FBI Dramas

Fox’s weird science FBI drama, Fringe, is on the uptake, and has a good chance at a new season, according to Fox’s Entertainment president, Kevin Reilly in an article at Sci-Fi Wire. Read more here about why the series is coming back, and check out this short snippet of the theme song from the show, which was written by the show’s creator, J.J. Abrams. At TV Week, he explains he came up with this beautiful song while getting ready for bed one night. Evidently, penning theme songs is an Abrams “pattern”.

 
This trend-setting series, in the tradition of The X-Files, …read more

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In a recent interview, Joshua Jackson says that his decision to head back into television acting was not an easy one. As you know, this fall he began his role as Peter Bishop in Fox’s FBI science drama, Fringe.
Jackson not only admitted that working on television is a huge undertaking as far as the work, but that he also had to consider his relationship with his girlfriend, actor Diane Kruger.  He explains about the work by saying, …Making a good television show is very difficult – it takes a lot of dedication, a lot of time, hard work and …read more

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Fringe star Anna Torv will be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, November 24. Be sure to catch Fringe on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM on Fox.
Anna’s hunky co-star Joshua Jackson made the list of People’s Sexiest Men Alive (No. 14 on the list). Others on the list include Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Robert Pattinson and David Beckham. I’d say he’s in pretty good company. You can see a great scan of Joshua from the People article here, and he looks amazingly GQ in this one.
Former CSI star Gary Dourdan made No. 12 on the list of People …read more

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Fringe executive producer and showrunner Jeff Pinkner was recently interviewed by LA Times, and he confesses some secrets about Fringe. One of the best parts of the interview is when he reveals there are “easter eggs” contained in the show.
He says there is nothing accidental on the series. He also says that in every episode, there is a clue to the next episode’s plot. From his example, it sounds like something fun for obsessed fans, but knowing it makes the series so much more fun to watch. Watch for the signs!
Criminal Minds’ Joe Mantegna is celebrating a birthday today, …read more

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Fringe star Kirk Acevedo recently ran the New York City Marathon and placed high enough to qualify for the upcoming Boston Marathon in April.

He portrays FBI agent Charlie Francis on Fox’s Fringe. In this video, he talks about his character, and how he prepared for his role on the show. Unfortunately, his interview is at the very end (at 5:13) but it’s fun to get a sense of how all the actors are working together.

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Midseason programming changes are coming, and here’s a look at the possible line-ups for our favorite FBI and general crime drama series. The networks have not released their official line-ups yet, but it’s so much fun to speculate.
Of course we expect that on CBS, Without A Trace, Criminal Minds and Numb3rs will continue its success on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday nights respectively. Notably, Criminal Minds and Numb3rs have both had some amazing guest stars, and we look forward to more of the same.

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In a recent article, it was noted that many of our favorite prime time TV stars are non-American. Looking over the list, many of them are some of our favorite FBI drama stars.
As noted this is nothing new, except what was once just a few foreign actors has now become a boatload. The reason behind the shift is economics, but as viewers, we just simply enjoy our stars.
So let’s see who some of these FBI drama stars are, what we like about them, and who is our favorite?
 

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FBI Dramas Fringe and Without a Trace are featured in the latest TV Guide spoilers, and here’s the info, courtesy of TV Guide fan questions, and Mickey and Matt’s sometimes cryptic answers.
I was quite happy with these answers by the way. So, on Fringe, are Peter and Olivia destined for romance? On Without a Trace, did Danny stab Jack in the back with his testimony last season?

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Fans of Fox’s cult FBI drama/weird science TV show Fringe will be extremely happy to see the October 20 issue of TV Guide, which hit the newsstands yesterday.

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Fox’s Fringe star Anna Torv is flying by the seat of her pants. Being an action star has its perks, and Torv has jumped in on both feet.
Fringe’s latest episode pulled in more viewers than its debut week, and Torv says she and the cast are always on a “need to know” basis when it comes to the story. This is not unusual when you know that sneaky showrunner J.J. Abrams is involved.
In a recent interview, the beautiful Anna Torv does reveal some goods, such as what it’s like being an action star, living in NY, and adjusting to American …read more

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