Perhaps tasteless, perhaps intriguing, the Fox Broadcasting Company is hyping a new show coming that features the oddities and rarities of humankind. The show is called FRINGE and will feature the strange, the bizarre and the decidedly weird from all over the world.
Fox has decided to promote the show with viral Youtube videos that are being released at regular intervals leading up to the show's premiere this fall. The first video available for viewing from the series shows a man from India with six fingers on each hand and if Fox lives up to it's reputation for being "over the top", then that video of the man from India with twelve fingers is just the tip of a very fascinating show.
The writers for the newly created series are J.J. Abrams and the writers of the Transformers movie Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci so it promises to be very entertaining when it finally premieres in September.
What's Driving This Trend
- Fringe Popularity
- Promotion of TV shows through controversial topics and people will become more popular on social media.
- Sensationalism Entertainment
- Sensationalism as entertainment will continue to enchant audiences.
- Celebrity as Abnormality
- The practice of turning people with deformities or oddities into mini-celebrities will continue to trend.
Who This Affects Most
- Television Industry
- The controversial promotional tactics used by Fringe show that television networks will continue to push the boundaries when promoting new shows.
- Entertainment Industry
- Sensationalism is becoming increasingly popular in the entertainment industry.
- Advertising Industry
- Advertisers may look to partner with television networks that use controversial topics to promote new shows.
