Jetzt, wo Terminator auch im Frühjahr mitmischen möchte/muss, wird's eng im Fox-Zeitplan. Immerhin hat so ein Network ganze 2 Stunden pro Tag (von 20-22), 5 Tage die Woche zur Verfügung für Serien, der Rest wird von Filmen und Regional-Stellen gefüllt. Die peinlichen, unsäglichen Meldungen, die Terminator-Verlängerung hätte was mit den "Schwierigkeiten" von Dollhouse zu tun, kopieren/zitieren/häufen sich. Wham, bam, zam, sham, I don't really give a damn. In Wirklichkeit sieht nämlich alles so aus:

I doubt Fox will move Dollhouse away from Mondays, they'll still want to give it the best possible chance of success by pairing it with 24. The Fox midseason schedule is always overcrowed because of the return of 24 and two nights of American Idol. This year is no different. Fox has managed that problem in the past by having some of its fall shows take a hiatus until later in the spring. For example, Prison Break went on haitus in December while a new show used its timeslot, and then returned later in the spring (March) to air its remaining 9 episodes. Unless Fox plans on using the low-rated PB and Terminator as filler for Friday nights, I suspect they will use the same strategy as in the past. The new shows like Dollhouse, which usually only have 13 episodes which isn't enough to last from Jan-May, will premiere early. Then when their 13 episode run is over the old shows like PB and Terminator will return, or they'll return earlier if any of the new shows are cancelled quickly.

There's too much media attention surrounding Dollhouse for Fox to try to bury it, even if they are worried about its direction, which I'm not convinced they are. Plus, haven't they already sold it to advertisers as part of that fewer-commercials experiment (along with Fringe)? Fox will want Dollhouse to do as well as possible to make those advertisers happy and for the experiment to be a success, especially since it seems to already be working for Fringe.