They ’ve ultimately come out and acknowledge it — the top suits at the Fox connection just plain hate scientific discipline fiction . And yet they keep greenlighting it .
An interview with Fox Chairman Peter Ligouri and President Kevin Reilly was more revealing than they may have intended . They talk , in general , about the web ’s evaluation struggles . And then there ’s this exchange :
Q : Many people were surprised that you did n’t put Whedon ’s “ Dollhouse ” in one of the post-“Idol ” spots , alternatively opting for the comparatively sleepy-eyed zona of Fridays . Why put such a buzzed - about show on that dark ?
Liguori : It ’s a nighttime where there ’s not . . . a peck of competition . So we ’re able . . . to provide the show to grow .
Reilly : By nature , this show has a particular sort of audience . That ’s just what Joss does . You could say , why “ Lie to Me ” ( on Wednesday ) after “ Idol ” ? I recollect that ’s a broader show . You do n’t require to put in something with more of a sci - fi bent .
The safe word is , they intend to “ allow [ Dollhouse ] to grow , ” meaning that it wo n’t get axed if its ratings are n’t stellar right out of the gate . ( But a second - time of year pickup truck may be a challenge . ) But the spoiled tidings is , they ’re coming out and pronounce it : they do n’t call up “ something with more of a sci - fi bent ” can succeed over a big audience . particularly not if it ’s “ what Joss does . ”
Meanwhile , Lie To Me , which sounds like a clone of the vapid but radical - successful Mentalist , is destined for wideness . Sigh . [ Boston Globe ]
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