Fringe: 1.7 rating. Status: We’ve been hearing Fringe was doomed — until this week. There’s renewed hope for a 13-episode “final season” pickup thanks to the modest performance of Alcatraz.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/29/shows-renewed-cancelled-fall-tv/

Fringe has actually been a pretty good show - and this past season really picked up the pace and was quite entertaining

- whether a new viewer would be able to tune in and have the slightest clue what the hell is going on is a completely different matter though