Remember that the man in charge of FOX, Kevin Reilly, is not the man who was in charge during the Firefly episode. When he was with NBC, he stuck with shows like The Office to let them blossom, so I would counsel some benefit of the doubt in this regard. They seem to care about this show, and I think will get behind it.

They should've done thise with season 6 of 24. Actually I hope they saw what the writers had in store for season 7 and canned it because of that until 2009.

You guys did read the part where the new pilot was Joss's idea, right? Yeah, FOX had some issues with the original pilot, but they didn't make him do anything. This was something where he agreed with them and took the initiative to fix a potential problem. If you read his blog he talks about how because they had so little time to start things after the strike there were things that didn't get worked out before they filmed it, and he seemed genuinely very open to their input once they saw what he was doing. I'm a Firefly fan, so I understand wanting to jump on FOX for this, but this isn't even close to the same thing. Don't freak out until there's actually a problem (which, since this is on FOX, is probably inevitable, but not yet).

The problems Dollhouse is facing: Fox has several genre series in development, including J.J Abrams' Fringe (already picked up for fall) and the "backdoor" pilot Virtuality from Ron Moore and Peter Berg. In addition, the premise of Dollhouse, in my opinion, is less accessable than Joss Whedon's previous series. It seems darker and more along the lines of "hard-core" science fiction than Buffy, Angel, or Firefly, all of which had a lighter side to them. I know the Whedon fans want to immediately jump down Fox's throat, but Fox may be wise in asking for a new pilot. This is going to have to be really, really good for it even to have a fair chance to succeed.

For most series it take a while for the cast to come together, redoing the pilot is probably a good thing. Speaking of Buffy did you see the original pilot? They changed up some of the actors for the real start. The pilot was pretty bad.

This will attract more viewers then "Firefly". "Firefly" casting had no recognizble actors. Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker, and the actor from BSG (his name always escapes me he plays Helio) will bring in the viewers for the first episode, after that, its up the those viewers to stick with the series to make it a success.

Anyone started a Dollhouse Deadpool yet?

Oh dear, here we go again.

But I like how he is planning the show that it doesn't matter what order the episodes are in. That's a great move considering it's on Fox.

Yea. This has firefly written all over it. Buffy as low-key when it started, but the acting and writing was what caught me from Day 1. Sometimes these decisions are for the best. But, I just wish studio heads would trust the people they hired, at least, for the first couple eps -