Fox Officially Cancels 'Dollhouse'

We've been on a death watch for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse for over a month. The good news is we can now devote our attention to something else. The bad news, at least for about a million people, is that Fox has officially canceled the struggling sci-fi show.

The Hollyood Reporter picked up a Tweet from Dollhouse writer Maurissa Tancharoen, who is married to Jed Whedon. "Yes. Canceled. Sad but true," she wrote. And that pretty much says it all.

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Fox Pulls 'Dollhouse' From November Sweeps

It was recently announced that Joss Whedon would direct an episode of the new Fox hit Glee, and now I'm wondering if that isn't some sort of severance package for Whedon's foundering Dollhouse. Proving you need a lot more than a hot chick to survive in TV, the Eliza Dushku sci-fi show has never really been on thick ice at the network, and we detailed some of its second season troubles last month.

But now Entertainment Weekly writes that Fox won't be calling Dollhouse up from the bullpen at all in November. Why does that matter? Well, there are four sweeps months in TV, used to establish advertising rates more than anything. But to get the premium prices, the networks put on their best products in February, May, July (which doesn't count for a whole lot), and November. If your show is off the schedule in any of the three primary months, that means the network probably doesn't have long-term plans for it. In the case of Dollhouse, even though it does quite well with the DVR crowd, it is among the lowest-rated shows on TV. And it airs on the worst night of the week, Friday. And Fox brought it back for a second season when it really didn't need to.

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Eliza Wants to Fly Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet

At one point, Joss Whedon wrote a script for a Wonder Woman movie. You know, back when it probably should have been made. Fast forward however many years it has been and Whedon's version of the script is not the one Warner Bros. and its new DC Entermainment for Wonder Woman, still out there over the horizon.

But it should not be surprising that one of Whedon's stars has offered her services for the coveted role. Eliza Dushku, star of Whedon's Dollhouse, tells MTV she'd certainly like to be considered for the movie. "It wouldn't disturb me if it became a reality," Dushku admitted. "At this point, it's been so hyped up it that it would be a challenge. But like I said, I'm not one to take the easy road. I like a challenge."

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