joss wheddon meeting with FX about new projects.

Sounds shiny, FX would be a good fit for Joss. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that he promised we'd know what his next project is before the Dollhouse finale aired.

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I dunno. You do realize that only the letter "O" is missing from FX.

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There is a difference between the corporate parent, and the people running individual networks. Besides, the underlying point is that cable has lower expectations for ratings.

And despite the love many have for demonizing Fox - they canned the show because it wasn't pulling ratings high enough to make it a viable show. They're in the business of making money, not placating and/or screwing Joss fans just because.

There is, like it or not, a ceiling on his fanbase. The fanbase is big enough to make a cable show a hit - but not a network one.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Originally posted by Storymark:
There is a difference between the corporate parent, and the people running individual networks. Besides, the underlying point is that cable has lower expectations for ratings.

And despite the love many have for demonizing Fox - they canned the show because it wasn't pulling ratings high enough to make it a viable show. They're in the business of making money, not placating and/or screwing Joss fans just because.

There is, like it or not, a ceiling on his fanbase. The fanbase is big enough to make a cable show a hit - but not a network one.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Ah-HAH! See, Mark? I *knew* we had a core of agreement! :)

Yes, Fox did indeed cancel Firefly AND Dollhouse. But you know what else, people? Fox ALSO was the only network to BUY Firefly or Dollhouse, and the only way we ever got to see them in the first place. Nobody ever commends them for that, do they?

And they took a chance on Firefly because Joss had a couple of hits on his hands with Buffy and Angel. BUT - and isn't there always a "but"? - remember that what was a hit for the fledgling WB network wouldn't have qualified as a hit for Fox, CBS, ABC, or NBC. As has been pointed out, there's a large gulf of difference between the ratings required for a hit on a major network and what passes for a hit on cable.

Have you ever heard how people tout O'Reilly's ratings on Fox News, for instance? He gets a couple million viewers, and he's the giant of the industry, the big dog on the block, the 800 pound gorilla in the news-slash-commentary universe. Those ratings wouldn't get him a Friday night slot on Fox's primetime network lineup, where similar ratings got Dollhouse sent to The Attic.

Me, I'd be very happy to have Joss still flying, even in a smaller 'verse. :)

Mike

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