Dollhouse and Chuck Renewed

Despite worrisome signs, Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse has earned an unexpected renewal from Fox for a second season.

Separately, NBC announced that it plans to renew Chuck for a third season after a surprisingly vigorous fan campaign to save it. NBC said it decided to bring back the show because “the demand for Chuck that came out of the online community, the critical community, and the advertising base made us have to pick up that show. The other shows had none of that attention or energy.”

The news leaked before and during the upfront presentations the networks made to advertisers, which will continue all week. Other Fox news included a renewal of Bones, which had been in limbo, and Lie to Me. NBC canceled My Name is Earl and Medium but will bring back Southland, the well-liked freshman cop series.

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