It was breaking news as of last night, for me. Morning and afternoon and other times of the day for the rest of the world.

If you read the previous post I made (find it here) about Dollhouse and its current state, etc etc, I already posted my feelings towards it as a series. Effectively, pre-empted anything I could have said with the eventual announcement of a cancellation.

Mere days later, the cancellation has been made official by FOX. Though they have said that they will air all of the remaining episodes and the series finale is tentatively slated for January 22nd. So my theory on not seeing any Dollhouse in 2010 wasn’t quite on the mark! Close enough.

There is a lot of sadness about the cancellation. For one thing I was really warming to Dichen Lachman in the show. Thought she was among the best bits of it. Despite me having massive reservations about her, based on her appearance in Neighbours!

One reaction made me giggle. Jewel Staite tweeted this:

Just found out Dollhouse was canceled. ‘SUMMERRRRRR!!!’

I know there’s a lot of anger out there from the fans of the show. Yes it’s based on ratings, and maybe it had a crappy timeslot, but still. It wasn’t a critically acclaimed show. Ratings weren’t great. It’s a no brainer. Fair enough, there is a lot more shows out there which are probably worse than Dollhouse, but they do well for the network they’re on. It’s business! This is the cold hearted cynic talking.

So I’ll say this again. Bye Dollhouse. I won’t miss you. You were marginally amusing while you lasted.