while still nothing more than rumor from my perspective, I am hearing from multiple sources (not just Nick C) that FOX is picking up Dollhouse.
If that does turn out to be more than a rumor I have committed to donating $10 on behalf of Nick C's favorite charity and regularly post weekly numbers for ABC Family's Greek
Just think about this….
CHUCK, DOLLHOUSE, and SCRUBS all renewed. Crazy.
Save TSCC too !
Huge fan and I’ve already accepted dollhouse not coming back and now you’re telling me it actually might? between your site crashing and these new dollhouse rumors, you’re killing me tvbythenumbers! will we know for sure this monday?
are you serious nick c? all of them are safe?
Anything on TSCC? There has been a disturbing silence on that front….
The renewal of Scrubs would be an enormous mistake. We already know that Braff, Reyes, and Faison won’t come back, and I can’t imagine Chalke would either. Such an incredibly stupid idea. Why wouldn’t ABC renew Samantha Who? instead.
The crazy thing is I personally had written off Castle, Chuck, Reaper, and Dollhouse thirty days ago and now there is a distinct possibility they will all be back in one way or another. This is really crazy.
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This is the X Files all over again! To this day, I am wondering why Fox picked that show up for a 2nd season. I’ve read their considering Dollhouse for fall. Do you know what day the show would air Nick C.?
You do realize what this is going to do to Nick C’s credibility? Now he’s going to be all smug and everything… and rightly so.
I have to say this is (assuming it’s true) fantastic news though. Despite the poor start, I think it’s developed to be one of the best shows on television. Let’s hope Nick’s right about Chuck too.
TSCC is canceled. It has been for weeks but Josh Friedman doesn’t have the guts to tell fans or even employees. Some of the talent involved on that show had to find out through their agents!
rasmussen, yep all safe.
Robert, technically even though I said this was happening days ago … Justin said this was happening weeks ago.
I guess you were wrong. And that’s awesome because I love Dollhouse!
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/05/dollhouse-second-season.html
http://twitter.com/EWAusielloFiles/status/1809024330
http://twitter.com/TheLiveFeed
I think what we’re possibly seeing, if all these low rated shows are renewed, is a stampede to lower programming costs no matter what. Everything else, including ratings, be damned.
“looks likely” still is in the realm of rumor to me. But I’ll give you that it does at least LOOK like I will be wrong here.
KellyH, ABC has worked out a deal with Braff and Chalke for them to appear in at least six episodes of Scrubs next season.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=05/14/09&id=8092
It looks like FOX is going to have a lot of scifi on their schedule next year. Fringe, Dollhouse, Past Life, and Human Target.
TSCC is likely dead or we would have heard something. I’m a TSCC fan, you all know this, and frankly I’ll be upset if Dollhouse makes it but TSCC doesn’t. We get told time after time that ratings matter the most. Okay then. Why does TSCC finish above Dollhouse in Viewership for the last 3 weeks it runs, only 0.1 points down in 18-49 ratings, and not get judged the same why? Why does Dollhouse get a renewal when it dropped over 800,000 viewers and 0.4 ratings points without TSCC as a lead in, finishing markedly below what TSCC pulled for its own finale?
Yeah, I had to vent a little. That’s what all of that paragraph above was about. I know the show’s almost certainly dead beyond a miracle bordering on the “An Appearence by Holy Mary Mother of God” levels. I know Dollhouse is owned by FOX and therefore much cheaper for the network. I get all that.
It’s just irritating to be told time after time that ratings matter most, and then see a show that crashed below your own still get renewed. Apples and oranges. I know.
I do think I have a right to be a little mad about this when TSCC gets the official axe but DH doesn’t though, don’t you think?
Note, I’m not bashing the quality of Dollhouse vs. TSCC AND I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO THAT KIND OF DEBATE. I’m just venting.
This has got to be, without a doubt, one of the more loopy RONR (Renewal or No Renewal) seasons I have seen in quite a long time. Chuck, TSCC, Scrubs, Dollhouse, Medium, Cold Case, Without A Trace, Fringe, Heroes… I know some have since been renewed and others have been all but sent into the history books but still…
Yet another reason to turn in next week… same bat time, same bat channel.
Dollhouse is a surprise, well all I can say is wheadon better do a better job than the first 13, and maybe replace dushku with Glau. Scrubs is a horrible show utterly devoid of anything funny, totally useless TV figures its on ABC.
And as we enter the final days of Chucks announcement I would say it was never in danger anyway, all hype, NBC knows, has known all along, its the only show they got with any traction, the fan campaign just solidified that point. Medium, L%O, Southland, Heroes all dying or dead in the next 2 seasons, chuck is the only one with any chance and momentum, so all just hype.
With it becoming more and more difficult to launch new shows, it makes sense that networks would be keeping around some lower-performing shows that they might not have kept around in the past.
If there’s two things, Dollhouse and Fringe have in common is that both shows improved tremendously over the course of their 1st seasons and that both should have spectacular second seasons. I’m really looking forward to having Dollhouse for a 2nd season. Despite its faults like Fringe, it will also no doubt improve during the 2nd season.
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