Joss Whedon, a great man who has not been given the time of day since Buffy, has had his minion of fans come together already to support his new show ‘Dollhouse’. They have come together though to hopefully support the show and make sure that it does not get axed. The strange thing is, the show is not due to be released until 2009.
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Reported on Wired, fans have come together on Facebook to create a petition to try and make sure that the show is not cancelled.
However it is not just Whedon who is suffering from this lack of drive from studios to have faith, as George Micheal so wisely put it. On topic of George Micheal, new lawyer show Eli Stone was subject to being cancelled with fans posting all over the internet asking each other if the apocalypse had arrived. However, the first series went without a studio hitch and is returning in the fall.
Lost is still being put on by studios as the first series pulled in such a fanbase, however, numbers of viwers have started to dwindle over the past series, so is it possible that Lost could get cancelled. In my mind the answer to this is no, why lose one of the best producers of the time J.J. Abrams in some sort of argument about ratings.
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Jericho on the other hand got cancelled, even though it delivered the same or even better drama than lost did. Set in a post apocalyptic present day America (long sentence), Jericho followed the lives of characters trying to cope with the idea that the central cities had just been destroyed by a nuclear bomb. The storyline was gripping, the characters interaction was gripping, the cliffhanger was incredible, so the studio binned it, leading to a massive fan uprising. This led to the show being brought back but sadly only for a small series as it was cancelled again due to ratings. It is sad that the world of television is being run by ratings, but that is how business goes. So as long as Big Brother keeps on pulling in the punters, it is highly unlikely that promising new series’ will ever get past the first series.
