Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Deathwatch: Day One

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Dollhouse series premiere airs tonight on Global at 9.00 et/pt.

Comments

[fsandow.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why Whedon is going this route again when the results seem so obviously foreordained. Ah well.

Riddle me this: Whedon's style seems to me to be a much better match for HBO and its kin than for the networks. Why isn't he developing his concepts as intensively-plotted 6- or 13-episode series and pitching them to HBO?

[montoya.livejournal.com]

More importantly, why is HBO not going after Whedon? He seems like an obvious choice, because he's got this cult following, which may not be enough to meaningfully contribute to the marginal value of a soda pop ad, but certainly is enough potential new subscribers to HBO to make it worthwhile.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

I believe Whedon was contracted to do one more show for Fox. Indeed, the idea for Dollhouse came about when discussing this with Eliza Dushku, who was similarly contractually limited. I think he's free after this one.