Comments on: Gone: Fringe (again)

By: julia

julia — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:27:26 +0000

still no fringe, i dont expect it to come back at all now, but even if it did i wouldn’t watch it because i’ve already seen the first 14 episodes by downloading them it’s so much easier, i wanted to say shame on channel 9 for not airing fringe for 2 reasons 1 being that fringe was the only sci-fi show on 9 and 2 is that there are 2 australian actors playing leads in this show you’d think that they would at least air the show for that, but no it’s all gotta be about the ratings, stuff you channel 9 im done with tv.

By: Fizzin of Brisbane

Fizzin of Brisbane — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:39:58 +0000

What the free tv network suits don’t seem to understand or do understand but choose to ignore it is that the tv viewer won’t tolerate their shows being rescheduled or look like being rescheduled or disappearing altogether because of so-called poor ratings and they resort to illegally downloading copies. Those copies are then quickly transferred to DVD and sent to friends and before you know it there ar thousands and thousands of copies out there

By the time tv programmes like Legend of the Seeker, Merlin, Sanctuary, Eureka, Stargate Universe and the like get to Australia they will have been seen by pretty much everyone in the country all because the viewer doesn’t trust the networks to air the entire run of episodes on a regular day and time

I would hold Fringe up as an example, it’s an excellent series

By: Benno

Benno — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:14:01 +0000

Definitely right Mark, that’s how i heard about Chuck and Eleventh Hour.

By: James

James — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:50:15 +0000

@Josh

Quote – “No offence David, But after this coming Monday, we’ve officially caught up to the US. So Nine had no option of continuing it over the summer because there are no episodes left to air!

New episodes don’t air until almost February in the US. I love your site and visit it daily, but what was the point of this article and all the fuss; knowing that they had run out of episodes?”

Actually you are very mistaken. The US is up to a 10th episode and is on break until early January. So there is a lot of fuss about another cancelled show.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:30:46 +0000

These days, it makes more sense to read or hear about a new show on the Internet, then download it, or wait for the DVD.

The FTA networks are completely hopeless now; don’t even give them another chance.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:53:50 +0000

I have all 10 eps thanks to the wonders of modern tech.

I cant wait till it;s return in Jan or Feb…

By: lameboyadvance

lameboyadvance — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:58:17 +0000

Marco: “Oh, FFS!!!” My sentiment exactly.
Every time something I like comes on (OK, I like Sci-Fi/paranormal.), it vanishes because the networks freak that they aren’t #1 100% of the time.
This is why I need broadband. BitTorrent is far more reliable than Seven, Nine and Ten programming combined. Less ads too.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:03:23 +0000

i’ve been on holidays nearly a week already and instead of watching free to air TV I have been watching TV shows on DVD (and movies too) – there are no ads, no changing times, you can watch it when you want and channel 9 can’t take it away from you, like everything else they stop/change etc. to be honest I have not watched WIN/9 all holidays…what’s that tell you??

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:36:01 +0000

So obviously non-ratings period means nothing.

This isn’t surprising but it’s really infuriating. What’s the point of taking it off if it rates low when ti doesn’t really matter?

Is episode 7 the only episode they missed?

By: Matthew See

Matthew See — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:03:00 +0000

On the bright side for me, at least there is no longer a clash with Army Wives.

By: Matthew See

Matthew See — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:58:06 +0000

This is a shame especially since this week’s episode was very very good.

The removal of Fringe from the 9′s schedule means that Star Wars: The Clone Wars on 10 is currently the only sci fi show that is currently being shown on free to air (non-HD) TV.

By: Jezza

Jezza — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:33:32 +0000

I’m a considerably tech savy guy, but i could never quite understand why people would rather download tv shows & movies with crappy sound & picture quality, just so they could watch them first.

I have now seen the light!

If the networks keep abusing the public, more & more people are going to jump on the BT train. For considerably cheaper than a Pay-TV subscription you get internet & all the TV shows you like, in as high/low a quality as you like, with no ads, whenever you like.

I’m sorry, but after years of holding the high moral ground, i can take the abuse no more.

You’ve lost another one.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:22:50 +0000

I remember when I loved non-ratings because I got to see all the shows they’d ripped off during the year, it was almost as busy as ratings season. Fringe and L&O are the only shows I’ve been watching.

Never saw the last season & a half of Judging Amy either

By: Burt

Burt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:28:24 +0000

Nine could and should shift both Fringe and Gossip Girl to their 9HD channel
(just as they’re currently showing 2 year old Nip Tuck episodes on 9HD on Monday nights). It’s unfortunate The Sarah Connor, Pushing Daisies and Chuck shows didn’t get moved to 9HD also, instead of being sold to Foxtel. I expect Ten will move the mediocre 90210 show to 10HD, where it can remain at a stable timslot.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:31:09 +0000

The funny thing is, if you are trying to court a younger audience you really need to be on the mark with your programming or they’ll download instead. Dicking around with the scheduling does not encourage viewer loyalty. I can only say that Channel Nine deserves everything it gets.

How is a show expected to gain an audience if they never know if it’s going to be on or not? I am so glad I discovered the joys of bittorrent after Moonlight was ignominiously pulled last summer. Channel Nine can sink into the sad hole it’s dug for itself for all I care. I only care how things rate in the U.S. now.

By: mikey

mikey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:12:35 +0000

Word of advice to any Fringe fans… Download it. See Ch9, that’s not so hard is it.