Abrams: 'Fringe' will be easy to follow

J.J. Abrams has claimed that his new show Fringe will be easier to follow than his previous creations Lost and Alias.

Abrams told website The Live Feed that he recently watched an old episode of Alias and found it "impenetrable", but promised that viewers "don’t have to watch episodes one, two and three to watch episode four" of Fringe.

He said: "We are trying very diligently [to make sure that] the show doesn’t require the sort of insane, absolute dedication to other series."

"Lost has a reputation of being a very complicated show,” Abrams also admitted. "[But] Fringe is in many ways an experiment for us… we believe it has an overall story and we know its end game."