The Big Bang Theory
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Great presentation! Do you think the writers of “The Big Bang Theory” ever read the forums about the show and take into consideration the fan’s opinions?
Good question! That’s actually really interesting that you mentioned the writers, since I looked into that for part of my research paper. In terms of opinions about the show, I think that the writers might read and take into consideration what the fans have to say, but don’t necessarily do much with it. They probably look to see if fans are happy or not, since for the show to be successful they need to keep in mind what the fans want. When it comes to ideas on storyline though, I learned that the writers do not look at what fans share.
A lot of the fans on the forums I analyzed posted comments and possible episode scripts in hopes of the writers seeing their opinions. For legal reasons, however, the writers are not supposed to actually read these ideas that the fans post. One of the fans on the fan forum explained this reasoning in a reply to another fan asking if the writers would read their idea if they posted it on the forum. They explained that if the writers were to write an episode script, and a fan wrote a similar script idea that the writer may have read online, there could be discrepancy of whether or not the writers came up with the idea or took it from the fan. It’s easier in terms of legal matters if the writers simply don’t read the posts, because it will eliminate the possibility of fans accusing the writers of stealing their ideas.
