Fringe

By Adam Morgan(noreply@blogger.com) After three standalone episodes, Fox promised a return to Fringe's core mythology this week with a much-hyped Observer-centric storyline. The episode itself was certainly thin on the "answers" and "revelations" promised by promos and press releases, but August proved to be one of the...

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) The pattern is a series of disturbing unexplained events happening around the world which is being investigated by the fringe division of the FBI.The main fringe division consists of Phillip Broyles, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, Dr. Walter Bishop and Astrid Farnsworth.Walter spent sev...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fox has released four Observer sighting videos to promote "Observer Week" on Fringe:

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) TWO observers were spotted at Sunday's Greenbay vs. Dallas NFL game on FOX, officially marking the start of Observer Week for Fringe. The local Wisconsin Fox affiliate WLUK even ran a news piece on the sighting:

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) Variety is reporting that Fox has launched a major campaign this week to promote the Observer-centric Fringe episode "August": Observer Week," as the campaign is dubbed internally, includes placing multiple actors playing "observers" in the crowd at live Fox telecasts -- Sunday's N...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman discuss: The "first wave", hybrids, William Bell telling the truth, what William Bell is inhaling, Walter's journey, religion, and the hybrid leader.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman discuss: Olivia's super hearing, Sam Weiss, Communicating with the other side, colonel Gordon, the Observer, Nina & Broyles (Shoyles), and Peter & Olivia. Thanks to fringeobsessed for finding this!

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) Fringe works best when it's a half-breed between a serialized (think Lost) and a procedural (think Law & Order) drama. In one of these hybrid episodes, our beloved characters will tackle an individual threat while simultaneously uncovering the greater mystery and following their...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Here is the preview for the next Fringe episode - "Earthling" - which should air November 5. However, if the World Series goes to seven games, then Fringe will be postponed one more week. Fingers crossed for a Dodgers sweep! For more information about the next three upcoming episodes, check...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) MTV: 'Fringe' Episode 2.04: 'Momentum Deferred'LA Times: 'Fringe': From whom the bell tollsZap2It: 'Fringe': The last great storm is comingEntertainment Weekly: 'Fringe': Olivia eats worms, Leonard Nimoy rings a BellNew York Magazine:  Fringe: Head Case

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) J.J. Abrams' favorite frozen beverage, Slusho! made another guest appearance in the Fringe episode "Momentum Deferred". We see Bad Charlie dump the delicious drink in order to use the cup to drink mercury, which gives him a temporary health boost.

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) Lance Reddick (Philip Broyles) and Blair Brown (Nina Sharp) discuss "the kiss" seen in A New Day In The Old Town. BTW, anyone "shipping" for Broyles and Nina... what is their "shipper" name? Brina? Noyles?

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) A montage video of all the William Bell references in Fringe Season 1. I don't know how to put this but he's kind of a big deal.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) A new section titled "Explore The Pattern" has opened on the official Fringe website -Fox.com/Fringe. ETP is a collection of fringe science articles arranged in an elaborate galaxy pattern. Clicking on one of the "stars" takes you to an article or video on the fringe topic. For example, clic...

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) The FRINGE Report is a weekly LIVE video podcast dedicated to discussing the Fox TV show Fringe. Levi, Craig, and Ian recap each week’s episode and postulate new and ever evolving theories. For other Fringe Podcasts, check out the Fringe Podcast Network.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Anna Torv was a presenter at the 61st Emmy Awards. She shared the stage with Kiefer Sutherland, and presented the awards for "Best Made For TV Movie" and "Outstanding Miniseries". Also, here are some stunning photos of Anna Torv with Fringe director Jon Cassar and Fox President of Entertai...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) After seeing the Season 2 premiere, we've got to completely re-evaluate what happened in the final minutes of the Season 1 finale. We all assumed that Olivia crossed over to the Alternate Reality while she was in the elevator, but now it appears as though she disappeared from her car while d...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) All over the world, a series of inexplicable phenomena (coined "The Pattern") has aroused the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Special Agent Philip Broyles (Lance Reddick) heads up a multi-agency team called the Fringe Division to investigate the Pattern. They beli...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) The Fringe: Pilot episode is nominated in the Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series Fringe • Pilot • FOX • Warner Bros. Television and Bad Robot Productions Jay Worth, Visual Effect Coordinator Johnathan Banta, 2D Lead Artist Steve Graves, 3D Lead Artist Scott Dewis, 3D Artist

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fox All Access interviewed John Noble (Dr. Walter Bishop), where they discuss parallel universes, alternate realities, and Star Trek.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) There were two separate Fringe sighting this weekend during NFL football games. The Observer was spotted at the Giants / Redskins games: Fringe was spotted on the field in an alternate reality Fringe commercial during the Vikings / Browns game:

