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The second episode of Fox’s new Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku series Dollhouse is called “The Target,” and it will air on Friday, February 20, at 9:01pm EST.
During her latest adventures as an undercover mind-wiped operative, Echo (Dushku) assumes the identity of something called an “ultimate outdoorswoman” for a mission that requires her to head out into the great, wide wilderness and be the dream date for a man who loves the outdoors. There, she ends up getting a memorable lesson in hunting from both perspectives: the hunter and the hunted. I’m gonna venture a guess that the …read more

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Joss Whedon’s latest television project, Dollhouse, premieres on Friday, February 13, at 9:01pm EST, right after Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in its new time slot.
First up is the revamped pilot “Ghost,” during which we’ll meet and learn all about undercover operative Echo (Eliza Dushku), one of a group of so-called Actives who live in the secret facility referred to as the Dollhouse.
Actives are “a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, …read more

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The big night is slowly but surely approaching for the series premiere of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. With just under two months to go, Entertainment Weekly has posted an exclusive sneak peek at the show’s reworked pilot.
The footage features star Eliza Dushku as Echo after she gets her memory wiped in the special chair. However, costars Fran Kranz and Harry Lennix, who play Dollhouse techie genius Topher Brink and Echo’s handler Boyd Langton, respectively, figure most prominently in the two-minute video.
A couple more Dollhouse clips follow that will also definitely get fans revved up for the series. The …read more

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E! Online’s Kristin recently had an amazing opportunity that many inhabitants of the Whedonverse would absolutely die for: the chance to stop by the set of Joss Whedon’s highly anticipated upcoming Eliza Dushku series Dollhouse.
Watch the following video clip of the visit to learn — from the mouths of Joss and Eliza, no less — such intriguing details as what the deal is with the show’s whole memory-wipe premise. There’s also plenty of other information, which some potential viewers who hate spoilers might rather do without knowing just yet.
And, as an extra bonus for Grey’s Anatomy fans, you can’t …read more

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Lucky Time columnist James Poniewozik has seen the revamped pilot of the Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku series Dollhouse, and he gives the premiere episode a fairly optimistic review.
Says the television writer of the screener he watched: “[T]he first episode … is well enough written to be absorbing. Writing a crime hour doesn’t seem like Whedon’s thing, but the episode is tight, suspenseful, with intriguing psychological twists and flashes of Whedonesque humor.”
Of course, that positive comes with a potential negative, namely that “Dollhouse as conceived (a heroine plays a different “person” every week) is less a series concept than an …read more

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Dismal, soul-crushing Friday-night death slot aside, I’m still looking forward to Joss Whedon’s midseason Eliza Dushku vehicle Dollhouse, which premieres next year at 9pm EST on February 13. I hope the series defies fate and somehow manages to score decent ratings, along with its Grrl Power companion The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the show that will precede it at 8pm and go head-to-head with CBS’ paranormal hit Ghost Whisperer.
In advance of the big launch date, take a few minutes to get familiar with the Dollhouse cast in the photos following the jump. They’re a good-looking bunch for the most …read more

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At the end of July, series creator Joss Whedon informally announced that he would be revising the original pilot for his upcoming Fox midseason drama Dollhouse.
The new premiere episode is currently called “Ghost,” according to the header on the draft script, and you can take a look at parts of it in the “casting sides” following the jump. TV industry insiders call the material casting sides, which is basically just another name for sections of a script given to actors auditioning for roles.
I haven’t had a chance to go through all 47 pages yet, but I’m setting aside some …read more

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If you’re a fan of Joss Whedon’s TV shows but haven’t been keeping up with his work via the very vibrant community that frequents the very dedicated website Whedonesque, here’s why you should start.
While conducting a fake interview with himself led by fake questioner Rutherford D. Actualperson, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly creator announced to the world on June 22 that he’s going to film a new pilot episode for his upcoming Fox sci-fi drama Dollhouse.
The television mastermind explains that the original pilot was a tad too unclear and gloomy in places, something that network executives apparently …read more

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Fox just released a new video today featuring Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon and star Eliza Dushku providing a little dish on their joint brainchild.
Why, why, why is the network making us wait all the way until the New Year for this one?!!!
Anyway, check out the video below.

Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku on Dollhouse

Photo: Eliza Dushku (Miranda Penn Turin/FOX)

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Words cannot convey how absolutely perfect the casting of Eliza Dushku is in Joss Whedon’s forthcoming Fox series Dollhouse, which landed on the network’s 2008–2009 roster, just as expected, for a midseason debut.
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tru Calling veteran stars as Echo on the new show, an operative in a highly secret group whose members regularly have their memories, thus their personalities, erased.
The central dramatic tension in the plot arises when Echo suddenly begins to gain awareness of her past activities, thereby endangering her position in the clandestine facility called the Dollhouse, where she lives alongside other memory-wiped …read more

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