TV News: FOX Renews ‘Fringe’ For Fifth Season

CHICAGO – FOX just announced that they have renewed the low-rated but fan-loved “Fringe” for a fifth and final season to air in the 2012-13 season. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there will be only 13 episodes left in your favorite show, although writers will surely make them count, knowing that they can wrap up all of their plotlines with a series-ending arc.

Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, made the announcement today, saying, “Fringe is a remarkably creative series that has set the bar as one of television’s most imaginative dramas. Bringing it back for a final 13 allows us to provide the climactic conclusion that its passionate and loyal fans deserve. The amazing work the producers, writers and the incredibly talented cast and crew have delivered the last four seasons has literally been out of this world. Although the end is bittersweet, it’s going to be a very exciting final chapter.”

Executive producer and co-creator J.J. Abrams (“Lost,” “Star Trek”) threw in his two cents, “We are thrilled and beyond grateful that FOX – and our fans – have made the impossible possible: FRINGE will continue into a fifth season that will allow the series to conclude in a wild and thrilling way. All of us at Bad Robot are forever indebted to our viewers and the amazingly supportive FOX network for allowing the adventures of Fringe Division to not only continue, but to resolve in a way that perfectly fits the show.”

There are three episodes left in the fourth season of “Fringe,” which airs Friday nights at 8pm CST. There’s no word if that will be the time slot for the show in the Fall or if the episodes will air starting in September or mid-season. That will be announced when the full schedule comes out in May.

“Fringe” stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble.

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