The Paley Center is holding an event called "Click Critics: The Power of Fan Websites" that I have been invited to be a part of. I cant even begin to tell you how honored and extremely exited I am to have been invited. And it really is all thanks to everyone who continually visits this site with the ups and down we have gone through in the past year and for making this one of the best Ugly Betty sites on the web and for participating and helping with everything. Thank you so much!! If you are going to be in the New York area around May 19th at 6pm, please do come by and check it out. The Paley Center is offering discount tickets to the event for 8 dollars. If you visit this page http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/33881/prm/uglyisin and enter the code "uglyisin" you can receive the discount. You can also read up more on the event here, http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-08spring/ny-web.htm . Im so exited and of course will be reporting back on what happened at the event! TV recap/fan sites like Television Without Pity have a significant impact on television's creative community, as producers are able to instantly track fans' reactions to their programming. In addition to the entertainment these portals provide readers, they have become the ultimate focus group, making passionate, informed, unfiltered audience responses to new material a simple click away. We are gathering writers behind some of the more well-known sites to discuss the influence of fan sites on programming, the culture of actively engaged critical communities, and their position in the "legitimate" critical landscape.
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