And speaking of television networks moving out into the blogosphere, who could forget the writers of ABC’s hit show Grey’s Anatomy?
On their blog Grey Matter, the series’ writers obsess about making each script perfect, how much they love the on-set medical advisors and cast, and the general frenzy of making a widely-followed television series run smoothly.
Back when I was an ardent follower of Star Trek: Voyager, one of the things that frustrated me most as a fan was that I didn’t have any access to the show’s writers. Now, I’m not so arrogant as to think that my commentary would have really affected the direction the show took. But I still think it’s a great idea to give writers the opportunity to discuss their work with fans of the show - and defend their decisions about the characters that so many people feel connected to.
One writer, Joan Rater says that “writing this blog kind of terrifies me,” since some fans have offered criticism over the love triangle between three of the show’s main characters. Another worries that the cast will, “chase me with torches and stone me to death with rage at my idiocy” after a horrible flu shortened her script-writing time by a week. (They wound up loving the script.)
ABC earns points here for giving its passionate fans another way to engage with the show, and to feel that they have a stake in the unfolding drama.
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