Per ew.com, Dollhouse will not be on during November sweeps and will probably not return after this season’s 13 episodes. :mad: 
Unfortunate, but not surprising.
I’m as much a Joss fan as anyone - but the show never really worked. A show like this lives and dies on the strength of its star, and I’m sorry to say that in my opinion, Dushku just doesn’t have the acting chops the role demands. Hopefully, Joss will get her out of his system and move on to his next project.
Eliza Dushku was the only reason he had Dollhouse; she got a deal with Fox & brought him into it.
Actually, most of his shows have lived on the strength of the ensemble casts. Angel died a bit prematurely & Firefly’s early demise is notorious; both, the results of shortsighted networks.
Dollhouse surprised every one of the wizened internet TV “experts” by getting a second season. I’ll be sad if this season is all we get, if not surprised. The show worked for me.
I liked the thought of the show a lot more than the actual show finally delivered. I think it could be fixed, but understand it is not going well.
Yeah, I’m not surprised either. I really wish Joss would sign a deal with a network other than Fox. I bet he could really make a fantastic show for HBO or Showtime. Whatever he does, I hope he adds Enver Gjokaj as his go to actor. Enver acts circles around the rest of the cast.
First JW show I stopped watching before it was taken from me.
Never grabbed me - which surprised me - especially given how HOT I think ED!
I record it, but will not miss it. It has not really grabbed me.
I watched it and liked it, but surprisingly, I guess, I am not overly disappointed it won’t be back.
Enver is both the best and worst thing about the series. He’s the best in that he’s a terrific actor, and the worse in that his ability to master such a broad range of different characters casts Dushku’s inability to do the same into sharp relief. Just look at last week’s episode, where he and ED played the exact same two characters; he actually convinced us he two radically different people, while ED basically just stayed ED. Did the producers think no-one would notice?
So, maybe he can reformulate it into a Dushku-less Victor/Sierra/November Adventures on cable? Pretty please?
Well, that’s sad. I realize that network TV is all about the numbers, and this show was probably way too outre in its premise to be a huge hit, but even for its limited audience it seems like only about half the episodes have really hit the mark. That’s too bad because I really like the premise and most of the cast.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Whedon has said this was the last TV series he was ever going to work on. That would be sad as well. After having just viewed a particularly dire ep of Flashforward, I’ve been thinking how much better it might have been if Whedon had produced that series.
Yes, she always *looked like she was acting *in the roles. This isn;t a Good Thing.
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I feel like the broadcast kiss of death
I liked it, but, honestly, the episodes weren’t being handled well. The show got really interesting in the first season when they started focusing on the internal plot, and mostly ignored the flavor-of-the-week. From episode six on, they rocked. Even “Haunted”, the one that was the most one-off of them, used the weeks wipes to highlight aspects of both Topher and DeWitt’s personalities. And Epitaph One. . .maybe I’m in the minority here, but I was absolutely captivated by it. It was effing brilliant. Even if it did have Scott Farkus (who rocked, btw).
So, in light of that, what do they do for the first season? Start us off with three flavor-of-the-week eps. You know, I really, really like the show, but, man, that’s idiotic. If it dies, I’m not going to blame Fox a bit.
ETA–this week’s episode is being directed by Jonathan Frakes. Geek-gasm!
Joss’s contract meant he had to give Fox first rights to the show’s after Buffy. That’s why they got Firefly (and ultimately Dollhouse). Tim Minear had a similiar contract, and that’s why they got Wonderfalls and Drive. But his contract ends with Dollhouse, so if he returns to television (and he didn’t even want to after Firefly was cancelled) he can develop a show for a new set of Evil Overlords.
It’s a darn shame Fox killed Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and renewed Dollhouse.
Terminator had a shaky start. But, they had added new characters and improved the story at the end of S2. I think it had a better chance of building an audience.
Dollhouse never could overcome the yuck factor of programmed sex objects. I watched a few episodes and never could get into it. Even though I do find Dushku very attractive.
Well, I saw a few episodes of *Terminator *& could never get into that.
I had the entire first season DVR’ed until two weeks ago. As I realized that I wasn’t going to watch soon (after a couple S2 episodes recorded), I figured that I could buy the DVD of the whole series in a few months, if the mood struck me. Looks like I was right.
Dammit. Now, halfway through this episode, it’s back to what made it awesome. Dammit.
The programmed sex toy aspect creeped me out so I stopped watching as soon as that was apparent (ep 2?).