Fox Greenlights 'Fringe,' Tosses 'Back to You'

New J.J. Abrams drama eyed for fall, Til Death lives on and Kelsey Grammer sitcom won't be back

By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/10/2008 3:12:00 PM MT

Fox has picked up the buzzed-about J.J. Abrams drama Fringe, and is leaning towards scheduling it in the fall as it strives to bolster its fourth quarter.
Also receiving pickups from the network, according to sources, are the animated Sit Down, Shut Up and comedy The Inn.
The network also will give another season to comedy Til Death but has decided not to bring back the Kelsey Grammer-Patricia Heaton sitcom, Back To You.

Fringe is from Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros., and features an FBI agent tackling strange cases.
Sit Down, from Sony Pictures Television and 20th Century Fox Television,is set in a high school. Adapted from an Australian series, it is from Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz. Jason Bateman, who starred in Arrested Development, is also attached.
The Inn is a comedy set in a New York hotel from 20^th, Reveille and Principato-Young Entertainment.