abc.com

i visit abc.go.com all the time (admittedly not since the start of spring semester, however) to catch up on a few of my preferred (dare i call them favorite) shows.  "grey's..." (of course), "private practice", and "brothers & sisters" are my main attractions to the site.  usually, i visit to view the full episode player which is really awesome.  not novel by any of today's web standards.  but, cool nonetheless. i think abc was actually one of the first networks to offer web viewing of full episodes.  don't quote me on it but i think it was. maybe i should look into it?

at any rate, i figure web viewing is quite 2.0-y.  why not right?  so, i went to abc.go.com to explore beyond my normally tunnel-vision-driven route (i.e. straight to the full ep section).  i discovered that the network has an online community for the shows that air on the network! i got waaay to excited about it, i must admit.  if you head to the homepage and click on the community link, a drop-down menu will appear and there you will find all the worlds 2.0 oysters.  well, at least a couple.  

there are blogs maintained by the writers of the shows.  the blogs detail the writers' experiences coming up with the episodes as well as interviews with cast members of the abc shows.  there are also hints of upcoming episode happenings.  message boards are populated with viewer commentary on varying shows.  you need to become a member of the abc online community to post a comment.  widgets & games are fun pieces of the community.  you can actually grab widgets for a particular show to put on your blog, facebook, igoogle, or myspace pages.  the widgets include a count down clock to the next episode of the show, photos from episodes, and you can even have a mobile version of the widget sent via text to your cell phone.  i posted the widget in a separate post by posting it straight from the abc website.  check it out.