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.
Also hot online:
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.