I was one of those folks who watched The X Files. Not rabidly. Not religiously. But with great pleasure – at least the first four or five seasons. And like many former X-philes (pun intended), I have taken to watching Fringe. Of all the shows that sought Mulder and Scully’s mantle, it seems the best.

But it seems that the end is nigh.

Fringe started out on Tuesdays. Then it was moved to Thursdays. Fine. Thursday was always a well loved spot for television (remember the old “must see tv” of NBC’s Thursday night line up of Friends, Seinfeld and ER). Now, it is being moved to Fridays. We all know that when a show is moved to Friday from having been on during the week, it is because the ratings are not what they should be and they want to reserve that precious, week night space for something more profitable.

Sure, sometimes a show will hang on for a while in such a poor slot. The X Files was a Friday night show. But this probably presages declining budgets and a painful death for one of my favorite shows.