Steven Spielberg drama’s mediocre ratings and high budget harm chances of a second season, but producers are locking in talent for a second year

Show fights on where Dollhouse, Wonderfalls and Firefly did not.

Discussing the sci-fi show’s return.

We’re kind of okay with it.

The last time a new Futurama episode aired, it was 2003. The next time, it’ll be 2010.

Ratings are down, but it’s resilient in its time slot.

Says Fox agrees in principle to follow up films.

Noted director slated to direct Alien prequel.

Unconfirmed reports from Sci-Fi Wire and Forces Of Geek have suggested, rather strongly, that Fox is looking to recast the voice actors for its returning hit show, Futurama.

One of Ronald D Moore’s two science fiction projects this year, Virtuality, failed to garner any significant viewing figures on its airing last Friday in the United States, further reducing its chances for a green light to series.

Michael Taylor, one of the creator and executive producers of Virtuality recently spoke to io9, in an interview where he cast doubt over the property’s prospects for going to series, and cleared up a few lingering questions that have hovered over its troubled production.

A report from Collider, citing unnamed sources, has stated definitively that Futurama will be back for a 13 episode order soon.

Fox has released the first real look at the characters of its on-again, off-again science fiction series Virtuality. The series, created by Battlestar Galactica reboot-er Ronald D Moore, focuses on a ship sent to another world that will take years to reach its destination. To amuse themselves, the crew have a virtual reality simulator aboard where they can while away the long months in relative comfort, however something sinister is lurking within the system, and the proviso that the crew must take part in a reality television show as a part of their voyage conditions means that they can’t escape whatever it is that’s stalking them.

20th Century Fox, the network that airs Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, has reportedly come down hard on a fansite that it accuses of “doing a great disservice to the show,” with the director of publicity personally sending an e-mail to its webmaster.

Human Target, the new show from Fox coming this autumn and based on the DC Comics series, has released four clips onto the internet today, which are available to view below.

Kevin Reilly, the president of entertainment at Fox, recently fielded a conference call from journalists asking about the decisions that led to the controversial renewal of Dollhouse and the cancellation of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

In a surprising move, Fox has reportedly renewed the ailing freshman show Dollhouse for a second season, surprising many outlets who had previously written it off as a lost cause.