Here's the deal. Fox has moved the show "Fringe" over to Friday nights. It's sad, really. Fringe is a really clever show that no one watches. Some of you who don't watch as much TV may be thinking "So? What does that mean?" I'm glad you asked. Fringe hasn't been pulling in great ratings this season. It's on Thursday night, for some reason. As good and clever of a show as Fringe is, there's no way it should be expected to keep up with other heavy hitters on Thursdays like The Bigger Bang Theory or Two and a Half Men. It's just not that show. It really needs to be on a night where it doesn't have to compete with that, and can build a fan base. Like Tuesday or Wednesday. So, Fox does what it always does when a show starts to lag in ratings- it moves it to Friday.
Now, this may not seem like a huge deal, except that the ONLY show ever to survive being on Friday was The X-Files. And that eventually got moved to Sundays. The truth is, people just don't watch a lot of TV on Fridays. Only the most dedicated and hardcore nerds do. Want proof? Here are some Fox shows that didn't make it on Fridays: The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr (1994), M.A.N.T.I.S (1995), Sliders (1997), Strange Luck (1996), VR 5 (1995) Firefly (2003), Fastlane (2003), The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2009), Prison Break (2009), and Dollhouse (2010). There's a surprisingly long list of these shows over on Wikipedia. The reason I bring this all up is because now, Fox is claiming that they'll "Re-animate" Friday nights with Fringe. Call me a skeptic, but I have a strong feeling Fringe will be canceled by the time Fox announces its line up for the fall 2011 season. Usually with the same "It wasn't getting good ratings" line. That's because you moved it to Fridays, dickheads. Friday nights are a graveyard where shows go to die. Kinda like the summer season. So, RIP Fringe. You were great while you lasted.
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Hey, didn't realize we felt the same way about Fox's dreaded Friday night Line-up curse. I remember an episode of the Simpson's where they elaborated on FOX's ability to kill excellence (basically Homer rattling off a minute's worth of missed shows). My thought on this was always this: FOX knows these were good shows and killed 'em anyway? Thank God they leave Hell's Kitchen alone (what a savior to tv that is).
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