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Joss Whedon Animates Season Eight of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Joss Whedon’s recent projects have had mixed results. Last year’s stellar Dr. Horrible won an Emmy, but news arrived last week that Whedon’s cult favorite, the beleaguered Dollhouse, will be cancelled, airing its final episodes this January. (For a tongue-in-cheek suggestion as to why Fox cancelled the series, check out this video from College Humor.)...  read more

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House Review: "Teamwork" (Episode 6.8)

The transitional period for House continues. Licking his wounds after Cuddy rejected him, revealing that she is dating his old frenemy Lucas (from season 5), House attempts to assemble, or reassemble, his team with mixed results....  read more

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Fox Cancels Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

Currently in the middle of its surprising season one follow-up, Joss Whedon’s Sci-fi drama Dollhouse is getting axed by Fox due to consistently dragging ratings, according to HollywoodReporter.com....  read more

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"Shit My Dad Says" Gets a Television Series

With 700,000 followers and counting, @shitmydadsays is becoming a hot commodity on Twitter. Its origin story is pretty simple. Justin Halpern, 29, moved home to live with his parents, including his 73-year-old dad, Sam, who says hilarious things on a regular basis. Halpern launched his Twitter account in August to record and share the gems that come out of his father’s mouth....  read more

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What is Fox's Secret Weapon if Avatar Fails?

Hint: It’s cheerfully annoying, it stars Jason Lee and you probably forgot it was coming out—if you ever knew in the first place....  read more

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House Review: "Known Unknown" (Episode 6.6)

On tonight’s episode, there are new developments in the relationship cloyingly referred to as “Huddy.”...  read more

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Joss Whedon to Direct Episode of Glee

Joss Whedon‘s musical-comedy chops are well-known. He directed the hugely popular musical episode of Buffy (“Once More, With Feeling” in 2001) and last year’s much-lauded Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Now he’s using his musical skills to guest-direct an episode of Fox’s breakout new show Glee....  read more

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Jonah Hill Becomes a Cartoon Character

Fox is adding another animated series to its primetime lineup of cartoon comedy, this one set to feature the vocal talent of Superbad star Jonah Hill....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Dollhouse

Fridays at 9 p.m. on FoxAfter a slow start, Dollhouse shook off its mediocrity and reworked itself into something more befitting of Joss Whedon’s genius, but its cataclysmic (unaired) Season 1 finale wrote the show into a corner. The question remains: “What could possibly come next?”...  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Glee

Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on FoxLeave it to a bunch of dweeby, show tune-singing teenagers to send the Internet into throes of ecstasy. But will Fox’s new comedy live up to the buzz of its early premiere? With Nip/Tuck’s creators at the helm, and a multi-talented cast on board (including Jane Lynch as the hard-nosed cheerleading coach), we think so....  read more

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