it worries me that they seem to be burning through the rest of the season, but hopefully these new eps against not much other competition will give fringe a ratings boost.
Reliable sources say that Fox really want Fringe to succeed on Fridays (although not enough that I'm willing to trust them to renew it with low ratings...), so I genuinely think their decision to do it this way is so that it's not going up against Supernatural. That said, last week it held steady at a respectable (for Friday nights) 1.5, but this week it tanked down to a 1.3 which is its lowest rating ever. Now part of that is probably because of March Madness on the other channel, Spring Break and it being the first week of Daylight Saving Time which apparently always causes a dip and has done so all week, but networks aren't always that understanding of stuff like that. I'm hoping it's a blip and if it is and it holds at around 1.5 (as it has been) it's got strong chances of renewal. If it drops down to around a 1.3 then I think that we're in much murker territory. (Says she of no industry knowledge!) Because on the one hand, Friday nights is VERY difficult to programme for and Fringe is doing...okay if not stellar for that time slot and is holding its audience even if at a slightly lower level (assuming this dip isn't the start of a viewership crash). They're doing better on Fridays than they were before they moved Fringe into the slot, so I guess if they did cancel it they would be starting from scratch with that slot again. IDK. Argh.
Basically the good news is that rumours are that Fox wants to be able to justify picking it up and is leaning towards doing so, but the ratings did just tank a bit and if they're not understanding about the basketball/don't bounce back that might be a real reason to worry.
The fact I still care even though I'm ambivalent about a lot of the current developments probably says something about me. BAH. ;)
To get back to the actual show! I'm glad that my comments made sense, much as I wish I were on board with what they were doing.
I think though, that I'd say with regards to Olivia taking a risk and putting herself out there and how it won't be rewarded, I...actually hope it isn't? Like, that's what I think the natural end to this plotline is - that's the authentic, truthful fallout, so if they go for that and I get yet more of Anna Torv and her faaaaaace breaking my heart, I will be okay with it even as I'll feel super bad for the character. What I'm more worried about is that it will be rewarded even though I don't get why. Because then the message is more like, "Peter was right in his jerky manipulations of you! Now you get to be happy even though he lies to you!" Or at least, that would be the potential?
It goes back to how for some reason, in this show, I have turned into someone who just wants epic amounts of Emo Manpain for Olivia ALL THE TIME. *facepalm*
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Reliable sources say that Fox really want Fringe to succeed on Fridays (although not enough that I'm willing to trust them to renew it with low ratings...), so I genuinely think their decision to do it this way is so that it's not going up against Supernatural. That said, last week it held steady at a respectable (for Friday nights) 1.5, but this week it tanked down to a 1.3 which is its lowest rating ever. Now part of that is probably because of March Madness on the other channel, Spring Break and it being the first week of Daylight Saving Time which apparently always causes a dip and has done so all week, but networks aren't always that understanding of stuff like that. I'm hoping it's a blip and if it is and it holds at around 1.5 (as it has been) it's got strong chances of renewal. If it drops down to around a 1.3 then I think that we're in much murker territory. (Says she of no industry knowledge!) Because on the one hand, Friday nights is VERY difficult to programme for and Fringe is doing...okay if not stellar for that time slot and is holding its audience even if at a slightly lower level (assuming this dip isn't the start of a viewership crash). They're doing better on Fridays than they were before they moved Fringe into the slot, so I guess if they did cancel it they would be starting from scratch with that slot again. IDK. Argh.
Basically the good news is that rumours are that Fox wants to be able to justify picking it up and is leaning towards doing so, but the ratings did just tank a bit and if they're not understanding about the basketball/don't bounce back that might be a real reason to worry.
The fact I still care even though I'm ambivalent about a lot of the current developments probably says something about me. BAH. ;)
To get back to the actual show! I'm glad that my comments made sense, much as I wish I were on board with what they were doing.
I think though, that I'd say with regards to Olivia taking a risk and putting herself out there and how it won't be rewarded, I...actually hope it isn't? Like, that's what I think the natural end to this plotline is - that's the authentic, truthful fallout, so if they go for that and I get yet more of Anna Torv and her faaaaaace breaking my heart, I will be okay with it even as I'll feel super bad for the character. What I'm more worried about is that it will be rewarded even though I don't get why. Because then the message is more like, "Peter was right in his jerky manipulations of you! Now you get to be happy even though he lies to you!" Or at least, that would be the potential?
It goes back to how for some reason, in this show, I have turned into someone who just wants epic amounts of Emo Manpain for Olivia ALL THE TIME. *facepalm*