Hrm...looks like Creation screwed up (I know, I'm just as shocked as you are!)

From Samantha Ferris's blog:

TBTB are more than a little bit deluded if they think I'm gonna pay $22 for a seven-episode "season" of Jericho, particularly since there's no third season forthcoming. That's not a season, people; that's a slightly extended miniseries.

There were more than 200 people taking part in the Hey! Nielsen Superbowl ads panel. One of us will win the iPhone -- and one in 200 isn't bad. It was fairly fun, though it would've been better if it'd been a group chat rather than only being able to message one person at a time. I suppose group chat might've led to group concensus on the ads, but it also would've helped foster the social aspect of Hey! Nielsen, if that's really what they're looking for.

Speaking of Hey! Nielsen, I'm pretty much fed up with the Moonlight, Journeyman and Blood Ties fans and their spammy posting. Now I know how people felt about Supernatural and Jericho fans before we got a clue, I suppose. The difference is that SPN and Jericho fandoms did get a clue, and got the word out about how the site is meant to be used. The current big three don't seem to have gotten the memo -- or maybe they're just ignoring the memo altogether. They seem to be under the delusion that if they post enough, their show's network will sit up and take notice and renew/uncancel the show. I highly doubt it. The networks aren't going to pay attention, I would wager, until at least after the site's out of beta and has built up a significantly larger user base. They don't give a crap what 25 fans think, people.

There's talk of people creating sockpuppet accounts to post with, especially now that the site is limiting people to one opinion per day on any given subject. Nielsen's got to get a handle on that, or the site's never going to be a legitimate place to gather information.

I think the real value of Hey!Nielsen at this point is the opportunity to win new fans over to your show. The people who are there now are already predisposed to online fandoms, so half the battle is won. But spammy posting is not going to win over fans -- it's going to piss them off. Personally, I've never watched Blood Ties, but I can tell you this much -- now I never will. And I watched an ep or two of Journeyman and Moonlighting, there's very little chance I'll ever watch more. So, fans of these shows, you've blown the very real possibility that I might become another fan to bolster your numbers. And I would've been easy to win over. I'm a fan of genre stuff. I love vampires. But the Hey! Nielsen experience is frustrating when you've got to wade through several dozen versions of "best. show. evar." or (my personal favorite) "[favorite vampire] can suck me anytime!!!!!"

Yeah.