Earlier this afternoon, I noticed that Dollhouse, one of my favorite shows on TV right now, was trending as the number one Twitter topic.
Rather than do any research myself on the hubbub, I told Sean about it, and he broke it down over at his personal blog.
- Fox Television Network ordered, produced and paid for 13 episodes. This includes the pilot and 12 normal episodes. The pilot was trashed, and parts of it reused.
- Fox Television Studio (different than the network) needs 13 episodes for the DVD release, so they commissioned a stand-alone episode entitled “Epitaph One”. This brings the total number of episodes produced to 14.
- Fox Television Network has no interest in “Epitaph One” as it is stand alone and they did not commission it. They are under no obligation to air the episode, although people would like to see them do so.
- Fox Television Studio will put “Epitaph One” on the DVD release for season one regardless if it airs on television or not.
So there you go. Bottom line – the show’s not out of jeopardy yet, but it definitely hasn’t been openly cancelled yet.
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