Over on twitter, a few of us have been playing an informal game with the ratings of various TV shows. From over/unders on what the viewer totals will be to either/ors on which competing shows will have more viewers. It’s fun, and we thought we’d run it up the flagpole here to see who salutes. [...]

I know you’ve heard it before, but when Dollhouse was renewed I think even the person that made the decision was surprised by it. Put nicely, the ratings didn’t support a renewal. More directly, they sucked. Last week’s premiere’s ratings were down from last season’s average, so things aren’t looking good. What’s the problem then? [...]

That seems an appropriate title, as one of the early complaints about the show was that it lacked the Whedon funny. That was remedied this week as the various members of Dollhouse HQ suffered the effects of a designer drug. The funny was just a small slice of what we saw on the screen though. [...]