Interactive offerings on ABC.com add to experience
ABC.com introduced its digital content for its fall shows on September 25, including personality quizzes based on programs' characters, new webisodes for shows including Ugly Betty, and a new Grey's Anatomy blog: Dr. Sydney Heron's "Healing with Love."
Other interactive elements include a "Design a Dance Contest," where fans can submit content for an on-air dance segment for Dancing with the Stars, and a vintage computer game for Life on Mars, which is set in 1973. Promoting the new game show Opportunity Knocks, viewers can also create their own "How Well Do You Know Me? Quiz."
ABC also recently introduced a new version of its Full Episode Player, giving viewers another way to catch popular shows. A new short-form video player allows fans to embed videos on their own blogs or Web sites, extending the reach of the network and its Web content.
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Fans can interact with The Office's Andy Bernard and Angela Martin, one of the two engaged couples on the show, via their wedding Web site. My question: where is Jim and Pam's site?
After the Mad Men debacle with Twitter, Showtime has introduced an official Twitter account for Mia, a character played by Madeline Zima on Californication, starring David Duchovny. Seventeen-year-old Mia also has a Facebook page.
NPR is offering an exclusive preview of Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs, the eighth volume in a series of rare recordings and outtakes from the singer and Columbia Records. It will be officially released on October 7.
The Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis posted a playlist to accompany her latest cookbook, Giada's Kitchen: New Italian Favorites.
