Fox’s ‘Fringe’ vs. ‘Bones’ (mild Bones spoilers at bottom)

It helps that Fringe has the primo timeslot Tuesdays after smash-hit House. TV Guide reports that Fringe retained 90 percent of House’s 14.8 million viewers.

Fringe’s success is coming at the expense of Bones, according to Bones star David Boreanaz. The crime drama stars Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan and Boreanaz as Agent Seeley Booth, and used to have that coveted Tuesday timeslot. Bones now airs at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, followed by the limp comedy ‘Til Death.

Bones won its timeslot for its 2-hour premiere on September 3, averaging 9.7 million viewers. It was the highest-rated season premiere for the show.

Despite the strong ratings, Bones’ Boreanaz, formerly the vampire-with-a-soul on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, is not happy about the switch.

National Enquirer reports David is so unhappy he’s jeopardizing his job, but he doesn’t care. “David is mad as hell,” said a network insider. “He feels betrayed and is telling everyone about it.”

Bones has had steady ratings since its debut in 2005, but Fringe comes from proven hit-maker J.J. Abrams, creator of Alias, Lost and Felicity.

Fringe follows a misfit team as they examine paranormal phenomena, like The X-Files but without the aliens or David Duchovny.

Mocking FOX’s decision to move his show to Wednesday night for the untested newcomer, Boreanaz said bitterly: “Let’s pimp Fringe, which makes no sense, about some disease that’s taken over an airplane!”

Then, he added sarcastically: “Cause that’s unique!”

David realizes his harsh words could come back to haunt him.

“They should’ve just kept us with House, the outspoken actor declared. “That was a great combination.”

[From National Enquirer, print edition, September 29, 2008]

Enquirer got these quotes from an interview Boreanaz gave to Entertainment Weekly, adding the adverbs “bitterly” and “sarcastically.” David continued to say, “Now, we’re the lead-in to ‘Til Death. God, what a mess. But they have to spread us out because they have to develop new shows, I get it.”

————–Bones Spoilers————–

Boreanaz says he wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not brought back for next season. Hopefully, Booth will at least get to finally sleep with Bones before he’s killed off.

Plans may even be in the works to ease in David’s replacement.

Brendan Fehr, recently of Samurai Girl, has been cast as Booth’s younger brother Jared on the November 19 episode. TV Guide reports Jared “gets on Booth’s nerves but hits it off with Brennan.”

Unfortunately, neither show is all that good. Fringe has no spark like The X-Files or Lost, and Bones jumped the shark with last season’s finale making Zack a psycho, and jumped it again with the lame season premiere with Bones and Booth in Britain.

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