Dr. Walter Bishop follows in a long line of mad scientists. An unbalanced genius like Bishop going at it in his lab is a pop-culture staple. Or even, some would say, a cliche. But in the able hands of John Noble, who stars on Fox's sci-fi thriller "Fringe," Bishop comes to life. He is both comical and tragic, nutty ...

Summer reruns are ho-hum television, but Fox is trying out a possible solution: Add Twitter. On the network's repeat broadcast of its supernatural drama "Fringe" on Thursday night, tweets were added on-screen to the show. The tweets (messages of 140 characters or less from the ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With broadcasters' fall plans now set, here are some of the more dramatic time-period battles shaping up for next fall. SUNDAYS AT 9 P.M.: "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" VS. "THREE RIVERS": What could possibly lure female viewers away from ABC's top-rated soap? CBS has an idea: Ex-"Moonlight" star Alex O'Loughlin. Prediction: ABC will win ...

Fox will try dancing in the fall to match its singing in the spring. It also will add four new comedies and budding late-night comic Wanda Sykes next season and give "Dollhouse" creator Joss Whedon another chance. The network was first up Monday among broadcast networks announcing fall schedules ...