TVSquad

Something I really enjoyed about Sci Fi putting this event on for us was getting to put faces to people involved with other online outlets. SyFy Portal, Gateworld, The TV Addict, DVD Verdict, Monsters and Critics, UGO, and TVaholic, among others (sorry if I missed mentioning you and you're reading this – I'm still recovering.) These were real fans of television, and they were as excited as anyone to be there. What pissed me off, though, was overhearing a few people in attendance say "I never watch TV," yet here they were, covering TV shows. What were they doing there? Lame. That should piss off any fan of these shows, because this was more than an event to be reported on my the media, it was put on for the fans. OK, I'm done my rant.

Last month we got an email from the Sci Fi publicity folks and, had it not been for the email address, I may have thought it was a joke. We were being invited to tour the sets of some of the most popular shows on the Sci Fi Channel, along with an unknown number of other digital press representatives, sort of out of the blue and on somewhat short notice. Thousands of miles and weeks later, I think I'm still in shock that it really happened.

I want to give you what I think will be a different perspective on the trip, one that's less about the "scoop" everyone hopes to hear and more about what it's like to be a fan of these shows and have such a unique opportunity like this; the sights, the sounds and hell, even the smells. "For television fans, by television fans," that's what TV Squad has been about all along.