Talking 'Dollhouse' and 'Virtuality' with the head of Fox

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A Four-Quadrant Show
Published 7/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) at GALACTICA SITREP
The Chicago Tribune's Marueen Ryan spoke the Fox’s chairman, Peter Liguori, about "Virtuality," the pilot "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ron Moore and co-executive producer Michael Taylor are making for Fox, and also about Joss Whedon’s mid-season show for the network, "Dollhouse." ...

TCA Roundup: Far-Reaching FX
Published 7/16/2008 by James Poniewozik at TIME.com: Tuned In
... , which announces that Nip/Tuck will end after an even 100 episodes, while It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be on long after Philadelphia is run by the cockroaches. And it introduces human-lab-rat comedy Testees. Pronounced just like you think. * Fox chief Peter Liguori gets sci-fi with Maureen Ryan , talking Dollhouse, Ron Moore's Virtuality project and other matters geek. * However, Fox News neglected to mention in its session the other day that ...

More from the TCAs...part deux
Published 7/21/2008 by ProgGrrl@gmail.com (ProgGrrl) at GALACTICA SITREP
... That's an interesting tidbit at the end...combining this with what Fox exec Peter Liguori was saying earlier in the week about VIRTUALITY, it sounds like the pilot/movie will be truly unusual television -- and everyone involved needs to see a finished product before a decision about greenlighting the series can happen. ...

Dragonball's Goku Dons His Costume, Watchmen's Sally Jupiter Doffs Hers [Morning Spoilers]
Published 7/22/2008 by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... is sort of like a late 21st century office show. It contrasts the claustrophobia of the deep-space ship Phaeton with the open expanses the astronauts can visit in virtual reality. There'll be three layers to the storytelling, each with its own visual style: the claustrophobic ship, the virtual world, and the reality TV show the astronauts are starring in. And there's a gay relationship (the bickering Manny and Val) that's as honest and multi-dimensional as anything on TV. [Chicago Tribune and AfterElton and Chicago Tribune again] Battlestar ...