From the very moment that Joss Whedon‘s latest show, Dollhouse, debuted on Fox, people wondered how long it would be before the show was canceled. This is the crystal example of expectations when it comes to fan-favorite shows on the network, and it is really quite unfortunate. However, to many shocked eyes, the show beamed through its freshman season, gaining a solid core of fans along the way; and even more surprisingly, was able to acquire its very own second season order.
Sadly, on this day, the news is much more grim. It has been confirmed that Twentieth Century Fox has officially canceled Dollhouse, cutting off its head at around the half-way mark of its sophomore effort. This will surely infuriate the show’s many fans, especially if those fans were also lovers of Dollhouse‘s older brother, Firefly, which wasn’t even able to finish one season before the axe was dropped. Fox still hears an undying plea from the fans to bring back that show, even five years later…so expect fans of Dollhouse to fight the same fight.
Here is what Joss Whedon had to say about yet another Fox cancellation of his work:
I don’t have a lot to say. I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star (
Eliza Dushku), my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you’ll agree in the coming months. I’m grateful that we got to put it on, and then come back and put it on again.
Whedon also addressed his plans. “I’m off to pursue internet ventures/binge drinking. Possibly that relaxation thing I’ve read so much about. By the time the last episode airs, you’ll know what my next project is. But for now there’s a lot of work still to be done, and disappointment to bear.
Thank you all for your support, your patience, your excellent adverts.
See you again.
If there is one thing that fans can take the most minuscule amount of solace in, it is the fact that Fox is not instantly killing the show. Dollhouse is currently filming episode #11, and the series will return to finish its thirteen-episode order on December 4. Since these episodes are not completed yet, the show has the rare opportunity to figure out a way to tie all of its loose ends up, and make sure the story has a legitimate conclusion. Although this is usually very difficult to pull off when you have a story set up for many seasons, it is by far better than seeing the pre-existing final episode which leaves you wondering for all eternity what might have been.
[Source: THR]
Let’s all face it… Dollhouse was bad.
FOX is not the bad guy in this story and this is not Firefly.
FOX marketed the hell out of this show in it’s first season and even after terrible ratings, it gave it a second season. (yet Terminator had better ratings and got cancelled, wtf.)
Joss made a crap show. It has to be said. He’s a good writer but this show and it’s premise and it’s writing and its acting were just not good.
Irritating Joss Whedon fanboys/girls are only second to Apple fanboys/girls.
I’m a huge Firefly fan and a fan of Joss, but I couldn’t get through the first four episodes of Dollhouse. If you can’t capture the attention of the viewer in the first three episodes, your show sucks. face it.
The Whedonverse can bitch and moan on Twitter all day long, it doesn’t change the fact that this show was terrible. It’s not FOX you should be blaming, it’s Joss and “did I fall asleep?” Eliza Dusku.
Joss may have made some great stuff and Dushku may be super hot, but everything they touch isn’t going to be gold. This show was a dull brick of dirt.
The best part of Dollhouse being cancelled is the fact that now Joss can make something better. Which should be easy for him.
Comment by xGORDOx — November 13, 2009 @ 1:30 pm