Perhaps Whedon should just do stuff online? Is this already posted?
THUD: THE DOLLHOUSE IS CLOSED
Remember the days when a TV show would get canceled and the studio would be inundated by fan protests both traditional - letter writing, petitions - and the bizarre - mailing in bulk items somehow associated with the show? They may be over, as it seems that Fox has perfected a new system of killing a show: a stealth cancellation.
While no one has come out and said that that Dollhouse, the latest Joss Whedon show, has been canceled, all signs point to the program being dead. Fox has been really mum on whether or not they're bringing the show back for a second season - like totally evading the question mum - but now they've done something that feels quite final:
They've announced they won't be airing the final episode of the season. Yes, the season finale will never be on television. But it will be on the upcoming DVD release. You wouldn't be doing that - saving the episode for DVD - if the show was coming back in a year. This, as far as I'm concerned, is the death knell ofDollhouse as a TV show. I imagine when we see the final DVD packaging it will say that it contains the entire series.
I had a friend who was on the show, in one of those background-roles-that-slowly-become-more-important that seem to pop up on so many Joss Whedon shows. While I haven't seen an episode of the show (I was cynically waiting for the full series box set), I was hoping it would do well at least for her.
Will Dollhouse be the end of the line for Whedon on TV? It feels like it should be. I think he could be one of the guys who blazes a new medium on the Internet, where the stuff he does wouldn't need quite so many eyeballs to be a huge success.
via Dollverse
- By Devin Faraci
- Published Today
- THUD
Remember the days when a TV show would get canceled and the studio would be inundated by fan protests both traditional - letter writing, petitions - and the bizarre - mailing in bulk items somehow associated with the show? They may be over, as it seems that Fox has perfected a new system of killing a show: a stealth cancellation.
While no one has come out and said that that Dollhouse, the latest Joss Whedon show, has been canceled, all signs point to the program being dead. Fox has been really mum on whether or not they're bringing the show back for a second season - like totally evading the question mum - but now they've done something that feels quite final:
They've announced they won't be airing the final episode of the season. Yes, the season finale will never be on television. But it will be on the upcoming DVD release. You wouldn't be doing that - saving the episode for DVD - if the show was coming back in a year. This, as far as I'm concerned, is the death knell ofDollhouse as a TV show. I imagine when we see the final DVD packaging it will say that it contains the entire series.
I had a friend who was on the show, in one of those background-roles-that-slowly-become-more-important that seem to pop up on so many Joss Whedon shows. While I haven't seen an episode of the show (I was cynically waiting for the full series box set), I was hoping it would do well at least for her.
Will Dollhouse be the end of the line for Whedon on TV? It feels like it should be. I think he could be one of the guys who blazes a new medium on the Internet, where the stuff he does wouldn't need quite so many eyeballs to be a huge success.
via Dollverse