Showtime's upcoming fifth season of The L Word will premiere first on OurChart.com, a lesbian-focused social community, according to BusinessWire.com. The OurChart.com premiere is slated for December 30, 2007 followed by the Showtime premiere on January 6, 2008. The choice is no coincidence, as co-founder and CEO of OurChart.com, Ilene Chaiken, is also the creator/producer of The L Word.
This is, regardless of anything else, another example of how technology and the new online media is becoming more and more intertwined with traditional television viewing.
Marlee Matlin is joining the
cast of Showtime's The L Word. She'll play "a fiery artist who catches the attention of Jennifer Beals'
character, Bette Porter," according to Showtime execs. In 1986, Matlin won an Oscar for playing a deaf student in
the movie, Children of a Lesser God. Lately, though, she has been doing all sorts of (great) guest appearances
including Desperate Housewives and Law and Order: SVU, and she has had a recurring role as 'Joey
Lucas' on The West Wing.
Writers of The L Word are
including the show's fans in a very unique way. They've started a 'fanisode' contest where fans team up with writers to
script an episode one scene at a time. Each week, the writers will announce a scene mission on their 
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