Producer: 'Fringe, Lost like licorice'

The executive producer of Fringe has likened the show to licorice.

Speaking during a conference call, Jeff Pinkner, who has also worked on Alias and Lost, attributed the show's recent ratings difficulties to its timeslot.

"I think that Fringe, Lost, Alias, absolutely there's a time slot issue, but at the end of the day, it's more important to us that people fall in love with the shows," he said.

"I've said before that these shows to me are like licorice, not everybody likes licorice, but the people that like licorice, love it."

He continued: "I think it's always been more important to us that we create shows that people can get passionate about. And the truth is, there's only so much time in the day to get passionate about something, and there's a lot of really great shows on.

"We never take it as a indication of the quality of our shows, how many people watch. It's more important to us that the people that watch, really care about it deeply."