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Well, it's not official, and nothing's a given when it comes to network scheduling. I mean folks were proclaiming the end of Dollhouse last year, too. The best articles I've ever seen about why a show does or doesn't get cancelled is thefutoncritic's series "Ten Things You Need To Know About the New Season".
I will say that the Fox Friday night slot o' death, however, does have an inordinately large number of sf/f shows that die an untimely death. Dollhouse is the only Fox Friday night newcomer to get renewed in 10 years. Asking for a second miracle may be greedy.
For me, I've learned that, just as books are about the author, tv shows are about the showrunner. Joss will do another show. We'll find him. He'll find us.
What I did find kind of interesting, though, is that Craft & Fain, who were on Dollhouse last season have moved over to be exec producers on Lie to Me, while Fazekas & Butters, who were the showrunners for Reaper are now on Dollhouse. That both teams are female is also kind of interesting.
And I've figured out why Castle is so much fun for me--some of the writing staff/producers are guys who used to work on Dark Angel, namely Jose Molina (who, btw, wrote "Ariel" on Firefly) and Moira Kirland. And, of course Ben Edlund (The Tick, and the "Jaynestown" episode of Firefly) keeps me watching Supernatural, much as the fact that Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) occasionally writes for Heroes keeps me watching that clunker.
Follow the writers. Don't worry so much about the series.
I will say that the Fox Friday night slot o' death, however, does have an inordinately large number of sf/f shows that die an untimely death. Dollhouse is the only Fox Friday night newcomer to get renewed in 10 years. Asking for a second miracle may be greedy.
For me, I've learned that, just as books are about the author, tv shows are about the showrunner. Joss will do another show. We'll find him. He'll find us.
What I did find kind of interesting, though, is that Craft & Fain, who were on Dollhouse last season have moved over to be exec producers on Lie to Me, while Fazekas & Butters, who were the showrunners for Reaper are now on Dollhouse. That both teams are female is also kind of interesting.
And I've figured out why Castle is so much fun for me--some of the writing staff/producers are guys who used to work on Dark Angel, namely Jose Molina (who, btw, wrote "Ariel" on Firefly) and Moira Kirland. And, of course Ben Edlund (The Tick, and the "Jaynestown" episode of Firefly) keeps me watching Supernatural, much as the fact that Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) occasionally writes for Heroes keeps me watching that clunker.
Follow the writers. Don't worry so much about the series.
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