Echo’s assignments keep her displaying a variety of talents and tonight she takes to the pop world as a backup singer. She’s assigned to protect a rising music star from an extremely obsessed fan.
I didn’t love the first episode, but thought last week’s was greatly improved. I’m curious to see where they’ll take the show with tonight’s character. One of the most intriguing things about the Dollhouse is the near limitless possibilities for stories. Eliza Dushku, talking to reporters before the premiere, said those chances to stretch as an actress were what she wanted.
“One thing that Joss gave me …read more

The good news is that Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles ratings picked up four percent this week from its Friday debut. The bad news is that its 3.84 million viewers still saw it trailing the likes of Wife Swap, Supernanny and Howie Do It.
Dollhouse, as expected, saw a bit of a dip. Joss Whedon’s latest offering dropped 10 percent to 4.22 million viewers. I really thought this ep picked up the pace and was an overall better offering than the pilot. Some of that may be chalked up to Eliza Dushku playing kick ass chick better than she plays vulnerable …read more

What, you thought FOX was merely content to kill its own sci-fi shows? No, the network is now setting its aim on former ABC juggernaut Lost. The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd tells us American Idol is moving to 9 p.m. Wednesday nights, putting it head to head with Lost for the rest of the season.
ABC’s former watercooler show is losing viewers weekly and having a heavyweight like Idol move into the same timeslot is not good news. FOX’s new project Lie To Me will move to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. The Tim Roth vehicle has more than held its own against …read more

Joss Whedon fans’ worst fears were realized Feb. 13 when long awaited new series Dollhouse debuted to very, very weak numbers. The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd reports on the very disappointing debut.
Dollhouse drew 4.7 million viewers, making it the lowest non-reality show debut on a network since NBC’s now deep-sixed Robinson Crusoe revamp. Even more depressing was that the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles lead-in lost nearly 30 percent of its audience by moving to Fridays. That wasn’t a show that had a great deal of spare viewers to begin with.
FOX hoped pairing the two sci-fi shows together would …read more

The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore’s latest project, Virtuality, has not earned a pickup from FOX.
Virtuality details the exploits of a spaceship crew on a journey so lengthy they are linked to virtual reality machines to pass the time. The show is one of four pilots FOX is currently looking at and word is it could be reworked as a “more mainstream drama.”
Um, it’s got spaceships and VR chambers so I have no idea how it can get “mainstream” and keep the concept intact. Let me guess? FOX execs didn’t get it and want everything …read more

FOX ended weeks of speculation regarding the fate of Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles Friday by upping its episode order to 22, giving it a complete second season. While ratings haven’t been there, the show has been a critical darling and well received by the franchise’s fanbase. James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter says the renewal may be tied to another high-profile sci-fi show, Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Dollhouse, slated to join the FOX schedule in January, could be delayed due to some creative issues.
Rather than reruns or replacement shows, FOX appears to be banking on Terminator enjoying the ratings bonus from …read more