TV Squad Comic Con report - Matt Federman

How interesting it is to know that when the writer's for Jericho were dishing on who to have hook up with who on Jericho, that they actually read the blogs and online forums to get an idea of which way the wind was blowing.

* the following is from TV Squad - link here*

Another question posed to the panel was the influence of the Internet community on genre shows. Matthew Federman, writer on Jericho, said that they do have an influence when it comes to their favorite programs. Federman relayed a story about a reaction to a love triangle on the former CBS series. The writers wanted to go one way about the romantic storyline. Meanwhile, they were reading the blogs and show comments to get feedback from fans and getting the feeling that many were against the romantic storyline. Eventually, this led the writers to rethink the direction the love triangle should take.

The avid fan bases these shows have was brought up to the panel as well. With the case of the nut campaign to renew Jericho, Federman said that the writers felt they now had a mandate to satisfy the fans after the show was renewed. Gabrielle added that having a rabid fan base was cool. When she was writing for Farscape she didn't realize how big the fanbase was for the show because of her Australian filming location. When Moonlight gained its fanbase it was different because she experienced it as it was happening.

I love when I get to read how our online influence was instrumental to story lines, as well as saving the show.............twice.
I do feel bad for the Moonlight Fans ( of which I totally am one) to have to hear that the sets were struck. The Moonlight Fans have purchased ad space on 40 LA buses for their campaign, I hope some smart Net sees the Moonlight Fans are just as valuable as the Jericho Fans are and takes Moonlight on as a project.

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