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) The panel was moderated by Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly, and features J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Pinkner, Bryan Burk, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble. While other panels at PayelFest09 are available for purchase on iTunes, this is the first time the F...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) One of the exclusive features found only on the Blu-ray edition of Fringe Season 1, is the "Fringe Pattern Analysis", which mixes Fringe's science with expert commentary, show notes, photos, and diagrams. There are six different episodes that are analyzed. Here is the FPA from the Fringe...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) On this episode of "Secrets of Fringe", executive producer Jeff Pinkner talks about what to expect in season 2.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Here is an extended version of the Fringe "Paranoia" commercial, with more footage of the first two episodes of Fringe Season 2. Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel to watch it in HD.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) NTSB Withholds transcript from Flight 718 Black Box - Flight 718 was the plane that crashed in the Fringe episode The Transformation.Kelvin Genetics Moves HQ to Manhattan - Kelvin Genetics is the company that Dr. Walter Bishop worked for with William Bell.Weather Report - "No corrective a...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Jeff Pinkner, Executive Producer - @jpfringeJ.H. Wyman, Executive Producer - @jwfringeJosh Jackson, “Peter Bishop” - @peterbishop2John Noble, “Walter Bishop” - @labdad1Due to the live Twitter event, we will not be hosting a Fringe chat, but you can leave your comments for the episode...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Here is a new Fringe Commercial, featuring the Fefe Dobson song, 'Paranoia' from her upcoming album, Joy (coming this October, 2009). The Season 2 premiere of Fringe airs September 17th, 2009 on Fox.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Audio Commentaries - Episodes 1, 3, & 17"The Massive Undertaking" - Behind The Scenes"Dissected Files" - Deleted Scenes"Deciphering the Scene" - Sidebars during the episode"Evolution: The Genesis of Fringe""Behind the Real Science of Fringe""The Casting of Fringe""Robert O...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Patricia Sheridan of the Post Gazette talked with actor Lance Reddick, who plays Phillip Broyles in the Fox TV series "Fringe". For more Fringe podcasts, head over to the Fringe Podcasts section.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Here is the first sneak peek scene from the season 2 premier episode of Fringe, A New Day in the Old Town, which will air September 17th - only four weeks away! Obviously, if you are avoiding spoilers you will want to skip this.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fringe executive producer Jeff Pinkner discusses the vision of Season 1, Peter Bishop, William Bell, Olivia Dunham, Walter Bishop, and The Observer. Season 2 of Fringe premieres September 17th, 2009 on FOX.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) By surfing directly to CompleteThePattern.com/Phase2, you are taken to the new content, which includes a behind-the-scenes clip from the Fringe Season 1 Blu-ray And DVDs, downloadable wallpapers and themes, and a chance to win a trip to the Fringe set in Vancouver and other great prize...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Here are the official cast photos for Fringe Season 2. It's nice to see Kirk Acevedo (Charlie Francis), along with Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham), John Noble (Dr. Walter Bishop), Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop), Blair Brown (Nina Sharp), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles), and Jasika Nicole (Ast...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) The promotional trailer for the Fringe Season 2 premier on September 17, 2009. Spoiler Warning - contains scenes from upcoming episodes!

By Adam Morgan(noreply@blogger.com) Behind the Real Science of Fringe featurette - From teleportation to re-animation, Fringe incorporates recent discoveries in science. Consulting experts and scientists who are the authorities in their field address the areas of science which are the inspiration for the show.A Massiv...

By Adam Morgan(noreply@blogger.com) Our good friend Mandy picked up on the following Fringe viral site while roaming the Comic-Con floors yesterday. Could there be a Fringe ARG on the way? I guess we'll find out in 13 days! CompleteThePattern.com In-depth Comic-Con report soon...)

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Discover magazine and the National Academy of Sciences’ Science and Entertainment Exchange explore science as a double-edged sword—ethically and morally neutral in and of itself, but it depends on who wields it and how. Join moderator Phil Plait (Discover magazine contributing edit...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) Best-known as the Academy Award-winning screenwriter for A Beautiful Mind, Goldsman's other writing credits include The Da Vinci Code and I Am Legend. On Fringe, he wrote and directed Bad Dreams, as well as contributing to the scripts for The Road Not Taken and There's More Than One of Eve...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) The gift bag includes various Fringe promotional items including: a SONY IC Voice Recorder (with a prerecorded message from Bryoles), a "Fringe" lenticular notepad, two "Fringe" t-shirts size XL and the "Fringe" preview comic book!

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) While this is not "officially" official, I have confirmed this with an inside source. Details are scarce at this point, but Kirk is likely another victim of the WB's cost-cutting measures. The move to Canada has caused quite a shake up on the show, with numerous behind-the-scenes people le...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) There are numerous theories in physic that pertain to the existence of parallel universes—and Fringe is combining two of these theories. The first, called the "Many Worlds Theory," is widely accepted by theoretical physicists. "The universe splits every time a decision is made," Kaku e...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Fox's Official Fringe website has a new video featuring Fringe Showrunner Jeff Pinkner explaining the Alternate Realities as seen in "There's More Than One Of Everything"

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) Tonight's episode of Fringe is scheduled to start at 9:04 PM. The end time is still 10:00 PM, but remember this is all subject to change is American idol goes over (again...)

