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FOX Renews Fringe for a Third Season of Endless Impossibilities
Monday, March 8, 2010 – FOX has renewed Fringe, the critically
acclaimed thrilling drama, for a third season, it was announced today by Kevin
Reilly, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.
“Fringe tapped into a deep creative mine this year that built momentum
throughout the season and helped give us our first real foothold on TV’s most
competitive night,” said Reilly. “The entire Fringe team – from the producers
and writers to the cast and crew – has taken smart storytelling and top
production quality to a whole new level. The rest of this season is
mind-blowing, and we can’t wait to get started on the third installment of this
amazing journey.”
This season, Fringe improved FOX’s performance in the time period (Thursdays,
9:00-10:00 PM) by 11% among Adults 18-49 and by 33% in Total Viewers. In fact,
together with its BONES lead-in, Fringe helped boost FOX’s Thursday average
rating during the fall among Adults 18-49 by 52%.
“We could not be more excited to continue the wild ride of Fringe. We are
grateful to FOX, and our viewers, for allowing this fun, mind-bending adventure
to go on,” said Fringe co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams.
Series showrunners and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman added,
“This early renewal comes at a great time and adds to the cast and crew’s energy
and excitement as we head into production on this season’s revealing final two
episodes. We have so many stories to tell, so this is awesome that we have
another season to explore the worlds of Fringe.”
The second season of Fringe resumes with eight all-new and uninterrupted
episodes beginning Thursday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. In “Peter,”
the spring premiere episode, Walter (John Noble) flashes back to 1985 while
explaining Peter’s (Joshua Jackson) otherworldly origins to Olivia (Anna Torv).
Also, Peter’s mother (guest star Orla Brady) is introduced and details of the
neighboring world reaffirm that there is more than one of everything.
Created by J.J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, Fringe stars Anna Torv,
Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole. The
series is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros.
Television. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman serve as executive
producers, while Kurtzman and Orci are consulting producers. Additionally,
Pinkner and Wyman serve as the series’ showrunners.
Contact:
Josh Governale
310-369-7455
josh.governale@fox.com