"We remain hopeful that Fringe will be able to continue," J.J. Abrams

[TheCylinder]

When Fox president Kevin Reilly told journalists earlier this month that he’s essentially losing moneyon Fringe, he wasn’t just putting the show’s rabid fans on notice that a fifth season is far from a slam dunk, he was sending the following message to Warner Bros. Television: The ball’s in your court.
Basically, in order for Fox to justify renewing the low-rated cult fave, Warner Bros. would have to agree to drastically reduce the show’s license fee (i.e. the amount the studio charges the network for each episode).
But what’s that magic number? Sources confirm that both sides are currently trying to hash that out. “We remain hopeful that Fringe will be able to continue,” co-creator J.J. Abrams tells TVLine.
Warner Bros. no doubt remains even more hopeful. A fifth season would put Fringe at or very close to 100 episodes, a milestone that would enhance the show’s syndication prospects. (A studio rep declined to comment.)
The clock is ticking, but not as quickly as one might think. If this does turn out to be Fringe‘s final season, it wouldn’t actually impact producers’ Season 4 end game.
“Worst case scenario, if this were the last aired season of Fringe… we know what the end of this season is going to be,” EP Jeff Pinkner recently told TVLine, ”and it can function as a series finale.”

http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/fringe...-cancellation/

if they do decide to cancel Fringe it sounds like the writers do have a way of resolving the many mysteries, to me it seems hard to imagine they could conclude the series with just two or three episodes left to shoot...it would be ideal if they greenlit another eight or ten episodes for next season to wrap-up everything. This last episode was great, if they could carry this momentum the rest of the way as well as start giving us answers I could see them (writers) being able to satisfy us but they can't leave the season on a cliffhanger.

[Kaelan]

So as long as the lower how much each episode costs we'll be able to have another season.

[121a]

I read that article a while back and I was pretty hopeful. Kevin Reilly is an avid support of Fringe and the I'm caustiosly optimistic that Warner Bros. will give the show away and allow it to continue. Hope we find out before the season/series finale if it is renewed or not. Also, I have no fear that even if it weren't renewed, we would get an installment of web based episodes that feature the show runners asking some of the longest running questions the show has yet to answer.

[TheCylinder]

hopefully Fox will green light another six or eight episodes and advertise it as "the final season" than the writers can wrap everything up without rushing it into a season finale.