According to The Hollywood Reporter :( At least Eliza has Rick Fox to cry on til the next gig.
The network has canceled Joss Whedon’s cult fave, which in May beat the odds with a second-season pickup despite low ratings.
The sci-fi series, which is filming episode 11, is expected to finish its 13-episode order.
After some dismal performance this fall, despite the ratings bumps “Dollhouse” got from DVR viewing, Fox benched the show for the November sweep after four episodes.
It is not clear if Fox will air the remaining episodes starting Dec. 4 as planned.
5 Responses to "No Joy in Whedonville: Dollhouse Cancelled"
1 | Kayode Kendall
November 12th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
What kills me is that FOX, in both instances of working with Whedon, really pushed his reputation as a selling point, and figured that was enough to defy their long-standing losing streak of genre shows on Friday night continually getting slaughtered in ratings. Didn’t they take note of the fact that WB never put Buffy or Angel on Fridays?!
And believe me, I know most people will just say, “The show failed because it wasn’t good enough.” But c’mon! You’d have to say that for every show Fox has put on Friday nights since the X-Files (which ultimately moved to Sundays early in its run). What other network has that long of a track record of shows dying by the end of season one on one specific night? Especially Friday?!
2 | Ernie Estrella
November 12th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
serves fox right for not keeping and supporting Sarah Connor Chronicles
oohhh if all shows could be as stimulating as House
3 | Maria Lokken
November 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Admittedly, getting placed in a Friday night slot is not the vote of confidence you want from a network. BUT, I think Dollhouse was doomed for other reasons. It had a slow start because FOX didn’t let Wheedon have total creative run in the beginning. After episode 6 in Season 1 – it became far more interesting.
However, the show took another wrong turn and lost it’s way – and a good percentage of the audience – at the beginning of this season. By bringing the FBI agent inside the Dollhouse much of the dramatic tension was lost.
4 | Kayode Kendall
November 12th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
But see, I liked the idea of them brining Ballard in at the end of the first season, because it turns a fairly tired cliche on its ear. Because I would not want to have Ballard searching for the Dollhouse for multiple seasons. It’s like Jack McGee chasing David Banner.
But yeah, Fox basically did the same thing they did with Firefly, muddling with things too much, and not giving Whedon enough control to do things properly.
5 | Ernie Estrella
November 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
If you read my blu-ray review of the first season
http://www.popcultureshock.com/dollhouse-season-bluray-review/50088/
I explain that the show got much better than the first six episodes by far. The unaired episode though with Felica Day was BY FAR the best episode of the entire first season. Had Whedon slowly reference that future glimpse of what’s to come throughout the second season then perhaps the show would have continued to be interesting to me. From what I heard it went back to where the first season, aired finale left off and that was disappointing, or at least let me think that I could wait for the second box set to see the next future episode.
And KK, David Banner reference…eeesh. Bruce man, his name should have always been Bruce.. lol
