If you are one of the Nielsen families that has that handy little box in their homes, please start watching Fringe on Friday nights at 9 PM ET on Fox. Fringe was moved to the Friday "Death Slot" earlier this year as Fox loves to do with its sci-fi shows that do OK, but are stalling in the ratings.
Literally the only thing that matters for these shows to get renewed is for the Nilsen ratings to hit the numbers in the 18-30 something demographic. A sad state of affairs since it is our demo that typically watches these shows on DVR, online, or other methods. None of these other methods mean squat. It's the people with the box tuning in on Fridays at 9 PM ET.
If you are a fan of Fringe you know how great it is, and that it is getting better as the show progresses. Season 3 right now has introduced all kinds of interesting plots and the show, while quasi-scientific still allows for a bit of interesting and more intelligent sci-fi than the other reality crap on right now that appeals to the indoor tanning lotions crowd and the most dominant one right now.
I started watching this show last year sometime, and I love it. I am not a big TV watcher for most shows because there simply isn't all that much out there that I can watch live and enjoy. Breaking Bad, Dexter, and Fringe are probably about it. Anything on AMC is worth watching like MAd MEn, and Walking Dead (maybe, this show put me off a little and was boring in the first season already).
The difficulty with this show is that getting new viewers is tough since it isn't episodic, but has a series mythology much like the X-Files did. Of course the X Files had much more Monster of the Week programming than Fringe does.
You can watch all the way back to the pilot here.
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