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Fringe Review: "Making Angels" (Episode 4.11)

Two weeks ago I gave kudos to John Noble for his nuanced performances as the many versions of Walter Bishop and I stand by that appraisal. That said, tonight’s episode of Fringe raised an interesting question: Who is the more valuable player, the consistent frontman or the durable background actor who makes every moment of limited exposure count? I don’t know the answer to that question (and could argue both sides), but Jasika Nicole makes a very strong case for the value of quality supporting characters. Nicole has played Astrid Farnsworth since the pilot but has never been put in the spotlight until tonight.  read more

Fringe Review: “Enemy of My Enemy” (Episode 4.09)

“Take me to your leader.”-David Robert Jones Many highly creative people have themes that they continue to mine over the course of their careers. Tim Burton has his daddy issues. J.J. Abrams’ hero, Steven Spielberg, is obsessed with staying a child forever. Abrams himself is apparently very taken with parallels. Timelines, universes, lives, storylines, sides of a triangle, whatever. He can’t get enough. He toyed with parallelism thematically in Alias, went full-tilt boogie with it on Lost and set off a bomb in Star Trek so big that it launched a whole new universe. That said, I thought that Lost...  read more

World Series Creates TV Schedule Shake-Up, Competition

Now that the World Series is entering a deciding and exciting seventh game, networks are forced to deal with moving shows or competing against one of the most exciting Series in recent memory.  read more

Abrams, NBC Agree to Pilot Deal

J.J. Abrams has had nothing but a series of hits when it comes to television dramas and will now hopefully produce one more. This time NBC has picked up rights to a show created by sci-fi guru.   read more

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2010

TV has never been worse with an over-reliance on reality shows that seem to be in a race to sink as low as possible. But it's also never been better with more and more networks investing in original well-scripted, cinematic series and sitcoms that don't depend on tired gags and canned laughter.  read more

J.J. Abrams' New Spy Series Sparks a TV Bidding War

ABC, NBC and CBS are currently in a bidding war for J.J. Abrams' spec script for a new spy series....  read more

Fox Attempts to Spice Up Re-Runs with Twitter

Aiming to make re-runs more interesting, Fox is bringing them into the 21st century. The network's website will feature tweets alongside online re-runs of their hit Fringe and brand new, buzzed-about show Glee....  read more

Fringe Renewed for a Full Second Season

In a move long expected, Fox had decided to bring back the supernatural thriller Fringe next year for a full 22-episode season. ...  read more

5 Reasons I'm Giving Up on Fox's Fringe

We're 5 episodes into Fox's Fringe, a show about the outer reaches of science—imaginable if not particularly feasible advances in areas like telekinesis, telepathy, reanimation, invisibility—and a global conspiracy to develop and test these advances, often with murderous results. Only it sounds more interesting than it is.Here are five reasons that I'm taking a break from Fringe:...  read more

TV Detail: Fringe review. Episode 4—The Arrival

Fringe needed its enigmatic figure, and The Observer (Michael Cerveris) fits that bill quite nicely. Bald with no eyebrows. Impeccably dressed. Likes his roast beef sandwiches with precisely 11 jalepeños, though claims he wouldn't much be able to taste Dr. Bishop's rootbeer float. Present at three dozen instances of the pattern. Doesn't seem to age. Oh, and he can read Peter Bishop's thoughts....  read more