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'Fringe' star seeks treatment for sleep disorder, postponing production
Published: 7/26/2012 10:35 AM
Last Modified: 7/26/2012 11:20 AM


John Noble returns as Walter Bishop in season five of "Fringe" premiering September 28 on Fox. MICHAEL LAVINE/Fox

Production has been halted on the new season of "Fringe" while one of its stars gets treatment for a sleeping disorder.

Four days into the shooting schedule, production on the final season of Fox's sci-fi drama has been postponed for two weeks while actor John Noble, who plays Dr. Walter Bishop, gets treatment, reported deadline.com Wednesday.

The 63-year-old actor had suffered from the disorder for a while, according to tmz.com. His disorder was aggravated by his "recent intense schedule" that had him flying in from his native Australia to make an appearance at Comic-Con and then sent straight to start work on the set of "Fringe."

He was absent from Monday's "Fringe" panel at the Television Critics Association summer tour Monday in Los Angeles and producers explained he was not feeling well, according to the website.

Filming will resume Aug. 7 and the show will return for its fifth and final 13-episode season on September 28, the website reported.

At Comic-Con July 15, Noble had hinted at an afterlife for the series.

"The film is very possible down the line," said Noble. Co-star Joshua Jackson added, "The show will live on in some form or another."






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Rita Sherrow grew up with TV. Yes, it was the ever-present “sister” from another techno mother. At first look, it was instant "Like." From then on, the TV had to be on in every room while she studied, elementary school through college. An Air Force brat, she attended school in three states (Oklahoma, Montana and Georgia) and two foreign countries (Germany and Bermuda) and graduated from Broken Arrow High School and the University of Tulsa with a degree in journalism/advertising. She first interned in the advertising world but, when a J-School professor (who also covered politics for the Tulsa World) offered her an internship at the newspaper, she took him up on it. The rest is history. She has served as bridal editor, senior features writer for the women’s section, food editor and is television editor of the Tulsa World. In addition to writing about TV shows and interviewing the stars for “Scene” stories, she also writes a TV column for Weekend and produces the Sunday TV World listings magazine.

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