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The “Dollhouse” is not closing up shop just yet. Creator Joss Whedon was optimistic about “Dollhouse’s” chances for renewal at a Paley Festival panel for the show on Wednesday evening. “The show is not canceled,” Mr. Whedon said. He pointed out that while the show’s ratings are soft, its key demographic and DVR numbers are [...]
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Whedon Says ‘Dollhouse’ Isn’t Canceled
Posted: April 16, 2009 in around town, dollhouse, joss whedon, paley center, tvweek articles0
‘Dr. Horrible’s’ Whedon Excited About Web Video
Posted: April 15, 2009 in around town, dr. horrible's sing-along blog, joss whedon, paley center, tvweek articlesJoss Whedon wants to give back. Mr. Whedon was in attendance Tuesday evening at the Paley Festival’s panel for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” the first time PaleyFest has honored a Web series. Mr. Whedon, who was late to last year’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reunion at PaleyFest because he was filming “Dr. Horrible,” acknowledged that [...]
In ABC’s ongoing quest to find a procedural hit with quirk, the network is launching “The Unusuals” on April 8. The show stars some familiar TV faces—Amber Tamblyn (“Joan of Arcadia”), Harold Perrineau (“Lost”), Adam Goldberg (“Friends,” “Entourage”)—as, you guessed it, unusual New York City police detectives. In this show, the crimes are as odd [...]
Sneak a Peek as ‘Mars’ Stars ‘Party Down’ on Starz
Posted: March 12, 2009 in party down, tvweek articles, veronica marsRob Thomas’ new comedy series “Party Down,” premiering next Friday on Starz, is filled with a plethora of former cast members and producers from his canceled UPN/CW show “Veronica Mars.” In the pilot alone, “Mars’” Dick Casablancas, aka actor Ryan Hansen, auditions for a Ryan Atwood-like role in “The Palisades” pilot, while “Veronica’s” pops Enrico [...]
A secret poker club for mystery authors? Looks like Rick Castle, the mystery writer played by Nathan Fillion in ABC’s upcoming “Castle,” gets his storytelling advice from real-life writers James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell over a poker game. Mr. Patterson and TV veteran Mr. Cannell, who created or co-created shows including “The Rockford Files,” [...]
Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse,’ ‘Dr. Horrible’ Join PaleyFest Lineup
Posted: February 9, 2009 in around town, dollhouse, dr. horrible's sing-along blog, fringe, paley center, true blood, tvweek articlesThe William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels for Joss Whedon’s TV series “Dollhouse” and the Internet musical “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Zack Whedon, Felicia Day and Jed Whedon will participate in the panel discussions, with other panelists to be announced shortly. “Dollhouse” and “Dr. Horrible” join the previously announced [...]
Meet ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Posted: January 28, 2009 in around town, how i met your mother, tvweek articles“How I Met Your Mother” is the little show that did. “It took three and a half years, but people are really catching on,” star Jason Segal said at a panel for the show held by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Jan. 27. CBS, which kept the cast and crew waiting for [...]
Neil Patrick Harris: Gee Whiz
Posted: January 28, 2009 in around town, how i met your mother, tvweek articlesLast night at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ panel for “How I Met Your Mother,” Neil Patrick Harris rushed off stage in the middle of the discussion to use the restroom. He just forgot one thing: His mic was still on. As the panelists and audience erupted into gasping-for-air laughter, one could hear [...]
“Chuck” returns Feb. 2 with a 3-D episode featuring Dominic Monaghan playing a character not unlike his “Lost” alter ego Charlie. Mr. Monaghan’s Tyler Martin is like Charlie before he got stranded on the island—a hard-partying rocker who mistakes Chuck’s apartment complex fountain for a toilet (“That ceiling looks just like the night sky,” he [...]
“Skins” is not your average American teen show. The British teen drama, airing in the U.S. on BBC America, features enough sex, nudity, drugs, drinking and foul language to make even Gossip Girl blush. It’s also doing what few American teen shows have the guts to do: Cutting almost its entire cast. After following the [...]
