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Apr 11 2013 11:20 PM ET

The Greatest TV Couple of All Time? EW Staff Pick: Peter and Olivia

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As Kurt and Blaine battle it out with the Doctor and Rose in EW’s Greatest TV Couple of All Time championship, we’re unveiling our favorite couples who didn’t advance as far as we would have liked. Here’s the case for Peter and Olivia of Fringe.

The question EW has been asking in polls throughout this tournament is “Whose love is stronger?” In Round 2, voters favored Gossip Girl‘s Chuck and Blair over Peter and Olivia by a 10.6 percent margin. But I have to argue that only the strongest love – like that shared between Olivia and Peter – can weather storms of cosmic proportions this Fringe couple faced for five seasons. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 2 2013 02:00 PM ET

Love is on the air: Who is the greatest TV couple of all time? Round 2, part 2

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Ross and Rachel. Clair and Cliff. Ricky and Lucy. These are just a few of the iconic pairings competing for the chance to be EW’s “Greatest TV Couple of All Time.” Check out our full bracket here and vote in the polls below to determine who will move on to the next round. Now, the 8 couples who won their first match-ups in our “Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me” conference.

ALSO: EW.com’s Greatest TV Romances package

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Mar 29 2013 12:00 PM ET

Love is on the air: Who is the greatest TV couple of all time? Round 1, part 2

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Ross and Rachel. Carrie and Big. Clair and Cliff. Ricky and Lucy. These are just a few of the iconic pairings competing for the chance to be EW’s “Greatest TV Couple of All Time.” Check out our full bracket here and vote in the polls below to determine who will move on to the next round. Now for the 16 couples in our “Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me” conference. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 25 2013 10:00 AM ET

Entertainment Geekly: The end of 'Fringe' and 'American Horror Story: Asylum'

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In the last week, two wacked-out genre fantasies came to an end. Fringe aired its two-hour series finale, a bipolar (and low-budget) episode that ended with a heart-tugging sacrifice and questions left hanging. Meanwhile, the 13-episode saga that was American Horror Story: Asylum ended with a decade-spanning bang. We dig deep into both endings. We compare the Fringe finale to Lost and Battlestar Galactica — is ambiguity better than specificity? And we really dive into Asylum. Comparisons to Stanley Kubrick and Alan Moore are openly insinuated, and feminism is discussed. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 16 2013 02:46 PM ET

Entertainment Geekly: A deep dive into the history of 'Fringe,' and a look forward to the finale

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After five seasons of hopping between alternate universes, various timelines, and assorted states of drug-assisted transcendence, Fringe comes to an end this Friday with a two-hour finale. This week on the show, Jeff and I look back at the long, curious, regularly rebooted history of the sci-fi series. Topics include: Our opinions about the show’s final-season dystopian gambit; the curious fact that Fringe was built out of clichés to be a hit, but wound up being an eccentric low-rated oddball; a sneak peek at Jeff’s list of the Top 19 Fringe episodes; and a critical examination of how Fringe straddled the line between procedural and serialized drama. It’s one of our longest podcasts yet. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 13 2013 10:00 AM ET

PopWatch Planner: Globes glitter, 'Fringe' fades, and A$AP Rocky jams

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If it feels like everything’s happening earlier than usual this year, you’re not wrong. With Oscar nominations already in the bag and the Golden Globes set for tonight, we’re chugging through awards season and it’s still only mid-January! There will be plenty of red carpet looks to keep you going this week, with the Globes followed by the Sundance Film Festival kicking off in chilly Park City, Utah. In between, stay tuned for an exciting week on Top Chef and the end of a beloved series in Fringe, topped off with Rob Lowe playing the sexiest lawyer around in Prosecuting Casey Anthony. Have a great week!

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Oct 24 2012 01:34 PM ET

Brought to you by our sponsors: TV's most egregious product placements

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What do you know about the 2013 Ford Fusion? If you watched last night’s New Girl, the answer is “all too much” — thanks to a two-minute sequence in which clumsy Jess struggled to model at a car show. As she stumbled about in her giant heels, a brand ambassador droned on and on about the new model’s many features. If the physical comedy hadn’t been so labored, the bit might have worked. But it didn’t.

