
A vaguely interesting concept becomes a true mess
by JOHN VINCENT
Jun-9-2013 -
The disappearing Peter Bishop looked great on paper, but was not well-liked
With "Fringe" getting a chance to end creatively (and not as a business decision), showrunner Joel Wyman has a lot to be thankful for when it comes to the cult favorite. But that doesn't mean he is in love with every minute of the series, which will end its run in January. In fact, there is one b ...
Read MoreWill help series get uninterrupted run when it returns
Anyone planning their Halloween holiday around the second season premiere of "Touch" is going to have to make some different plans. Fox said it's moving the Kiefer Sutherland series from Oct. 26 to next January, moving it into a mid-season slot that could possibly move it out of Fridays, where i ...
Read MoreNew project, 'The After,' is Carter's first since 'X-Files' era
Where has Chris Carter been lately? Just weeks after "The X-Files" won an award honoring classic science-fiction at the Airlock Alpha Portal Awards, Carter is now involved in a new project from the same group that is trying to bring back "Blake's 7" for Syfy. Georgeville Television is financin ...
Read MoreCould team up with J.J. Abrams again to do sci-fi cop drama
There will be life after "Fringe," and series executive producer J.H. Wyman may have already found it. Wyman, who has been an executive producer on "Fringe" since 2009, is reportedly in talks to join J.J. Abrams on what is being described as a "buddy series" involving a police officer and his an ...
Read MoreNew season will include Said Taghmaoui, Adam Campebll, Ray Santiago
Major casting changes continue for "Touch" as it gets settled into its new west coast home. Just days after Lukas Haas and Saxon Sharbino joined the Fox series, "Touch" signed on Said Taghmaoui, Adam Campbell and Ray Santiago. Taghmaoui will join "Touch" as a series regular, playing Guillermo ...
Read MoreActor reportedly suffering from sleep disorder
There is jet lag, and there is jet lag. And apparently John Noble is really down for the count on this one. Warner Bros. Television has halted production of the final season of "Fringe" for two weeks while Noble, who plays Dr. Walter Bishop on the show, recovers from what the studio is calling a ...
Read MoreSeries with cult following may continue on big screen
It's a series that has survived around a half-dozen deaths during its days on television, so why not allow it to continue life in films? "Fringe" will start its final season on Sept. 28, and while it appears the series will indeed jump into the future, there is a possibility that its actual futur ...
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Read MoreCable channel will have non-exclusive rights to rebroadcast the Fox series
Apparently, even fringe science is science enough to be on a channel called Science. The Discovery-owned cable channel has acquired the non-exclusive rights to rebroadcast episodes of the Fox cult hit series "Fringe," which will begin its final season in the fall. Terms of the deal were not d ...
Read MoreFox could be expecting a huge ratings fall for Kiefer Sutherland series
It's hard to tell where Fox is going on this one. Either it's not confident "Touch" will hold the audience Fox needs during the main part of the week -- or there simply isn't a good place for the series on its schedule. Whatever the reasons, Deadline.com is reporting a rumor that "Touch" could be ...
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