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"Fringe showrunners Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman have revealed that the fourth season will welcome new viewers. The pair told the Examiner that the new season premiere will be &amp;quot;like a new pilot&amp;quot; for a first-time audience. &amp;quot;Not everyone has time to sit down and watch [three full] seasons, so we tried to make this [fourth] season like a new pilot,&amp;quot; said Wyman. &amp;quot;We did that a little bit last season, too, but it will just be an entry point for people to come in who haven&amp;#039;t seen everything.&amp;quot; However, co-producer Pinkner also confirmed that the sci-fi drama&amp;#039;s fourth run will reintroduce characters from the past. &amp;quot;Without revealing anything, we have some... things we&amp;#039;re very excited about,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re bringing back some characters who were among our favourites.&amp;quot; Pinkner went on to insist that the new season will not alienate long-term fans of the show. &amp;quot;Our fans are incredibly loyal, we have the best fans!&amp;quot; he claimed. &amp;quot;I truly believe they&amp;#039;re going to love [the resolution from the season finale], and they&amp;#039;ll understand it. We have smart fans. They won&amp;#039;t be disappointed.&amp;quot; Fringe star Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop) previously suggested that the show&amp;#039;s new season could &amp;quot;wipe clean the entire slate of [the series]&amp;quot;. Fringe will return to Fridays at 9/8c in the fall on Fox. &amp;gt; Fringe series finale &amp;#039;has been written&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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