Fox has renewed the cult drama for a fifth and final season, giving the go-ahead on 13 more episodes. The renewal will bring the sci-fi series to an end after 100 episodes, a critical syndication threshold for the series' studio, Warner Bros. TV.

Fringe, which moved to Friday nights in its third season, has hit ratings lows on multiple occasions this year in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo (0.9) and is hovering around 3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. Still, the perennial bubble show has maintained a vocal fan base, with critical and awards support, including two Emmy nominations in technical categories.

Although I was happy that they'd already "promised" to wrap everything up even if it ended with S4, this is still spankingly sexy news. I've even taken this show (and Game of Thrones) off my download list and I actually watch them when they air in the UK a few days later to show some love for not making us Brits wait a goddamn year any more - I know it makes ZERO difference because Sky don't collect ratings from the boxes but in my head it's the right thing to do

Good news indeed.