By the time Fringe premiered, J.J. Abrams had already seen what Lost did right and what it asked too much of viewers. That helps explain why Fringe began as a more accessible experiment before it grew into something richer, stranger, and more serialized.

A one-day Star Wars streaming chart can tell us what people clicked on during a holiday. It cannot turn taste into objective fact or settle the sequel debate once and for all.

On May the Fourth, The Force Awakens still feels like a real Star Wars celebration: full of wonder, heart, memorable characters, beautiful locations, and music that makes the whole galaxy feel alive again.

Abrams projects may hook us with mystery, but the relationships are usually what keep us around. Which one stayed with you the longest?

Fringe could get grotesque and sad, but it never lost the human warmth between Olivia, Peter, and Walter.

One of the best ways to understand J.J. Abrams is to look at the people who keep showing up beside him.

Abrams has a long history of pilots that know how to pull viewers in fast. This week, we want to know which one got its hooks into you first.

If you want the fastest route into the Abrams-Giacchino partnership, start here. These scores helped shape the emotional sound of Abrams storytelling across TV and film.