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Time for another news round-up! Exciting news so be sure to take a moment to read.

• The launch of Dollhouse has been confirmed to be mid-January; Mondays at 8pm. It will act as a lead in to 24, which will start it’s seventh season.

• As previously mentioned, the episode order has been increased from 7 to 13, but there is also room for expansion to 22 episodes, if required.

• Again, as previously mentioned, because of the fewer ad breaks each episode will now run for 50 minutes, as opposed to the usual 42 minutes.

• And finally, Canadian network CanWest has picked up the show and will be airing a similar slot to the US. The second pickup so far is Australia.

If you live outside the US, now is the time to let broadcasters know that you want them to air Dollhouse! They start visiting the LA Screenings shortly, which is where they make programme purchases.

Source: Dollverse

FOX has announced that they will be airing the new series with fewer commercial breaks; read on for the details.

Fox is shaking up the commercial TV model with “Remote-Free TV.”

At its upfront presentation Thursday, the network announced it will air two new drama series, J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, with dramatically reduced commercial breaks.

“It’s a simple concept and potentially revolutionary,” Fox Entertainment chairman Peter Liguori said. “We’re going to have less commercials, less promotional time, and less reason for viewers to use the remote. We’re going to redefine the viewing experience.”

Both shows would have network commercial loads of about five minutes per hour, about half the usual. The commercial pods would also be shorter and they would have about half the promo load as well.

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All has been revealed! Dollhouse shall be airing on Mondays from January 2009. The full schedule is posted below; click on the source link to read the article in full. So exciting!

Today is proving to be a busy day, and I have more goodies to add still, so be sure to stick around!

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: BEGINNING JANUARY 2009
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM DOLLHOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-9:30 PM AMERICAN IDOL Results Show
9:30-10:00 PM TBA Comedy
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN
9:00-10:00 PM SECRET MILLIONAIRE
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-9:30 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (wt)

Source: MeeVee

Dollverse is reporting that the series has now been picked up for 13 episodes and that a trailer will be released shortly; I’m assuming it’s to promote the pilot episode, which as you know, is titled ‘Echo’ and wrapped filming last Friday. Can’t wait!

Be sure to check back for news — and, hopefully, screencaptures! — from the trailer.

EDIT: Another tidbit — the series goes back into production in July before the launch early next year. Hopefully, during that time, we’ll have brand new episode stills and such like!

Some exciting news about Dollhouse; straight from the horses mouth!

I spent a good while chatting with the one and only Joss Whedon (pinch me!), who told me they he just wrapped on the pilot shoot for Dollhouse Friday, and that he has a very good feeling about the series because “Eliza Dushku can play anything, and in this series, she does.” Can. Not. Wait. He also very kindly shared this info about the show:

• Joss directs the second episode as well as the finished-on-Friday pilot, just to get things rolling.
• Sarah Fain and Elizabeth Craft are the show runners.
• Steve DeKnight and Tim Minear are both consulting producers on the series.
• Tim is writing and directing the midseason two-parter, namely episodes seven and eight.
• Joss would love to get Jane Espenson to join the gang too, if he could, but she’s on Battlestar at the moment and the show’s budget might not permit it. (Is it just me or do you want to send Fox a check right about now?)
• As reported earlier this week, Dollhouse will go at midseason, and, according to Joss, it’s likely premiering in January.
• There is no Dollhouse presentation planned at the Fox event, but Eliza Dushku might appear on behalf of the show.
• Joss: “I’m still having so much fun. I keep waiting for it to not be fun anymore.”

Source: E! Watch with Kristin

Eliza is currently in NYC where she attended several events last night, most notably the ‘Entertainment Weekly & Vavoom Host Annual Upfront Party’ with brother Nate, as well as the ‘Official Concert After Party for Kanye West’ — I’ve added a mixture of MQ and HQ images to the gallery — I love Eliza’s dress, she looks gorgeous. Gallery links and previews are below, enjoy!

In other, related news, the pilot has wrapped filming and has been named ‘Echo’. Variety is also reporting that the series shall premiere January 2009, but confirmation of the exact date is expected tomorrow (May 15) in a press release, so be sure to check back for that! I’m also hoping that the cast of Dollhouse will make an appearance, so fingers crossed.

Gallery Links
- Entertainment Weekly & Vavoom Host Annual Upfront Party - Arrivals/Inside
- Absolut 100 Official Concert After Party for Kanye West

There is a fantastic (non-spoilery) question and answer session with writers Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain about the upcoming Dollhouse — they were part of the writing team on Angel.

It has also been revealed that Tim Minear (Drive, Angel, etc) is writing episode 7 — whoo! — and that the writing team have already started writing episode 8!

All I can say is that the interview is definitely a must read. Read it in full at dollhousetvforum.com (opens in a new window.) Enjoy!