FUTURE ON FOX

Airlock Alpha announced their nominations for the 2009 Portal Awards, which recognizes the science-fiction genre and is voted on by fans. Fringe, Dollhouse and Terminator are all up for nods in the TV categories!

FRINGE - Best Series, Joshua Jackson for Best Actor and John Noble for Best Supporting Actor.

DOLLHOUSE - Best Series, Best Episode (“Omega”), Eliza Dushku for Best Actress, Olivia Williams for Best Supporting Actress and Alan Tudyk for Best Guest Star in “Omega.”

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES - Summer Glau for Best Supporting Actress and Thomas Dekker for Best Young Actor.

The full list is here. Voting begins June 25th!

Dollhouse returns! And, along with the multitude of fans who commented/emailed/called, we’re excited!

The big guys at Fox explained to reporters this morning why they decided to stick with it:

“We think we can grow the show,” Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice said. “The show became much stronger creatively during the course of the season. Joss feels very energized about it, and we believe in him as a creator. We feel he can build the show and grow in the new season and that Friday is a good place for it to do that.”

Joss Whedon talks about its renewal with THR’s Live Feed:

The last few episodes we got to play “the man behind the curtain” a lot. We did less of, “And this week, she’s a neurosurgeon!” Which we’ll still do to an extent, it’s part of the fun. But we got into what makes the place tick, what makes it wrong. It was less, “Murder She Was Imprinted to Write.” The episodes were more satisfying and the network responded to that. And we also responded to their ideas about pacing and it being more of a thriller and a conspiracy so they were seeing what they were hoping for when we got the aspect we were looking for.

And he even teases about the new episodes in a comment at Whedonesque:

But oh, the terrible things my brain is brewing… Just wait. We’ll make it worth it.

Before they even got word of the official pickup, Co-EPs Liz Craft and Sarah Fain give some hints about Season 2 to their hometown paper, the Kansas City Star:

Craft: Alpha will be out there, but we’ll have someone else in Season 2, I’m sure. We always wanted him to get away.

Watch the Dollhouse panel discussion from Paley Fest 09 here.

We always love when Joss gives us more info. He chats to TV Guide about the original pilot, sustaining serialized television and how much you’d have to spend to hire Echo.

Watch him now!

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More from the Dollhouse press roundup:

We’re #1!! (on iTunes)

Pinkraygun is now Apple’s “bitch” because of Joss

Joss “prays fans never calm down”

Then Time mag Q’s & A’s him

The Chicago Trib talks to Tahmoh

So does Time Out Chicago

Kristin goes BTS

MamaPop wants Echo to be “a Serbian lounge singer with a limp”

“Dollhouse” and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be included in the Paley Center for Media’s Paleyfest ‘09 which is April 10-23 at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.

If you’ve never been, it’s a real treat — you get to watch an upcoming episode and the writers and cast take fan questions.

They’re escaping the Dollhouse to speak to the fans and press! Mark your calendars:

NEW YORK COMIC CON
Sunday, Feb. 8th
Exclusive Sneak Preview of Series premiere
Followed by Q&A with Joss Whedon & Tahmoh Penikett
12:45PM-1:45PM
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th Street
NY, NY

LATE, LATE SHOW w/ CRAIG FERGUSON
Guest: Olivia Williams
TUESDAY, FEB. 10th

HOWARD STERN
Guest: Eliza Dushku
THURSDAY, FEB. 12th
7:35am - Sirius Radio

REGIS & KELLY
Guest: Eliza Dushku
THURSDAY, FEB. 12th
Check local listings

LATE NIGHT w/ CONAN O’BRIEN
Guest: Eliza Dushku
THURSDAY, FEB. 12th

HOLLYWOOD 411
Guest: Tahmoh Penikett
THURSDAY, FEB. 12th
TV GUIDE CHANNEL

Enter the “Jossverse” with these behind-the-scenes peeks from the set. A new clip will be posted every Friday until the premiere of Dollhouse.

First up? The man directs one of the sexiest women alive on how to actually act sexy.

The LA Times thinks Tahmoh Penikett is a star on the rise.

And they even report what kind of coffee he drinks in case you’re stalking him in a Starbucks.