THURSDAY, JANUARY 7

--"FRINGE"-(9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

DR. WALTER BISHOP'S BRAININESS TAKES ON NEW MEANING AND WILLIAM BELL RETURNS ON "FRINGE" THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, ON FOX

Leonard Nimoy Guest-Stars

A Fringe investigation is triggered when a patient at a mental institution undergoes an impromptu brain surgery that unexpectedly leaves his brain exposed. Despite the unthinkable circumstances, the patient's condition and sanity miraculously improves before the Fringe team arrives. While Agent Dunham and Peter scan surveillance tapes (and Walter enjoys his pudding), Olivia recognizes a familiar face as Thomas Jerome Newton (guest star Sebastian Roche), the leader of the "shape-shifters." As similar cases stack up, the Fringe team heads back to the lab to determine exactly how patients are being cured. Walter's brains are put to the test and William Bell (guest star Nimoy) resurfaces in the "Grey Matters" episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Jan. 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-210) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Guest Cast: Leonard Nimoy as William Bell; Sebastian Roch� as Thomas Jerome Newton; Roger R. Cross as Smith; Jeff Perry as Joseph Slater; Daniel Boileau as Thin Man; Donna Yamamoto as Deborah Crampton; Jeannetta Arnette as Dr. Susan West