Whedon fans vow to save Dollhouse from cancellation -- eight months before initial airdate

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Joss Whedon fans have already organized a campaign to stop his new show, Dollhouse , from being cancelled, even though the first episode won't air for another eight months. Whedonistas have witnessed so many kick-ass TV shows cancelled by callous goons from teeveeland, they're girding their loins for the inevitable fight and not waiting around for the disappointment before working up a good ... [link]

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Dollhouse Fans Campaign to Save Show 8 Months Before it Airs [Television]
Published 5/25/2008 by ian spiegelman at Gawker
... already has nearly 1,500 members. "Some worry the efforts are overkill and will become a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. At fan site Whedonesque, several commenters suggest that such pre-emptive campaigning will negatively affect the show.'There is a fine line to walk so that this won't be another obnoxious Whedon fan campaign that will piss people off and make them talk negatively about the show in advance. Please be careful,' writes TamaraC." [Wired via BoingBoing] If I may... Um, Joss? Less leather pants on Eliza, more skirts this time ...

Save-Our-Show Campaigns Officially Jump The Shark
Published 5/27/2008 by Liz Lacy at TV with MeeVee
... with this, it's impossible to figure out which is the worst part. Let's start with this, though: How can you be fans of a show you've never seen? I'm the biggest Joss Whedon geek around these parts, and I'm looking forward to seeing the show, but you cannot be fans of something if you don't know it's good. Is it too much to ask that you wait for the premiere to freak out? I know we all got burned by "Firefly," but you guys have seriously gone round the bend. Via BoingBoing.

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