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Could Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story do for horror what Glee did for musicals?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:33:37 PDT

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Here's the first ever image from American Horror Story, the "haunted house" show from Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee and Nip/Tuck. The FX show made a presentation at the Television Critics Association today, and the early buzz is that it might be the scariest show ever. More »

What was it really like to be a writer on Firefly?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:30:00 PDT

Jose Molina wrote two of the best episodes of Joss Whedon's Firefly, "Ariel" and "Trash." Now he's written a new original story, in the book Firefly: Still Flying. He talked to us about Jayne's betrayal, and returning to the 'verse. More »

10 Reasons We'll Miss Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:00:00 PST

Joss Whedon's mind-warping Dollhouse ends tonight, and then we'll enter the "endless rewatching and overanalyzing" phase of our relationship with this show. Here are 10 things we'll miss most about Dollhouse, plus some clips from tonight's finale. More »

Tim Minear Producing An Android Journey Of Self-Discovery? Yes Please!

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:19:55 PST

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are developing a new TV show based on Gene Roddenberry's scrapped android-angst show The Questor Tapes. Bland, preachy and insipid, Questor doesn't seem like a good template... unless it's true Tim Minear is on board. More »

The Truth About Dollhouse's Evil Mastermind

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PST

The man who shot Mal Reynolds in the gut came back to kick us in the teeth, with Friday's Dollhouse episode. Tim Minear's brilliant episode left us with tons of questions. Luckily, he was willing to answer them. Spoilers below... More »

Did Summer Glau Really Just Namecheck io9 On Dollhouse?

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:33:54 PST

In Friday night's Dollhouse episode, is Summer Glau really saying "You routed through an io9 to seize control of my chair?" It appears so. Check out the clip and Tim Minear's actual script for the episode. More »

Does Dollhouse's Latest Head-Twister Actually Make Sense?

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:00:00 PST

The closer Dollhouse gets to its unjust cancellation, the nearer the end of civilization gets. And once again, the apocalypse just makes everyone, and everything, better. But what was up with that last plot twist? Spoilers ahead... More »

All Women Are Whores Who Need To Be Taught A Lesson

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:00:47 PDT

That's more like it. After two seriously "meh" episodes, Dollhouse returned to form with a twisty story of a serial killer and a college professor — and the weird secret they have in common. Naked, dripping wet spoilers below. More »

Should We Be Bothered About Dollhouse's Debut Move?

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:17 PDT

Fox have pushed the start of Dollhouse's second season back by one week, but is this really a sign of more trouble for the show, or are people just too ready to jump to bad conclusions? More »

Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:36:53 PDT

Firefly's Tim Minear is already hard at work on the Syfy Channel's reboot of Alien Nation, and we asked the Syfy execs about it. But that's not the only classic they're looking at restarting: Quantum Leap could make a comeback. More »

Will Syfy's Alien Nation Reboot Be The Next BSG?

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:40:31 PDT

The Syfy Channel is rebooting another classic series, with a brand new Alien Nation. No doubt hoping to pull down BSG numbers, they've even brought in Tim "Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse" Minear to write the new series. More »

Help Dollhouse Stop Inappropriate Erections!

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:00:00 PDT

There's something strangely awesome about a show that advertises using nekkid women, and then devotes a huge chunk of an episode to the enterprise of turning a hunky man into a eunuch. Dollhouse spoilers ahoy! More »

New Joss Whedon Show: Eliza Dushku Is An Amnesiac Puppet

charliejane — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:54:14 PDT

Mind-wiped humans serve as "dolls" for the wealthy in Dollhouse, a new TV series from Buffy and Firefly creator Joss Whedon. Echo (Eliza Dushku) can take on any personality you want her to have — complete with memories, skills, languages and "even muscle memory." Once imprinted, she fulfills the fantasy of whoever rented her, and then goes back to being a childlike amnesiac in the Dollhouse, a dorm/lab where she lives with her fellow dolls. But Echo starts to regain self-awareness and wants to find out who she really is, in the new Fox TV show which Joss is writing. Says Joss: More »