Ratings have been hovering low in its present time slot, averaging about three million viewers, and the chance for moving forward with new episodes in the fall seems unlikely.
"There are conversations with both the studio and the network [about possibly going to a season five]," Fringe EP Jeff Pinkner told THR.
"It is certainly our hope that we have a season five and beyond and creatively we know what season five would be," Pinker said.
Ending at the conclusion of its current fourth season would bring the total episode hours count to 88. Going to a fifth season and topping 100 episodes would ensure a long life in syndication. Though Jeff Pinker and fellow Executive Producer Joel Wyman assure fans that creatively, they have a creative plan outlined for beyond this season.
"Definitely we feel very confident that we know where we would go, should we be lucky enough," Wyman said. "I think for all shows that is. I mean 88 is good, but 100 is better," Wyman continued. "To Jeff and I, we don't really think about those things. That's for someone else to think about. We just do our show and write our episodes and love our show."
"We would never want to continue unless we felt that we had something incredibly creative to say and to do. We do and if the powers that be deem it a plausible solution to go forward, then we're thrilled," Wyman concluded
TVLine also hears that a pulse for next year is a possibility, albeit with a shorter episode run.
TVLine also hears that a pulse for next year is a possibility, albeit with a shorter episode run.
"Don’t administer last rites to the show just yet," says TVLine columnist Michael Ausiello.
"Despite those apocalyptic Nielsens, Fringe very much remains in the hunt for another season. One scenario allegedly being bandied about has it returning for a final 15-episode run."
Fringe airs on FOX Fridays at 9 p.m.
SOURCES: The Hollywood Reporter, TVLine
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