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"Fringe exec Jeff Pinkner is to depart the show. Pinkner has worked on the Fox sci-fi drama, along with Joel &amp;#039;JH&amp;#039; Wyman, since its first season in 2008.  His decision to leave the show is &amp;quot;amicable&amp;quot; and will allow him to pursue other projects, TV Guide reports. Fringe co-creator JJ Abrams said in a statement: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re so excited to begin work on a fifth season of Fringe and to be able to deliver the 13 final episodes to our passionate and devoted fans.  &amp;quot;For four years, JH Wyman and Jeff Pinkner have worked tirelessly as a team to keep all the worlds in order on Fringe. We&amp;#039;re thankful for the invaluable contributions Jeff has made to the show and of course wish him well and look forward to working together in the future.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;JH Wyman&amp;#039;s importance to Fringe cannot be overstated, however, and I&amp;#039;m thrilled that he will continue as showrunner for the concluding chapters of our story. We can&amp;#039;t wait for our fans to see what we have in store for them in the wild conclusion of Fringe.&amp;quot; Fringe will return to Fox on Friday, September 28 at 9/8c. In the UK, the series airs on Sky1. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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