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HitFix: In your discussions with the network, has there ever been discussion of a threshold for success?

MT: There’s never been discussion of a threshold. I don’t know if they know what the threshold is. The threshold for renewing Joss’ show ["Dollhouse"] was ultimately pretty low and I think was out of respect for what he showed he can do and respect for sci-fi fans, let’s face it. If we could do that well? If we could do better? If we could do as well as ’Battlestar’ did, with a huge following behind it by its fourth season? That would be lovely. There are, however, no guarantees.

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