Pissed about "New Amsterdam"

Still holding my breath about "The Unit"

Wasn't Sarah Connor Chronicles a midseason replacement? It looks like Fox hasn't axed that yet, and as another commenter pointed out, Dollhouse could benefit from Prison Break and 24 viewership (depending on the schedules).

Yeah, I agree with others here -- I don't mind Dollhouse premiering in mid-season. FOX usually loads up on too many specials and sports events in the Fall, thus effing up the weekly schedules of their scripted series.

And Dollhouse will have a more cult appeal. I think 6 or 13 episodes for its first season is perfectly fine. To be honest, lately I've been thinking that most scripted shows should only have 13 episodes at most per season, like the way it works usually on the cable networks. Most scripted series concepts, no matter how cool, tend to have problems stretching out storylines and episodes across 22+ episodes.

Really really bummed about New Amsterdam. thanks fox!

What about Eli Stone on ABC?

Here is why this is both expected, and why its not so bad. The reason a lot of Fox shows were doing pooringly during the Fall, is because Fox tends to air lots of specials during that time that pre-empt thier schedule. None more pre-empting then the Baseball season. This is what did in "Firefly" because thier premire got premepted by a baseball game. Everyone who first heard about "Dollhouse heard the new that they got a seven episode pick up? Seven episodes?! Well, starting mid-season will most likely raise that to the more traditional intial 13 episodes. If those thirteen episodes do well, then it will be picked up for a second seasn in the fall. And we are more likely to at least end up with thirteen episodes either way, and not four episodes and then an unceremonious cancellation.

Um, guys?

Buffy premiered midseason. Different network, of course, but just because a show's premiering midseason doesn't mean the network hates it. And with American Idol, Fox shows get a lot more exposure midseason.

It's interesting that CBS is trying dark genre with Eleventh Hour (they've utterly failed at it before). And look at the studio attached to most of the pickups -- Warner Bros. That doesn't necessarily bode well for healthy budgets with these shows.

I may be in the minority here, but I think Dollhouse will benefit more from being a mid-season replacement. I doubt if Dollhouse will have mainstream appeal. Whedon's shows were/are successful "cult" series, not "hits". Although Dollhouse already sounds like it's Whedon's best series yet, it could easily get lost in the shuffle if it debuted in the fall and had to compete with other new series.

There's another thing to keep in mind: the Screen Actors Guild likely will go out on strike at the end of June. The networks are facing a wipe-out of the fall tv season. Even if Dollhouse had got a spot on Fox's fall schedule, we probably wouldn't have seen it this fall anyway.

I also think that Fox, for the first time in it's almost 25-year history, is having problems with not enough space to put their shows and have the diverse schedule they want. Look at next fall: two weeknights will be filled up with House, Bones, Prison Break, and Sarah Connor Chonicles. Their weekends are set for crime and animation. Fringe (which I think has more of a shot to become a mainstream hit than Dollhouse and Fox knows it) will occupy another hour. Fox wants to have some sitcoms/comedies in the mix, of course, plus they have Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader, which has performed fairly well. Then they have the World Series to air. And a football game or two outside of Sundays. So their slate is pretty full.

I was looking forward to no other new shows in the fall, so that should make my TV viewing a bit easier.

Dollhouse will appear midseason, when everyone is already all invested in the middle of some other calamitous reality series, no one will want to miss the oh-so-exciting results and it will be canceled with only 6 eps of 13 aired. Again, I will be left sadly disappointed at another Fox series attempt.

Eliza warrants much better treatment than that.

I don't know about Whedon, but I'm pretty sure Elisha Dushku has a deal with Fox.

And she was the one who went to him to see if they could work together again, and he then came up with the idea for Dollhouse. So, obviously, it had to be on Fox...

That sucks about New Amsterdam. I really liked that show.

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