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Hey!!!
I loved "Sanford and Son", but it wasn't even the same generation.

Man, that's just mean.

The new "Fringe" show appears to be a somewhat pale imitation, IMHO.

Besides, everybody knows that "Fringe" is a copy of "X-Files" (1993) and "X-Files" is a decent extension of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1972/1974). Even the re-make of the series (2005) wasn't as good.

[boogerbear]

I liked Sanford and Son too, one of the many great shows of the 70s we ripped off from the BBC. But as TV generations go it’s ancient history. TV has a short memory.

I watched my DVRed Fringe last night. It’s pretty good. Looks like it’s grabbing some of the good things from X-Files and blending in some of JJ’s more entertaining habits. Given the ratings hopefully it’s maintaining the JJ habit of being made REALLY cheap (that’s how Alias survived 5 years, it never had good numbers but since JJ knows how to make the same alley behind Universal look like it’s in every city in the world it was cheap enough that the bad numbers were still profitable).