Fringe' ratings hit another new low -- blame basketball?
Fringe' ratings hit another new low -- blame basketball
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"Fringe" was the only scripted program Friday night to air a new episode, so it's not really fair to judge its ratings versus any other program in this category. What we can do is look instead at the factors leading to this smaller viewer count.
First, we have the NCAA tournament. A good many people in "Fringe's" audience (though surely not all of them) are in similar demographics to those who watch sports, and there may have been a few people tuning in to other channels across the board with their favorite sci-fi show set to DVR.
We also cannot underestimate the force of Daylight Savings Time. Nearly every show across the board took a hit of some form this week, as many people are choosing to stay outside longer versus coming in and watching television. (This is a trend that has happened for years now -- 2011 is no exception.)
So is Fox pulling open the trap door? Remember that these ratings for Fridays are still better for the network than they were in the fall -- a number of executives have expressed support for "Fringe," and will likely keep it so long as they feel it will perform well enough financially (as it costs a great deal more to air this than a show like "Kitchen Nightmares").
We will have some more updates on Fringe's fate.
About fringe Season 1
The first season of the television series Fringe commenced airing on September 9, 2008, and concluded on May 12, 2009. The season contained twenty-one episodes, although only twenty of them aired as part of the first season. The unseen episode, entitled Unearthed, was aired a few days before the episode Johari Window as a special episode during the show's second season.
Cast
Main cast
* Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham
* John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop
* Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop
* Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles
* Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth
* Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis
* Blair Brown as Nina Sharp
* Mark Valley as John Scott (13 episodes)
Recurring guest appearances
* Michael Cerveris as September/The Observer (20 episodes)
* Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham (7 episodes)
* Lily Pilblad as Ella Blake (7 episodes)
* Chance Kelly as Mitchell Loeb (5 episodes)
* Jared Harris as David Robert Jones (4 episodes)
* Michael Gaston as Sanford Harris (4 episodes)
* Trini Alvarado as Samantha Loeb (2 episodes)
* Clark Middleton as Edward Markham (1 episode)
* Leonard Nimoy as Dr. William Bell (1 episode)
* David Call as Nick Lane (1 episode)
About fringe Season 2
The second season of the television series Fringe commenced airing on September 17, 2009, and contains 23 episodes. The renewal of the show was announced on May 4, 2009."Unearthed", an episode from the continuity of Season 1, was aired, as a special, days prior to "Johari Window", the first spring episode (planned and as listed below as episode 11, but as aired and as listed on Fox's web site, episode 12) of Season 2.
Cast
Main cast
* Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham
* Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop
* John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop
* Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth
* Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles
* Blair Brown as Nina Sharp
* Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis (6 Episodes)
Recurring guest appearances
* Michael Cerveris as September/The Observer (23 episodes)
* Ryan McDonald as Brandon Fayette (6 episodes)
* Sebastian Roch as Thomas Jerome Newton (5 episodes)
* Kevin Corrigan as Samuel Weiss (4 episodes)
* Leonard Nimoy as Dr. William Bell (4 episodes)
* Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham (3 episodes)
* Lily Pilblad as Ella Blake (3 episodes)
* Eugene Lipinski as December (2 episodes)
* Orla Brady as Elizabeth Bishop (2 episodes)
* Peter Woodward as August (2 episodes)
* Meghan Markle as Amy Jessup (2 episodes)
* Omar Metwally as James Heath (2 episodes)
* Roger R. Cross as Smith (2 episodes)
* Clark Middleton as Edward Markham (1 episode)
* Karen Holness as Diane Broyles (1 episode)
* David Call as Nick Lane (1 episode)
* Phillip Winchester as Frank Stanton (1 episode)
* JR Bourne as Agent Edwards (1 episode)
* Gerard Plunkett as Senator Van Horn (1 episode)
* Seth Gabel as Lincoln Lee (1 episode)
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