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Cable firms make a bold gamble on a new era of convergence

The show was a big advance in the well-known art of washed-up movie stars re-inventing themselves for TV

Of Maureen Ryan’s 13 Facts about “Epitaph One” (the Dollhouse direct-to-DVD episode), my favourites are the first three, which deal with the technical and scheduling aspects of shooting an episode on a tight budget and schedule:

The second show in a week to shut down production while the writers fix scripts that aren’t working. First it was 24, and this week Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse is taking time off to find itself and meditate.