Obviously all of these would contribute, but which do you think had the most impact?
I'm annoyed at Fox. People knew T:SCC and Dollhouse were paired together so when T:SCC ends and then Dollhouse isn't on the next week of course some people might assume it ended. They should have done the advertising to let people know it would be back, more than 1 person I know who sometimes watches but isn't as big a fan as me asked me if it was over.

I also don't think prison break is as good a lead in. Isn't that show cancelled? so they know we are having some trouble getting new viewers so they give us a lead in that's not even popular enough to stay on the air itself?
I try so hard not to be the stereotypical fan who hates Fox without understanding that they are a business who sometimes have to make tough calls, but seriously, they have done EVERYTHING wrong when it comes to Dollhouse.

Totally agree with you! They really need to give us a better time slot too in general, the ratings suck & it has nothing to do with the quality of the show. This was actually my favorite episode to date, I think, even I watched it online!

I agree that all of them contributed to it except for the one about PB. I think Prison BReak would be a better lead in than T:SCC. Although that T:SCC is alot more related to the show, the viewers for Prison break are much higher and would spread out to a whole new audience. In the first few seasons of Prison break, they were averageing 10 million viewers! This season it is more like 4/5 million but that is still higher than T:SCC.

Fox is still keeping up with the advertising though, it has promo's every week and sneak peeks and promo photos released, there is not much they can do.

i think if p.b. was after -instead of before- dollhouse, numbers would have picked up for d.