Joss Whedon is having a week. Things started off strong with news that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator will direct an episode of Fox's Glee and now comes the news that his struggling Fox drama Dollhouse is getting thrown into the attic for November's sweeps.
Fox, which recently announced that it will air all 13 episodes of the Eliza Dushku starrer's second season, confirmed Thursday that it will bench Dollhouse for November sweeps and air repeats of dramas House and Bones.
Dollhouse insiders, who successfully brought back the struggling drama in an eleventh-hour rescue and promoted the DVD release with a "Double Dollhouse Days" Twitter campaign ahead of the show's Season 2 bow in September, are putting on a happy face despite the discouraging news.
Whedon, releasing a statement to fan site Whedonesque, said: "I'm not as depressed as everyone else. We weren't about to rock sweeps anyway, and though there's a chilly November, December is CRAZY. It's like an Advent calendar of episodes!"
Dollhouse, after airing Oct. 23, won't return to the Fox Friday night lineup until Dec. 4, when it will take a page from Double Dollhouse Days and air back-to-back new episodes. The series return also will mark the first episode featuring Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). The Double Dollhouse Fridays will run through Dec. 18, pushing the remaining three episodes of season into 2010.
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