As far as viewership goes I don't think switching to the web would hurt him too much. Whedon's stuff doesn't do a very good job grabbing new people. There aren't too many people who have watched Buffy or Angel and could go either way. People either love his stuff or absolutely hate it.

"As far as viewership goes I don't think switching to the web would hurt him too much. Whedon's stuff doesn't do a very good job grabbing new people. There aren't too many people who have watched Buffy or Angel and could go either way. People either love his stuff or absolutely hate it."

I just read that even though the ratings for the first episode of "Dollhouse" weren't that great, the iTunes sales were.  So at least the show is making some money.  Maybe he's on to something.  Maybe his fans prefer seeing his stuff away from television.  I also think FOX needs to stop trying to push his shows on Friday nights  when the prime audience may not be around to watch it, let alone the fact that Friday nights are pretty packed with other genre programming.

Hm. My ideal world will be one without Whedon's stuff on tv (or anywhere!). So probably if he's done with television that'll pave the way for upcoming, and hopefully better shows.

As long as he's putting new content out somewhere I'm happy.