Producers try new creative and financial models

May 29, 2008 Whedon is one of a brigade of producers working toward new network production models and financial structures for domestic and international consumption. He's working with Fox to make "Dollhouse" fit a slot with only half the usual commercials as part of the network's audience-friendly "Remote Free TV" scheduling experiment. Another producer forging new directions is Fox TV Studios president Emiliano Calemzuk, who has devised an inventive, money-saving model at a time when costs continue to spiral.

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