High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fringe is an American science fiction television series co-created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, which premiered on Fox on September 9, 2008. The show`s first season had 22 episodes planned, and all 22 were produced, with the first two hours combining for the pilot episode and one which did not air until January in the second season. The show focuses on a team which investigates bizarre scientific occurrences related to "The Pattern", a string of fringe science–related incidents worldwide. The team consists of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham, scientist Walter Bishop, his son Peter Bishop and others at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The show was renewed for a second and third season of 22 episodes each, which aired from September 17, 2009 to May 20, 2010, and September 23, 2010 to May 6, 2011, respectively.Fringe was officially renewed for a fourth season during the 2011–2012 television season which consisted of 22 episodes. On April 26, 2012, Fox renewed Fringe for a final fifth season, consisting of 13 episodes. It premiered on September 28, 2012.