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Will Joss Whedon make a new show for cable TV?

That's the tantalizing hint presented by FX president John Landgraf, speaking with reporters on Sunday and saying that he's having lunch with the creator of Dollhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Here's how the Futon Critic Web site reported it:

"Actually his representatives called and scheduled a lunch, I think I'm supposed to have lunch with Joss in the next two or three weeks," FX president John Landgraf told reporters when asked about working with the cult-favorite producer during the network's executive session at the TCA this morning.
Dollhouse ends with a series finale, "Epitaph Two: Return," on Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
FX might be a much better fit for Joss. Edgier, grittier, smaller (but more hardcore) audiences, etc.

Re-light this dang boat already! We're ready to do the impossible again!

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Originally posted by out2theblack:

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
FX might be a much better fit for Joss. Edgier, grittier, smaller (but more hardcore) audiences, etc.

Re-light this dang boat already! We're ready to do the impossible again!

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Signs of the Apocalypse...Agreeing again !

Ditto to all comments in this thread so far...

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Originally posted by Storymark:
While I think Joss' serialized style is a better fit for cable.... cable tends to have much smaller budgets. I wouldn't hold my breath for another series set in the 'verse.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Originally posted by optimus1998:
hell the buffy reruns (back in the early '00's in the am) on FX is where i first got into the whedonverse.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
there are ways to cut corners and such...

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Originally posted by Zeek:

What ever happened to reruns? I can't find any good old shows to watch these days. The best hope for finding some random good TV is old movies randomly popping up.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Yeah, writing thrives on cable, which is why I said it'd be a good fit.

But seriously....all those shows you mention are good shows - but none of them are in the ballpark of a science fiction show, budget wise. They are all character dramas - which are comparatively cheap.

You seem to be equating budget with quality, but that's not nessesarily true.

Spaceship sets are more expensive than a doctor's office. Costumes that must be designed and made from scratch cost more than ones that can be purchased. CG shots cost a lot period, and those other shows have few or none. Even the restrained action on Firefly is bigger than action beats on most of those other shows.

Sure, there are ways to cut corners and such, but a show like Firefly is almost always going to cost more than a show like Damages.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Or more Dollhouse.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Joss LOVES him some musicals, and the success of Glee can't have gone unnoticed at Fox. Will Joss be doing a reboot of Cop Rock, only edgier, in fitting with the FX Network's image?

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