E!Online is announcing that Fox has officially shut down the Dollhouse. Insiders confirm to us that Fox has officially closed the book on the Friday-night sci-fi series. (Series producer and Joss Whedon sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen, who also guest stars in an upcoming episode as an active named Kilo, tweeted confirmation as well, saying, “Yes. Cancelled. Sad but true.”) Series creator, ... Read More »

This past week I had the chance to attend two unique and fun events very much in line with the ‘celebration’ of Halloween. On Wednesday, I attended the Paley Center for Media’s look Inside the Writers’ Room of the fan favorite HBO series True Blood. You can see my full write-up on the panel itself at both True-Blood.net and SciFiTVZone.com ... Read More »

Fox decided to pull Dollhouse from the schedule during November sweeps, choosing to air reruns of House in that timeslot instead. What does Fox see as a result? A 62% increase in ratings. With a rerun. (The rerun also trumped ratings for new episodes of Brothers and ‘Til Death, but I don’t watch them so I don’t really care.) I ... Read More »

Fox’s decision to bench Dollhouse for November sweeps means we won’t get to see the follow up to last week’s stellar outing until December. Fortunately Fridays offer a lot of other options now. Monk - USA 9/8c “Mr. Monk and the Dog” – Monk reluctantly adopts a dog while looking into the suspicious disappearance of its owner. Wallace Langham guest ... Read More »

Welcome to the Dollhouse, Neal Caffrey! OK, so that’s a bit of a mashup, but this we we are welcoming back Dollhouse as well as USA’s new series White Collar (be sure to enter the giveaway!). Also on tap tonight, Sharona returns to San Francisco! Dollhouse – FOX 9/8c “Belonging” – Sierra is forced to face her past as her ... Read More »

Friday night, while attending a screening of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog and season two of The Guild with friends, I did two things I’m not used to doing: I facilitated two different groups talking to people they’d missed before at other events. My friend Hollywood Jane has often been near Joss Whedon, but never talked to him, despite her love ... Read More »

Remember Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion? It’s one of my favorite no-brainer movies. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it. To this day I cannot hear “Time After Time” without picturing the dance sequence and busting out laughing. Kind of inconvenient considering it often plays at my local grocery store. But I digress. The A Group ... Read More »

Every TV season new shows come and go – sometimes too quickly – while some returning shows fail to meet up to expectations of both the viewing audience and the powers that be at the networks. The reasons for these – shall we say – failures are varied, ranging from little to no publicity by their home network, extremely stiff ... Read More »

TV.com writer Conor Griff Has his short list of five television shows he’d like to see on the silver screen. As I look at his list, I think there’s only one that I’d pay money to see in a theater near me. Do you agree with Conor’s list? What’s in your five? Read More »

Our crime-fighting boys on cable are back tonight, so settle in for a long night of solving mysteries! Monk - USA 9/8c “Mr. Monk Goes To Group Therapy” – When Monk’s insurance company refuses to pay for more individual therapy sessions, Monk joins Dr. Bell’s therapy group, where somebody appears to be murdering his fellow patients. Dollhouse – FOX 9/8c ... Read More »