in which you can pick and use characters from your favorite FOX shows.

This year's game is called "Downhill Racers." You can use Astrid, Broyles, Lincoln, Nina, Olivia, Peter, and Walter from Fringe to earn your points.

Click here to get to the official FOX Fringe website and play "Downhill Racers."

"Fringe Binge" Begins 12/26:Are You In?

Someone on Tumblr started this and I don't know who.
There is a worldwide appeal for people to start watching all 72 episodes of Fringe via DVD tomorrow, December 26th at 8AM EST.
The idea is for Fringe fans around the world to all watch our show at the same time.

Use the links below to check the viewing timetable for your country:

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FringeBinge2011

On Tumblr: http://fringebinge.tumblr.com/

Also, the FringeBinge people on Twitter are asking if you participate to use the special #fringebinge hashtag.

You can also check into all 72 episodes at getglue.com.

Enjoy the FringeBinge. Don't forget to take some breaks!

Merry Fringemas from Fringe Television

From all of us at Fringe Television to all of you, have a very Merry Fringemas!
(Although this mash-up video was made in 2009 by FOX Broadcasting it is still wonderful. Enjoy!)

Fringe Rewatch 405: Novation

Join us during the fall/winter break every Friday for our Fringe Winter Rewatch.

Novation:

noun

1.

Law . the substitution of a new obligation for an old one,usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.

2.

the introduction of something new; innovation.

Peter, though happy to be back clearly looks resigned to whatever Broyles has in mind for him and doesn’t even put up a good Bishop-fight over his newest living arrangements at the FBI headquarters.

Olivia discovers Walter hooked up to a machine that is beeping wildly and you can tell by the look on her face that she is having flashbacks to the lobotomizing incident prior to Peter’s return. When Walter abruptly wakes up, Olivia startles and he explains that this is the only way he can sleep since the “stranger” has come into their lives. A stranger that Broyles has denied him access to.

This is when Olivia informs Walter that not only does the stranger refuse to talk to anyone but Walter but he is claiming to be Walter’s long dead son, Peter Bishop. When I first imagined the scene of Walter finding out that the stranger is claiming to be his son, I expected a lot more emotion and I have to admit his look of mild shock was disappointing.

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New Fringemas Songs from "The Fringemunks"

While there may not be any new episodes of our beloved series right now, there is some new festive "Fringemas" music for you to enjoy.

David Wu, the very talented creator of "The Fringemunks,"  has released 2 new digital Fringemas songs sure to make your holiday more merry.

Click here to listen to David Wu's "Blight Christmas" and "12 Days Of Fringemas." Enjoy!

Composer Chris Tilton Adding Music To Fringe Fridays

Gifted composer, Chris Tilton, who composes all of the music for the Fringe series, posted this on his Facebook page on December 02:
Chris Tilton
So there may be no more Fringe for 2011, but there will be music! Starting today I'm going to upload one cue every Friday for the rest of the year! The cues will be from ep. 408 the Spring Premiere (which was previously supposed to be the fall finale) and ep. 409. Titles will be kept secret to avoid hints and/or spoilers.

Connect to his Facebook profile here to hear his weekly Fringe Friday musical clip.

Ken Tucker's Top 5:The 10 Best Of 2011

by Ken Tucker
Dec 17, 2011 12:30 PM ET
Entertainment Weekly

Completing my Best in TV list: Here are the Top 5 shows: Best of 2011 VIDEO
Here is the completion of my Top 10 list, the five shows I enjoyed most in 2011. “Enjoyed,” however, is short-hand for a finely tuned algorithm: The shows here gave me a lot of immediate, visceral pleasure; they were pleasant, and sometimes pleasantly knotty, to contemplate.

I take into account the balance between acting, writing, directing, and editing (I have to say, production values don’t matter much to me — a show can look like crap, like it was shot for $300 — and as long as it contains excellence in the other areas, it’s aces with me). As it happens, my number one choice this year is also one of the most beautiful-looking shows on TV, but that’s not all that makes it #1:

Click here to read the article and watch Ken's Top 5 Best TV Shows of 2011 Video(Pay attention to #3!)

So, that's the list. Yes, there were a lot of shows I had to lop off with a degree of pain. (Which means, yes, I'll be writing my annual Top 11-20 list to post next week.) But these shows were all superb at this moment in TV history. I hope you agree. And disagree. Because that's just inevitable. Pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly for my full prose analysis of my Top 10.