Regarding Fringe.

Dear FOX Network,

I've been meaning to write this letter for a couple of weeks now. Now, I know you have reason to be suspicious of me, what with my ranting & calling you brain-dead bastards. But, really what did you expect me to do after you canceled Firefly? But that's not what this is about. Water under the bridge.

No, today, I'm writing about a little problem with Fringe. I admire your determination in marketing your new show. It's clearly pretty expensive to make & I'm sure you wanted as many people to tune in right from the beginning. I checked it out. The show itself is kind of hit or miss; there have been a couple of really intriguing episodes, along with some just plain meh. It does look like a good career move for Joshua Jackson though.

But my problem isn't with the show itself - it's with your marketing campaign. If you tell me one more time that there's never been anything like it on television, I'm going to sue you. Because it's a flat-out lie. There was something *exactly* like Fringe on tv before; it was called the X-Files. And it was better. And it was on FOX, you idiots. Do you watch your own network for crying out loud?

So, if you want to keep this not-10%-the-show-Firefly-was show on the air, fine. I don't really care. But stop pretending X-Files didn't exist just to make Fringe look better.

That is all.

JH