But how about in skill at fan manipulation by a show with a comparatively small fan base?

I still think Buffy wins. I mean, we had Joss and Tim posting here. Way to go to work a crowd. They had the Bronze as official, and I think Tim posted at TWOP as well, and who knows where else.

And Joss is a master (no pun intended) at whipping fans into a frenzy, although his shows didn't really have numbers to compete with the big boys, they did manage to get a lot of undying devotion following from project to project.

I don't know if appearing on Supernatural ever made anyone more castable. It's a remarkably low profile show and we fans don't count for much in terms of desirable demographics. Ads on it are the cheapest on the CW, although its ratings are decent for that network. But I don't think that appearing on it gets you more eyes, and even if it does, they're not the sort of eyes that fill movie theatre seats or activate Nielsen boxes. The two leads are barely B list movie actors. They barely have any recognition outside people who watch the show, as opposed to word of mouth or paparazzi draw.

Which is all a damned shame, and I'm glad cons pay so much, because I don't think appearing on the show pads their bank accounts much any other way. Misha was on the show for how long, and now he's on Ringer? Yikes.

Misha has posted an update. The first individual winner has been named (none of us, I don't think). But there will be a second individual winner named at some point.

He said the team will be announced on Christmas.

I am the Keymaster for our team, and received no extra competition email, so I think we are out of the running.

C'est la...

I hope your team wins, sumi!

Erin, me too and us neither.

Sumi, ditto.

Brought to you from the land of no original thoughts.

We got nothing either.

Oh well.

Of course, perhaps Sally was up for the individual prize with the bacon dress.

SPN-Monty Python fusion vid.

Completely off topic, but I just had a sudden urge to see the clips from Blonde where Jensen is dancing in the kimono. o.O

Ha! I have that DVD out from Netflix right now!

I wish the movie had been able to deal a little more overtly with Eddie & Cass' relationship like in the Joyce Carol Oates book. It's implied that the triangle is equilateral, but they aren't really allowed to overtly show it. And thus we are robbed of the sight of Jensen macking on another hot guy.

YES. Yes, what you said.

Got proof that dear architeuthis is still alive and kicking. Unfortunately it was as beta status, and not new fic, but so happy he's still around and in fandom.