'Fringe', FOX, and new episodes

Oh Joshua Jackson, how I miss you. No, seriously.

Because of rain and game cancellations, the World Series further disrupted FOX's television schedule. Based upon the original schedule we would only have skipped new episodes of 'Fringe' for one week. Indeed, FOX essentially promised viewers that 'Fringe' (and star Joshua Jackson, who has been MIA for the first five episodes of the new season) would be back yesterday. But despite the promotional trailers, it wasn't to be. Game seven interfered and we'll have to wait yet another week for new episodes of 'Fringe'. Hopefully this won't hurt the show too much. Airing on Fridays is already a potential travesty, second only to airing on Sunday nights.

While I understand that people love baseball (and other sports) and that airing something like the World Series temporarily boosts viewers, I think that FOX made a mistake. Not just with its decision to bump 'Fringe' again, but because the World Series came only three episodes into the new television season, and put on hold breakout hits like 'New Girl'. Who knows if FOX will retain those viewers next week when baseball is over and new episodes return. Maybe viewers will have moved onto greener pastures...networks where new episodes have continued to air each week.

Here's a little something to give you your Joshua Jackson fix as you wait yet another week for his return:

Pacey-Con with Joshua Jackson from Joshua Jackson