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Boo. That sucks. It wasn't earth shatterring but I liked Terra Nova. Plus the mom and daughter were hot. But if Fringe comes back next season i can deal with it.
 
The only dramas I see coming back in the fall on Fox are Bones and Touch. They should have kept Chicago Code. Last years dramas did a lot better than this years. Sure ratings fall but boy is Fox in trouple.
 
^^ Agree with that.

Bones must be a cert now, and barring disastrous numbers Touch will undoubtedly survive.

The rest though;

Terra Nova, Alcatraz, The Finder, Fringe - can't see any of those coming back.
 
Touch just seemed like perosn of interest with out the killing.

the 6 degrees of seperation is nice.

but every week that kids treating the totality of humanity like a dominoes game, to effect small boon to seeming inconsequential people WHILE laying enough evidence for his father to know he's basically an angel WHILE reusing to talk...

it's just too nice.

Reminds me of pay it forward.
 
I don't want to dance on the grave of anyone's favorite show, but I hope Terra Nova's passing bodes well for Fringe.
 
Don't really watch much of these shows with the exception of CSI:NY, and I don't even really watch it anymore...

One show I figure won't last (which isn't on the list)... is GCB (ABC).
 
I don't want to dance on the grave of anyone's favorite show, but I hope Terra Nova's passing bodes well for Fringe.

Grow a pair.

Dancing on graves is a wonderful cardiovascular work out.

Unless they'd been cremated and the bastards are in one of those little metal pigeon holes in a wall and then you have to be fucking Spider-Man to dance on that vertical final resting place.

Are you Spider-Man?

13 out of 10 Doctor's recommend dancing on graves heartily.

It's the spite.

Spite + exercise = Immortality.

By the way, don't be so high and mighty, there is no quid pro quo, Terra Nova was leering like a fucking gargoyle watching your every move needing, medically needing to dance on your grave.

You think I'm full of it?

Just last week

I went to visit my grand mother in the cometary and the Adventures of Max Bickford was waltzing on her grave, the smug gamy bastard. waltzing. Talk about pretention!

Zombies.

If you don't dance on their graves to pack the earth down... the old bad TV Shows will escape. Whether they're walking dead, or buried alive they're too super pissed not to leave 6 feet under.

If they get out, they'll wreak some fine havoc.

It's a public service really.

Dance on as many graves as you can not just shitty TV shows.

But that thing about immortality is totally true.
 
Maybe he's heard Alcatraz has been cancelled, too. That would leave FOX with too many spaces to fill next season. They snubbed all their sf/f pilots (in their defense, they mostly sounded bad) and didn't pick up enough pilots to cover a bloodbath...
 
Fringe :bolian: They need to see this through for obvious reasons with syndication.
Alcatraz :bolian: I understand the complaints but it needs more time and as of Monday is steady in the demos...so it may be a "finale" decision...hopefully a keeper. :p
 
Terra Nova cancelled
House ending
The Finder likely to be canned
Alcatraz probably to follow

I don't know, will they let Fringe go as well? Five prominent shows gone and blowing a hole in their roster. Just don't see it.

The fate of two of those is already known. Of the others, I'd imagine one from three will be safe - The Finder, I can't see coming back given the weak performance, which leaves it as a toss up on who Fox are going to put their faith in - could be Alcatraz, but I hope not, it's been pretty poor. Fringe should by all logic already be dead, but it's not. Wouldn't surprise me if the licence fee is being offered for another season at next to nothing, just to bolster the syndication episode count for WBs.

Guess Fox had best hope that Touch doesn't fall flat on its face. Potentially losing 5 shows is a bloodbath, don't really know what you'd call losing 6!
 
Dug up some more info about Fringe's prospects via Screenrant.com

While the cancelation warnings still remain, Fox is negotiating the possibility of the series returning for season 5. Currently discussing the future of the series with Warner Bros. (the studio that produces Fringe), Fox has made it clear that they’re absolutely interested in keeping the series on the air, but only if the price is right.

Kevin Riley, plainly stated that the financial arraignment between the network and studio needs to change in order for the series to continue on the air.

One thing that’s working in Fringe’s favor is the fact that, if the series were to receive a full season order, it would pass television’s coveted 100 episode mark – something that Warner Bros. definitely wants.

While Fringe may be struggling in its current position on network television, the ability to position the series in syndication would open another revenue stream for the studio, and might just be worth cutting the license fees that Fox must pay for each episode.

Additionally, the word-of-mouth that Fringe creates may just be what the network needs right now. With House, Bones and The Simpsons (likely) on their way out over the course of the next 3 years, Fox could use the good will from television fans as they attempt to rebuild their once juggernaut line-up.
 
I don't want to dance on the grave of anyone's favorite show, but I hope Terra Nova's passing bodes well for Fringe.

Grow a pair.

Dancing on graves is a wonderful cardiovascular work out.

Unless they'd been cremated and the bastards are in one of those little metal pigeon holes in a wall and then you have to be fucking Spider-Man to dance on that vertical final resting place.

Are you Spider-Man?

13 out of 10 Doctor's recommend dancing on graves heartily.

It's the spite.

Spite + exercise = Immortality.

By the way, don't be so high and mighty, there is no quid pro quo, Terra Nova was leering like a fucking gargoyle watching your every move needing, medically needing to dance on your grave.

You think I'm full of it?

Just last week

I went to visit my grand mother in the cometary and the Adventures of Max Bickford was waltzing on her grave, the smug gamy bastard. waltzing. Talk about pretention!

Zombies.

If you don't dance on their graves to pack the earth down... the old bad TV Shows will escape. Whether they're walking dead, or buried alive they're too super pissed not to leave 6 feet under.

If they get out, they'll wreak some fine havoc.

It's a public service really.

Dance on as many graves as you can not just shitty TV shows.

But that thing about immortality is totally true.

Nah. Snake handling will make me immortal. William Shatner said so.
 
:)

I think Finder is cute and full of whimsy.

There's a sort of 80s charm the whole way through.

It's like the most enjoyable 5 minutes of Bones stretched out to the full hour.
 
Dug up some more info about Fringe's prospects via Screenrant.com

Additionally, the word-of-mouth that Fringe creates may just be what the network needs right now. With House, Bones and The Simpsons (likely) on their way out over the course of the next 3 years, Fox could use the good will from television fans as they attempt to rebuild their once juggernaut line-up.

Fringe doesn't get good word of mouth, it gets critical buzz. Reviewers like it, it gets PR on the EW/TV Guide/Zap2It kind of platform. I don't know how much Warners and/or Fox is paying to get that, but word of mouth by actual viewers leads to, you know, people actually watching. Fringe still has people picking it up on time shift. But if word of mouth counted for that much, Fox would have renewed Terra Nova, one of the most highly timeshifted shows this season. Wasn't Terra Nova's total audience rather closer to ten million?

There is no reason whatsoever to think Fringe's audience won't dwindle even more and it is difficult to think what license fee could possibly be low enough to justify Fox's renewal. Fox would probably be losing on its promos during Fringe's airtime because no one's watching any more.

CBS should pick up Terra Nova and move it to Sundays. They could use it to finish sinking GCB or maybe even counterprogram Once Upon a Time. Nobody can use Fringe, not even Fox.
 
GCB is sinking?

I mean it wasn't very good for a girl drama compared to all other girl dramas and not actually quality programming, but it's only been one episode.

Tough if I had to choose between GCB and Hart of Dixey?
 
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