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the FringeTelevision front page, or what we like to call…. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Page 3.14</span>!<br /><ul><li>SpoilerTV: <a href="http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2009/05/fring...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Leonard Nimoy is in the new TV Guide talking about Fringe. Thanks to SpoilerTV for the scans!

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) If you Tivo'd Fringe tonight, you might have found that the last minute or so was cut off due the American Idol running long (again!). If that happened to you, don't worry - FringeTelevision has got your back! Here is the final scene from Fringe episode "The Road Not Taken" in glorious HD.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) Created by J.J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, FRINGE stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole. The series is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Jeff Pinkner...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) Adam MorganWhy is the finale your favorite episode? Adam MorganIf Astrid could have a superpower, what would you want it to be? Jasika NicoleI already have a title for it. It's called Fringe: The Farnsworth Chronicles. Adam MorganSomething about experimenting with Astrid in the lab...

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) In the Fringe episode Unleashed, Walter recalls a song that he used to sing to his dog Rufus (which suffered from night terrors. ) BTW, Menagerie is also this week's Star Trek reference - the name of the only two-part episode from the original series.

By dennis@fringetelevision.com (Dennis) I. Spelling: [Co-creator/executive producer Alex] Kurtzman and [co-creator/executive producer Roberto] Orci have said that they’re gearing up at some point to get “Olivia” and “Peter” together. How eager are you to see that happen? A. Torv: About “Alex”? A. Torv: Yes. A. Torv: Yes.

By Dennis(dennis@fringetelevision.com) While Fringe is shown on FOX in the US, and based in Boston, it is produced by Warner Bros in NY. The WB has stated that they will not stay in NY without the tax breaks. This could mean that the show will move back to Canada, where the pilot was filmed. In fact the producers of Fringe are already scout...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Morgan) I'm still a little iffy on the dreamlike tank sequences. I like the idea; it's cool when Olivia watches herself in the past. But the logic is a little funny. When John interacts with her, what exactly is happening? Is a part of John still alive inside Olivia's brain? Is it only possible because o...

By dennis@cloverfieldclues.com (Dennis) Walter's Lab Notes from Fringe episode 110 Safe, features the severed hand of the botched bank robber Raul Lugo, a photo of Raul stuck in the safe wall, what looks to be a safe deposit box. In the notes, Walter mentions:

By dennis@cloverfieldclues.com (Dennis) Jasika Nicole: I think Astrid is really riveted by Olivia Dunham [who is played by Anna Torv]. I think for any woman starting out in her career, Agent Dunham is an exceptional role model. On Fringe, she is juxtaposed with the doctor, who is also brilliant, but was in an institution. I imagine th...

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By noreply@blogger.com (Edward) J.J. Abrams talked to Starwars.com about Fringe (and Star Wars). Did you have any other obstacles with Fringe that you hadn't come across being a TV show veteran? How has your experience working on this show differed than that of something like Alias or Lost?

By Edward(noreply@blogger.com) Pinkner explained that not only will series stars Joshua Jackson (Peter [Bishop]) and Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham) host the rebroadcast, FOX will also show "the first act of episode two at the tail end of the pilot." The second episode, titled "The Same Old Story," will deal with an investiga...

By Dennis(dennis@cloverfieldclues.com) In this weeks Walter's Lab Notes, Dr. Bishop mentions Petrarchan sonnets, Cassandra (from greek mythology, had the gift of prophecy, and the curse that no one would ever believe her predictions), and Sassafras (an ingredient in Root Beer Floats).

By Edward(noreply@blogger.com) Fringe is of course science fiction, so separating out those elements of the show which are grounded in real science from those that aren't, isn't exactly criticism even though it may sound like it. Nevertheless, Fringe did raise the bar for itself when its creators--J.J. Abrams, Roberto O...

By Edward(noreply@blogger.com) Dear Viewers: If you haven't joined us over at Fringe Episodes for our weekly watercooler discussions of Fringe, it's not/never too late now that in addition to talking about each episode with fellow fans, you can watch each episode as well. In other words, watch episodes of Fringe anytim...

By Dennis(dennis@cloverfieldclues.com) “We had been searching for our Olivia for along time,” says Alex Kurtzman, the show’s cocreator and executive producer. “We got down to a scary place - three days before the pilot was scheduled to begin production.” Alex Kurtzman: Yes.

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By Dennis(dennis@cloverfieldclues.com) In this weeks Walter's Lab Notes, Dr. Bishop mentions celermitosis (i.e. fast mitosis), Nixon, epigenetic inheritance, methylation, the Hellenic Sphinx, grilled cheese sandwiches, his Vista Cruiser, and Tiresias.

By Edward(noreply@blogger.com) Also those 18-34 year olds know it’s ripping off X-Files. They watch because Abrams’ name is attached. What’s interesting to me is that Fringe lost 1 million viewers from 9:00 to 9:30. While a few other shows lost maybe 150k or 100k viewers during their episode, none lost as many as Fringe.