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Fringe and Dollhouse by Travis on May 16th, 2008

There are 2 shows I am primarily amped for this coming TV season and unfortunately they are both on Fox. The plus side to this is that they are both from two of my favorite TV creator/writers J.J. Abrams, and Joss Whedon.

Fringe made headlines earlier this year when Fox announced the two hour pilot was given the green light for a budget of $10 million. If memory serves, this makes it the most expensive pilot episode ever made.

The X-Files fan in me has faith though. J.J. is a pretty great story teller and he knows how to keep things interesting. The only two worries I have is that one, Fox will mess this up like they have so many times, or two, that it’s simply to much like X-Files.

For the first time in a few years, Joss Whedon is returning with a new show called Dollhouse. The show is probably going to rock–I have the faith but like Fringe, it’s on Fox. What makes this worse is Tim Minear is involved… The guy has been involved with so many of my favorite and shows and they’ve all been cancelled. Poor guy really.

Here’s the interesting thing. Fox has decided to air both of these shows with less commercials. I suppose trying to position these shows as something you would be more likely to see on Showtime, or HBO. I am assuming the runtimes for each episode will be longer, which I appreciate and I am also going to trust Fox to air these shows in good time slots to atleast get a fair chance (Harsh Realm anyone?).

Until then, I am sitting here anxiously to see what these two guys can whip together. It will probably (and hopefully), rock my world.

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