Vote For Fringe in TV March Madness

TV news blog Zap2It is running their annual TV March Madness competition, pitting the best shows on TV against each other tournament-style.

Fringe is up against Game of Thrones it the first round. GoT may be a popular show, but does it have the loyal fan base that Fringe has?

Head over to Zap2It to cast your vote for Fringe!

(While you are at it, give Justified a little love!)

FRINGE - Fans Ask: Take Away

Here's the latest installment in Fringe media master, Ari Margolis' famous "Fans Ask" series. This time members of the cast are asked what they would take away from the set if they could. Enjoy!

Fringe Trailer: Love Hurts

Here is a trailer for the upcoming Fringe episode "A Short Story About Love", which airs in 10 days!

FBI Podcast S4 Bonus Episode - Alexis Raich Interview

Sigh. Nothing worse than a Fringe hiatus, is there?
 
Well the FBI Podcast has a treat for you!
 

An interview...  Wait! Dare I invoke that overused term?  Why not!  Because in this case it is absolutely true!!!!!

An EXCLUSIVE interview with actor Alexis Raich who played Emily Mallum in the Season 4 Episode - Forced Perspective. 

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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.

Fringe Fans Ask: Episode 419

It the latest Fans Ask video, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Blair Brown, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, and Seth Gabel are asked the question:

How would the cast feel about doing a live episode for episode 419?

TV Line Upgrades Fringe Season 5 to "Safe Bet"

TV Line has upgraded Fringe in its "2012 Renewal Scorecard" from "Could go either way" to "A safe bet".

While no explanation was given, this comes right off the news that "Terra Nova" has been officially  canceled.

Along with "House" ending this season, this will free up spots in the very limited 10-hours of FOX prime time schedule.

And there might even be more spots opening up soon, as both "Alcatraz" and "The Finder" have been doing poorly in the ratings.

While not a bad a sign as The Firm moving to Saturdays, the "The Finder" moving to Fridays is probably not good news for that show. Even though Fringe has been surviving on Friday nights, it was not in its rookie season when it made the move.

However, the move could help Fringe, by giving it a better lead-in than Kitchen Nightmares, which other than Walter liking to eat a lot, doesn't have much in common with Fringe. But then again, it may make little different, since Fringe has "FRINGE has the biggest percentage gain from time-shifted viewing of any series this season".

What do you think will happen?

Vote For Fringe As Best Drama In The TV Guide 2012 Fan Favorites Awards

It's that time again for TV Guide to host its Fan Favorites Awards.
Fringe is in the running for Best Drama.
Click on the link to the TV Guide Fan Favorites Awards Facebook page here, and "like" it to vote.
In the bar under "Vote For Your Favorite," click on the second, "Drama," and then bullet Fringe and click on "Vote" at the bottom right.

Voting ends on March 16th at noon ET. The winners will be announced in the April 16th issue of TV Guide Magazine. Vote as much as you want. go Fringe!

Fringe FBI Podcast Season 4 Episode 14

Frea, Jan, Lou, & Maximus get together after each Fringe episode in this temporarily constructed shared reality known as a podcast to discuss the Fourth Season of Fringe.

'The End Of All Things'

 AKA
Eye To Eye Used Once Too Often 
 Agenda:
1) Intros

2) Episode Easter Eggs  

3) Quick Thoughts 

4) RoundTable 

5) Ep Rating - out of 10 Genes

 

Intro Music: 'Lunatic Fringe' - Tom Cochrane

Exit Music: 'Eyes of a Stranger' - The Payolas - For A Confused Peter

Leave us feedback here or on Twitter:

Frea - @Frea_O

Jan - @happydayz3

Lou - @olddarth

Maximus - @mxpw999

Jan's Fringe Recaps can be found at NiceGirlsTV

FBI Inc Podcast graphics designed by Frea_O

On the run all the time? A commuter? Listen to our portable version
via iTunes - Alternate Reality Version.

Fringe Rewatch Suggestions, by Ari Marigolis

Master Fringe editor Ari Margolis (@jonxproductions) has given us some Fringe "homework" for the hiatus. These are the episodes that he suggests that we should re-watch to get ready for the return of Fringe on March 23.

Fringe 104: The Arrival (iTunes) - Where we first lean about the observers and the beacon.

We will definitely be seeing more of The Beacon soon...

Fringe 113: The Transformation (iTunes) - Olivia goes in the tank to access John Scott's memories
Fringe 301: Olivia (iTunes) - Olivia is brainwashed by Walternate to believe she is the Alt-olivia

These episodes focus on the palimpsest concept.

Fringe 114: Ability (iTunes) - Jones gets Olivia to turn off some lights
Fringe 213: The Bishop Revival (iTunes) - Fringe Nazis!
Fringe 306: 6955 kHz (iTunes) -Fringe team find pieces of The Machine

These three episodes are grouped together for a specific (but not specified) reason:

Fringe 209: Snakehead (iTunes) -Walter wanders around Chinatown in search of parasites

And this episode is recommended for another unspecified reason.

Of course all of these episodes are available on the Fringe DVDs and BluRays.

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 Observiews 4.14 The End Of All Things

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense.

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…

4.01 Neither Here Nor There

OLIVIA: “Well, sometimes answers lead to more questions.”

Uh, you can say that again. 

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