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The cast and crew were extremely interested in the thoughts of the on-line community. In an e-mail message, K Callan ("Martha Kent") wrote:

"I'm so glad to know that we have a group of people who care enough about the show to get on line and discuss what goes on. Television and film are not like theater where you get immediate gratification by reading an audience's reactions while you are performing. With an on line group, the reaction is almost as instant - nice. I have seen some of the discussions that have been passed on to Kenny. Perhaps I'll able to tune in and find out first hand what you think."

Teri Hatcher also commented about LOISCLA in a December, 1994, interview on the television show "Extra":

"It's really quite flattering. It's amazing, because we come in to work on Monday mornings around 5 o'clock in the morning. And by the time we get here, there's about 40 pages printed out that someone will bring in from the Lois & Clark [group]."

Kathy Glynn, one of the Staff Writer's Assistants, wrote to list member nancy in chicago, "We really appreciate the feedback and, I assure you, the writer always sees the whole pile of comments." Producers Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner commented in more detail on this subject in an article in the November 12, 1995, L.A. Times:

"'It's a whole different thing than fan mail, which is disembodied,' says Brad Buckner, co-executive producer of ABC's 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,' another show with a rabid online following.

"'This is very visceral,' adds fellow co-executive producer Eugenie Ross-Leming. 'When you read this, you see all those exclamation points -- it's like a comic book.'

"The two, who read weekly printouts of postings, have used the comments as ammunition and story ideas.

"'It gave us permission as writers," Ross-Leming says. "If we get a note from the network that might be more conservative than we would want it to be, we could point out to them, no, they want this.'"

With the show's cancellation, however, there were some dissenting views, and even some blame heaped on the on-line community. Executive Producer Robert Singer was quoted as intimating that listening to on-line FoLCs led the writers into the wrong story lines. You can see Mr. Singer's comments by clicking here.

In contrast, however, writer Tim Minear wrote an extremely gracious note to the on-line community. You can see Tim's note by clicking here. In my humble opinion, only one of the two is worth reading.