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Starpulse Predicts Fringe Cancellation

by brian on September 4th, 2008

One of the most interesting things about a new fall season is trying to figure out which shows will hit and which shows will miss. Starpulse’s Kate Kostal appears unimpressed with much-anticipated Fox genre show Fringe’s chances.

She’s worried the “similar to the X-Files” vibe will be too much to live up to, listing Fringe among what she calls “DOA” shows like Kath and Kim or The Ex-List. Since The Ex-List inherits Moonlight’s old timeslot, I’m guessing a few thousand of our readers would not be sad to see that one die a quick and painless death.

She also lists Christian Slater’s My Own Worst Enemy, for some of the same reasons. Kostal thinks its premise is too similar to Chuck, a show already on NBC. I can see her point there, but I don’t agree that Fringe fans have any reason to be worried.

There has been so much pre-publicity for Fringe that Fox looks worse than anybody if it tanks. Take into account J.J. Abrams’ track record with shows like Lost and Alias, from there you have to figure Fringe will get every chance to succeed.

Simply put: It’s a lot easier to pull the plug on a New Amsterdam than it is an Abrams show.

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