Fandom meltdown!

[sombrefan]

Fox premiering Dollhouse on February Friday 13th is not a good sign. That date is already well known to the fandom as it's the day we found out Angel got cancelled back in 2004.

Comments

[crossoverman.livejournal.com]

I don't know how well known that factoid is, but it's pretty well known that Friday is the night shows go to die. Plus given everything that's happened so far during production, the 13th thing is just another bad omen.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I'm not superstitious but I hoped for a January premiere. I can't wait.

It looks interesting...

[teggers.livejournal.com]

But whats the second day story?

Are they just going to go off on their different "assignments" each week - retaining knowledge and working towards getting free?

I hope to be wrong, but i expect to Meh after the 3rd or 4th episode - and cancellation before the first season ends

[buhbuhraven.livejournal.com]

FOX's friday is the night shows die. If they are starting it there, they have no faith in it, and it'll be on air about as long as Firefly was.

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

And yet, I somehow managed to watch every episode that aired, and that was before TiVo.

Ah, but thats because...

[teggers.livejournal.com]

Your too cool to go out on a Friday night, you go out on a Saturday

[buhbuhraven.livejournal.com]

Oh I did too, and I even saw every episode of Brisco County Jr. on friday nights

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, now I wanna watch Brisco.

Also...

[teggers.livejournal.com]

Think it sucks they have put Terminator in on fridays as well

Re: Also...

[gossi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Terminator fans haven't entirely figured it out yet, but this puts T:SCC in a seriously bad position.

Re: Also...

[teggers.livejournal.com]

First season was great, every episode

Second season has been a little weird, however the 1st, 3rd & 4th episodes have been amazing

I expect they will kill it in the friday death slot though.....

At least they got extended a full season.

[cazadora.livejournal.com]

You are correct, though. The target audience for T:SCC isn't home on Friday night. I wonder what crap will be put in their slot.

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

OK, now I'm worried. On the anniversary of the Angel cancellation, no less. *cries*

[g-reaper.livejournal.com]

But premiering it during a sweeps month is a good thing.

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

I thought March was sweeps?

I think really, since the debut of TiVo, the day doesn't matter all that much any more. But that's just me, and I work in healthcare, not, you know, teevee.

You know I don't work in teevee because there isn't a 24/7 Joss Whedon channel.

They are already comparing it to MOWE

[cazadora.livejournal.com]

Somewhere I read that they are comparing Dollhouse to My Own Worst Enemy, which isn't doing too well in the ratings.

The reality is that Whedon fans will watch anything he does, regardless of when it's on. We have DVR. The problem is that there just aren't enough Whedon fans to get the numbers networks demand. Agreed that Friday nights are bad telly nights, unless you are SciFi, which is able to maintain their Friday night shows.

Re: They are already comparing it to MOWE

[teggers.livejournal.com]

Because Sci Fi's target audience is in every night... i know, because i used to be one

/fail