DOLLHOUSE officially canceled

It's news that won't surprise anybody: Fox has announced that they are officially canceling Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.

The show was steadily improving (even as its ratings steadily declined), but I'm not exactly depressed about it getting the ax. The show's premise was just too problematic, it never totally gelled. The very best episodes of Dollhouse were like middling episodes of Whedon's earlier series.

I don't know when or if Whedon will have another TV show after this. I'd imagine he's getting pretty bitter towards network TV at this point, and network executives are probably a little hesitant to work with a guy with his track record. But this cancelation frees Whedon to work on other projects and something tells me we'll see another Whedon show eventually, one that really works. Here's hoping, anyhow.

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