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"Fringe showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman have claimed that they were not surprised when the series was renewed for a fourth season earlier this week. The executive producers recently took to Twitter to thank fans for the renewal, but have said that Fox was always behind the show, despite the decline in ratings during its current season. Pinkner told The Hollywood Reporter: &amp;quot;We might be foolish but no, we were not surprised. Fox has been supportive throughout this process, from the beginning and certainly this season.  &amp;quot;They told us they were thrilled with the show creatively, the number wasn&amp;#039;t exactly what they would&amp;#039;ve hoped for, but they knew the audience is deep and loyal and returns, and that&amp;#039;s valuable to them.&amp;quot; They also claimed that although many people saw their move from Tuesday to Thursday nights as the beginning of the end for Fringe, the pair always knew that the show was likely to continue. &amp;quot;Fox kept saying, &amp;#039;Well, wait a minute, we&amp;#039;re trying some stuff out here, we believe in this show&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; Wyman added, explaining the that move had been to test whether or not the audience would follow the show to its new timeslot. Both Wyman and Pinkner also admitted that although they have basic framework planned out for the show&amp;#039;s fourth season, they will not be revealing any of their plans until the end of the third season in May. The current season of Fringe continues on April 15. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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