‘Fringe’ Limited to Two Realities, ‘Star Trek’ Rules Them Both
Following the season finale of Fringe in which an alternate Earth was revealed for the first time, executive producer Jeff Pinkner has confirmed the series won’t be expanding into multiple realities. It will center on just the two.
“We have decided that, though science acknowledges a multiverse, we are only going to deal with two,” Pinkner said.
“[The season] takes place predominantly over here, but what takes place over there has great impact on the season,” Pinkner adds, making reference to the fact that in-house the two different realities are referred to as “over here” and “over there”.
In additional cool news, journalists attending this week’s fall TV previews were apparently greeted at their hotel rooms by a complimentary alternate reality newspaper (Fringe fans will recognize it as the one that cameos in the season one finale).
Headlines in the paper include: “Obamas Set to Move Into New White House,” “Former Pres. Kennedy to Address UN,” and “Stock Markets Remain Closed: 21 Days and Counting…” Inside the paper journo’s learned that John Lennon is still alive, Guns N’ Roses released Chinese Democracy in 2000 and Emeril Lagasse is the mayor of New Orleans.
Most notably, the paper included the news that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek topped the box office in the alternate reality as well as our own. A nice touch.
Fringe returns to Fox with its second season on September 17, 2009.
Source: TV Guide

