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Will Fox destroy Joss Whedon's Dollhouse?

Settled as Yes

I think I may cry. They've set it to premiere on FRIDAY the 13th, behind Terminator -- another show with miserable ratings. Why does FOX hate Joss?? And WHY did Joss think it was a good idea to do another show with them?!
http://defamer.com/5078871/joss-whedons-dollhouse-consigned-to-friday-death-slot-that-doomed-firefly

Background:

Joss Whedon gained fame and a loyal following for his witty dialogue and interesting characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly.Fans of Firefly curse Fox for never giving the show a chance. Now despite vowing never to return to TV, Joss has agreed to a new show, Dollhouse, on Fox starring Eliza Dushku (Faith on Buffy) to premiere this next Spring.Will Fox give this one a chance or will they pull the rug out again? Already, we are being told about production halting and Joss rewriting the entire first episode...

This market is asking if one of these three things will happen:
1) Show will premiere in a Friday night slot
2) Premiere episode will not be actual recorded pilot
3) Show will be cancelled before first 7 episodes have been aired

Firefly's sad story
Dollhouse background


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

If any of these things happen, the question is settled as YES. Only if none of them happen is it a NO.

 
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Settled

Yes
52%
No
48%
Activity: H$7,905
Settled as Yes on Fri 7th Nov 8:27am PST

Suspend date: Fri 30th Jan 2009 11:59pm PST (8 weeks to go) Settlement date: Fri 7th Nov 8:27am PST

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Thu 27th Mar 9:45am PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]
Edited Fri 28th Mar 2:36am PDT by tisha[Admin]
Clarified Mon 26th May 8am PDT by tisha[Admin]: Please note change in suspend date.
Suspended Fri 7th Nov 7:52am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: breaking (depressing) news
Settled as 'Yes' Fri 7th Nov 8:27am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: I think I may cry. They've set it to premiere on FRIDAY the 13th, behind Terminator -- another show with miserable ratings. Why does FOX hate Joss?? And WHY did Joss think it was a good idea to do another show with them?!
http://defamer.com/5078871/joss-whedons-dollhouse-consigned-to-friday-death-slot-that-doomed-firefly

Suspend date: Fri 30th Jan 2009 11:59pm PST (8 weeks to go) Settlement date: Fri 7th Nov 8:27am PST
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Predictions (31)

31 predictions

3 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Yes (H$1,500 at 56%)
7 weeks ago
php_ini predicted Yes (H$100 at 52%)
7 weeks ago
robbr25 predicted Yes (H$20 at 52%)
7 weeks ago
mdarrel predicted Yes (H$100 at 53%)
10 weeks ago
gobbergo predicted Yes (H$50 at 53%)
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Comments (6)

  1 peterww
I bet no, not because I trust Fox but because I trust Jopss Whedon. He learned from his Firefly experience and although the Serenity movie did little to give him added negotiating clout, his Cloverfield did well enough that it probably did. So I'm betting that Mr. Whedon worked out a deal that will protect his new project from these kinds of obstacles.
posted 34 weeks ago
  2 peterww
Um, that's supposed to be Joss.
posted 34 weeks ago
  3 tisha[Admin]
Please note change in suspend date.
posted 27 weeks ago
  5 geoff
fyi:
http://io9.com/5049071/just-how-in-trouble-is-dollhouse

Things aren't looking great.
posted 11 weeks ago
Hmmmm, it depends... If the show is good, the Fox will cancel it! If it sucks, it'll stay on Fox for years!
posted 10 weeks ago

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