Catching up on Friday’s late-breaking news: pretty much everything but “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” has been renewed. The biggest and/or most pleasant surprises are renewals for Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” on Fox, NBC’s “Chuck,” and ABC’s “Better Off Ted,” which (along with “Southland”) was my favorite mid-season replacement. More on “Dollhouse”:
The move is tougher to explain than most, especially based on the show’s ratings. A “Dollhouse” pickup is a shock, an underdog comeback that blows away NBC’s will-they-or-won’t-they hand-wringing over “Chuck”… In fact, “Dollhouse” might very well be the lowest-rated in-season scripted drama to ever get a renewal on a major broadcast network…
Basically this is a case of a bunch of minor decision-making factors successfully ganging up on the biggest factor (ratings). In addition to DVD sales, streaming and DVR influences, Fox received some serious budget concessions from 20th TV and Whedon to continue the show. [THR]
So there you go, sci-fi nerds. Don’t say we never gave you anything. Besides wedgies and swirlies, I mean.
(Side note: ABC also renewed “Castle” and “Scrubs.” Why? Because coming up with new ideas for shows would take all kinds of effort.)
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Renewing “Better Off Ted” shows that ABC has learned to keep a show on the air that is funnier than “According to Jim.” Which shouldn’t have been hard, considering that children dying of cancer is funnier than “According to Jim.”
Duskhku+M92 Beretta+wet t-shirt= WIN!!
Your Favorite Show Got Renewed (Probably)
And here I thought we were done with Sit Down Shut Up.
Once you go Indian Transsexual you don’t go back.
Scrubs? I thought that finale was well put together, they should have left it there.
WTF? Scrubs got picked up? That seemed like a series finale. Plus, the show hasn’t been funny in three years.
I can tell Eliza Dushku is trying to make me think she’s sexy with her pursed lips, wet tank-top with hard nipples, or even straight up nudity but it’s not going to work as long as she continues to look like an Indian Transsexual.
I think “Castle” is pretty well written, and the stories have more than 2 ozs of thought put into them.
How did she go from having her gun and her top in pic #1, to having neither in pic #2.
That’s a gun ownership FAIL. (Where we all win.)