Although I’m still pretty sure that Dollhouse will not be coming back, there have been equally powerful debates on the internet about The Sarah Connor Chronicle’s return for a third season, especially after Michael Ausiello of EW announced that Terminator was going to get the axe. I admit that the fate of SCC is still up in the air in my mind, while Dollhouse is just languishing in some low-ratings pool of hope-tears.

But, I’ve read, I might be wrong…

From i09:

Whedon did a group interview last night as part of his Paley Fest appearance, and sounded as though he hasn’t given up on a second season of his mind-wiped slaves-of-the-rich show:

[The chances are] not very good but in limbo. Obviously our numbers are pretty soft, and there it is, but we live in hope. I’m really proud of the episodes that are coming out. More than that, I can’t really ask.
He still holds out hope for renewal. Fingers crossed! (Although the ratings numbers, for both Dollhouse and Sarah Connor, do remain pretty discouraging.)

And Whedon on what he told the Fox execs when they wanted a 13th show but didn’t want to pony up the money:

I’ll tell you what. I’ll shoot a post-apocalyptic thriller that’s all on our sets in six days with a cast of four other people, then we’ll pepper it with different bits from our regular cast, and we can do it all during the schedule. It’ll cost you half. I can do this.’ And I was so in love with the idea that I just came up with off the top of my head, and that’s what it turned into. It’s one of the best episodes we’ve ever made