Joss Whedon to ‘leave television forever’?

image Sci-Fi Slice have claimed that ‘once “Dollhouse” is over, Joss Whedon is leaving TV for good…to pursue creating on-line content along the lines of “Dr. Horrible.”’.

Now, there claim has not been sourced, but let’s assume for the moment that it is true:  genre television would surely have lost one of its finest writers, and if ever there was to be a tragedy written about the demise of one of television’s talents at the hands of the executives, surely Joss’s battles with FOX would be right up there.

Those unfamiliar with Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog should check its Wikipedia entry for further details, as it does strike me as the sort of thing Joss would be interested in moving towards.  Now that he has his fan following, does he really need the pencil-pushing network television executives telling him how to edit his content?  No goram way.

Then again, Sci-Fi Slice might not have a source, and might have just made it up.  In which case, disregard this post.

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  • Sam
    April 13, 2009 | Permalink | Reply

    We never make things up on our Slice of SciFi website. Even items not sourced directly come from our own annonymous sources at various studios, networkss, publishers and other entertainment agencies.

    However, on our weekly online and Sirius/XM Satellite radio show we do speculate about various directions a particular story could go. As this particular story was a part of the show, and not a news article on our site, it may fall into the realm of speculation based on some of the things we’ve heard going on over at Fox.

  • October 4, 2009 | Permalink | Reply

    Critically acclaimed and a popular success, Lost garnered an average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC during its first year. It has won numerous industry awards including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005, Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005, the Golden Globe for Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

  • December 19, 2009 | Permalink | Reply

    Very nice information and well laid out site with some great stargate universe info – just what i needed! Thanks xox

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