Fringe > Friday Nights
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?In one corner, we have Fringe — the best major network sci-fi show on the air. In the other corner, we have the dreaded Friday night death slot on Fox. Fringe was recently moved from Thursdays to Fridays, where the last two episodes have aired. WHO WILL WIN? From Blastr:
For the second week in a row, the sci-fi series has come out on top in its timeslot in the ratings that count, 18-49 adults. Fringe earned a 1.9/6 rating, with 4.57 million total viewers, leading Fox to a win for the night. It even bested its lead-in, Kitchen Nightmares.
While other shows had more total viewers, advertisers most covet the younger 18-49 crowd, and only NBC’s Dateline NBC at 10 p.m. ET could match Fringe‘s rating for the night.
Basically, Fringe is doing great in its new position, and should have no problem getting greenlit for another season, and probably more (the above stats don’t even count the show’s considerable DVR numbers). That’s the good news, because Fringe is awesome — if you gave up during the show’s first season, you are seriously missing out. The bad news is that the Friday night death slot probably needs to be renamed Joss Whedon’s death slot. (Via Warming Glow)
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