Fringe Teaser: "Wallflower"
Fringe needs your help, fans. The series dropped to an all-time low in viewers last week, leaving little doubt that this will be the final season for Peter, Olivia, Walter and company.
The best thing you can do to avoid this fate for the series? Tune in. Tell your friends to tune in. And your family. And, heck, even your enemies. The drama needs all the help it can get.
Below, we've posted the official FOX trailer for Friday's "Wallflower." It will find the team connecting a mysterious death with a genetic disorder; and it will feature a major migraine problem for Olivia, all of which is teased here:
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December 22nd, 2011 12:30 AM
stop watching it it online and use your tv
November 18th, 2011 8:19 AM
Reason for ratings drop: predictable.
It seems like my predictions are going to be reality.
We will get a repeat of Walter and Peter, first the break-up and then the getting together according to John Noble, in his intentions so no spoiler.
Olivia will go through hell , so she will become as insecure and dependent on Peter as in season 3 and will have no other function then go-between between Walter and Peter, either talking Walter towards Peter ( other way around in S1 and S2) or being the victim and be beaten up ( S2 and S3 ). Fauxlivia will probably have a similar path, as no doubt thanks to peter Walter and Walternate will meet.
Basically : if you were hoping for an interesting use of the Over There side, for me one the most interesting parts of Fringe, no luck. Over There will probably just be a vehicle in the Walters and Peter story.
And if you are waiting for a season that finally explores the backstory of Olivia, stop watching. The Olivia Nina bit is just a scene t
November 17th, 2011 12:33 PM
we need to keep fringe alive! i like the new story line and know a few others who do but everyone needs to remember peter. I hope this isnt the last season fringe is the best :( i watch online after the episodes have come out so my viewing probably wouldnt count. please dont end fringe :(
November 16th, 2011 3:25 PM
It's so frustrating when a really great TV show like Fringe gets cancelled because of ratings! I'm in the UK and I LOVE Fringe! I watch every week online as I'm sure a lot of other people do and it's annoying that this is not taken into account by the networks. Not all American shows are broadcast in the UK so online is the only way to watch.
I'm sure if they did their research they'd find that programmes like Fringe have a high viewer-ship outside of the continental US and maybe they'd find out what a flipping pain it is for the audience when our favourite TV shows get cancelled!
November 16th, 2011 2:26 PM
The ratings quoted are for Live+ Same Day viewing. Because of DVR's, people are watching on a delayed basis. Fringe grows about 50% when you count all viewing over 7 days, which is what the Fox programmers will look at.
Here are a few hints on how to get the ratings higher, IF YOU HAVE A NIELSEN BOX IN YOUR HOME:
-If your cable/satellite system has VOD, watch the latest episode within 3 days of its original airing. If not 3 days than at least within the 7 days afterward. Each viewing will be added to the total.
- If you DVR'ed the episode, watch it several times within 3 days of its original airing. If not 3 days than at least within the 7 days afterward.Each viewing will be added to the total.
In addition, Fox will also look at the interest Fringe draws from Facebook and the Fox website when making a final decision on whether the show goes forward, so keep checking in and leaving messages as much as possible.
The key--- If anyone has a Nielsen box, keep watching!!
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November 15th, 2011 9:21 PM
review I agree with most of what you said, and I believe that one of the things that has been a bit of a problem with Fringe this season and some of last was Olivia has been put on the back burner, when this show started it was first about Olivia as a FBI agent solving weird cases involving science and was assisted by the Walter Bishop and Peter Bishop, and each episode told you some things about her and how show was herself apart of it all,sure there was allot of the Bishops too but the hero in the show was supposed to be Olivia not Peter or someone else, but I noticed that slowly the writers started moving away from Olivia's importance in the show and may it as if Peter was the most important instead,now every episode sense season 2 really has been about Olivia and Peter getting together or not,and now its about Peter being out of their lives and how it changed them both, which I don't believe that Olivia would have been that effected by Peter not being in her life, if their trying t
November 15th, 2011 7:28 PM
I have tried so hard to get people watching! They choose instead to watch crappy reality shows like dancing with the..., the amazing... and American... It's driving me crazy! A great show like this canceled because people would rather watch crap! But I will keep trying!
November 15th, 2011 4:50 PM
I love this show, but I don't live in USA, what can I do to keep Fringe alive?
November 15th, 2011 2:52 PM
Matt, you make an unconvincing Chicken Little. "Fringe" is still outperforming any other show Fox has had in that time slot, & that's all it needs to do to survive.
I would bet you good money that unless viewership nose dives after 13 January, Fox picks it up for another season. And if the audience does fall off drastically, it can only mean that a lot of devoted viewers (does "Fringe" have any other kind?) disapprove of where the story's headed or how it's getting there--in which case it may be best to either put it out of its misery, or have it picked up by a cable channel with lower ratings expectations for the remaining faithful.
November 15th, 2011 2:38 PM
Siala, are you the same Josh Jackson fangrrl who used to whine & snarl over on the Fox Fringe community until you were bounced, then sign up under a new username & e-mail address & repeat the process? You sure as heck sound like her.
(The character) Peter Bishop loves (the character) Olivia Dunham, his world revolves around her, & everything he's done since "The Day We Died" is aimed at getting back to her. However much that revolts a fangrrl like you. Deal with it.