In an age of ad-skipping DVRs and pirated online streaming, viewers have learned to accept a certain degree of commercialization on their favorite shows — especially the ones that are ratings-challenged. At the end of the day, an episode of Fringe sprinkled with plugs for Sprint’s Google Wallet is better than no Fringe at all. And a few fourth wall-busting series have managed to win us over by turning product integration into a joke — think Arrested Development‘s “It’s a wonderful restaurant!” or 30 Rock‘s “Can we have our money now?”

But even if it did make sense for Jess to step in for her sick model friend Cece at a car show, it didn’t make sense to insert her into a two-minute car commercial. Of course, New Girl‘s attempted Ford/comedy fusion isn’t the first egregious example of commercial-addled TV — remember these five product placement pioneers?

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Oct 1 2012 10:33 AM ET

'Fringe' actors accept their EWwy Awards -- VIDEO

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The actors on Fringe may have gotten teary at Comic-Con talking about the end of the series, but on set last week, they sang a stronger tune. They’re about halfway through filming their final season, and the end game still seems like a distant future, most said.

But when EW handed Anna Torv a pair of tiny golden Ewes — her awards for winning Best Actress in a Drama and Best Drama in EW’s 5th annual EWwys — that’s when she began to tear up. And who can blame her? 1) The sheep are adorable. And 2) as you’ll hear her say, the statues come from the people who kept the show alive for five years.

Click below to watch Torv, John Noble, and former executive producer Jeff Pinkner accept their bounty. (Note: We made sure Josh Jackson got his as well!)

UPDATE: Fringe executive producer/showrunner J.H. Wyman also shared some kind words! “On behalf of everyone involved in Fringe, I want to take a moment to thank all of our incredible fans who voted and have made Fringe the winner of Entertainment Weekly’s Best Drama Series EWwy Award for the third year in a row,” he tells EW. “We are honored to have had such a dedicated and loyal fanbase supporting this show over the years, and we are working overtime to deliver an unforgettable fifth and final season.”
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Sep 17 2012 06:38 PM ET

Anna Torv thanks 'Fringe' fans for EWwy repeat

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On Friday, we announced the winners of our 5th Annual EWwy Awards, which honor the shows and actors that EW and its readers felt deserved to be nominated or an Emmy but weren’t. More than 250,000 votes were counted in this year’s 10 categories. While Community dominated the comedy side (snagging Best Comedy, Best Actor for Joel McHale, Best Supporting Actor for Danny Pudi, and Best Supporting Actress for Alison Brie), Fringe was the clear favorite in the drama categories earning Best Drama for the third year in a row along with second wins for Best Supporting Actor John Noble and Best Actress Anna Torv. “What can I say that I haven’t said before?” Torv says in a statement to EW. “Our fans are aces and EW readers are no exception. Their support has been invaluable, and I’ll be cradling my EWwy Award as Fringe crosses the finish line.”

We’re making plans to visit the Fringe and Community sets to hand-deliver their EWwy trophies later this month, so stay tuned for actual EWwy cradling.

Read more:
EWwys 2012: Meet Your Winners!

Sep 14 2012 10:00 AM ET

Entertainment Geekly: Fall Geek TV Preview!

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Summer is over, which can only mean one thing: TV is coming back! On the new episode of Entertainment Geekly, Jeff and I talk about the new and returning shows that we’re most excited about. Topics discussed include: The crazy ambition of Last Resort, the hopeful possibilities in the concept for Revolution, our simultaneous excitement and concern about the final season of Fringe, our managed expectations for the third season of The Walking Dead, and an attempt to figure out exactly what the first season of American Horror Story was all about. And also Homeland, because who doesn’t dig Mandy Patinkin?

Listen to the complete podcast below, or check us out in the iTunes store. Tweet arguments and counterarguments at us at @EWDocJensen and @DarrenFranich.

Past Podcasts:
Entertainment Geekly looks at ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Cloud Atlas,’ and the other geeky fall movies
Wonder Woman and Superman in love! Plus: More ‘Big Brother’
Thoughts on the ‘Hobbit’ trilogy, and an argument for the greatness of Paul Verhoeven
The epic ‘Dark Knight Rises’ podcast
The movies of Comic-Con, plus our ‘Dark Knight Rises’ likes (and dislikes)
The ‘Before Watchmen’ debate (Plus: Alan Moore does Harry Potter!)

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