Macaroni_and_Cheese
I've been trying to hook everyone I can, VM cannot make it on last years ratings this time.
Some things that are helpful:
Critics- Finding some good critic quotes from impressive sources such as the "One of the 6 best dramas" from Time makes it seem more respectable.
It also helps if they follow a certain critic like E!'s Kristin, TV Guide's Matt Roush, Mike Ausiello or Angel Cohn or Daniel Manu, TV Gal at Zap2it, or someone else that really loves the show
Famous Fans- Do they love Lost? Lost creator/producer/writer Damon Lindelof loves VM.
Gilmore Girls? Gilmore Girls creator/ex-producer Amy Sherman-Palladino also loves VM.
Sarah Dessen (writer of Someone Like You, That Summer, This Lullaby and some others) has been gushing about it in her blog. Then there's the other ones that are pretty well known for liking VM like Joss Whedon, Stephen King, and Kevin Smith.
If they are Degrassi fans this quote from Kevin Smith could be helpful: "... the most engaging new show I’ve seen since Degrassi: The Next Generation...”
Wording - It also helps to mention things like acting and witty dialogue and stay away from the teen solves mystery thing unless the idea would appeal to them.
Damage Control - If they have seen Pulse and didn't like Kristen so much, use the fact that critics think her performance wasn't to impressive because she didn't have good material to work with and many television critics love her.
Some things that are helpful:
Critics- Finding some good critic quotes from impressive sources such as the "One of the 6 best dramas" from Time makes it seem more respectable.
It also helps if they follow a certain critic like E!'s Kristin, TV Guide's Matt Roush, Mike Ausiello or Angel Cohn or Daniel Manu, TV Gal at Zap2it, or someone else that really loves the show
Famous Fans- Do they love Lost? Lost creator/producer/writer Damon Lindelof loves VM.
Gilmore Girls? Gilmore Girls creator/ex-producer Amy Sherman-Palladino also loves VM.
Sarah Dessen (writer of Someone Like You, That Summer, This Lullaby and some others) has been gushing about it in her blog. Then there's the other ones that are pretty well known for liking VM like Joss Whedon, Stephen King, and Kevin Smith.
If they are Degrassi fans this quote from Kevin Smith could be helpful: "... the most engaging new show I’ve seen since Degrassi: The Next Generation...”
Wording - It also helps to mention things like acting and witty dialogue and stay away from the teen solves mystery thing unless the idea would appeal to them.
Damage Control - If they have seen Pulse and didn't like Kristen so much, use the fact that critics think her performance wasn't to impressive because she didn't have good material to work with and many television critics love her.
I've been giving it as much ratings as I can using Nielson this summer. I guess I've probably given them about 100,000 people worth of ratings each episode (and there's 2 episodes per week here). I thought each "light" represents 10,000 people but my dad thinks they each represent 30,000 people and there's 8 "lights" so I'm not really sure.
I've been trying to get people to watch it but they arn't giving in. And the problem is that a lot of people I know are going to university within a week so they most likely won't have tv. I'll use your suggestions for whoever I know who'll still have tv though.
