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I've always loved to watch Televison, especially if it was in English. Maybe that's because those shows are all so much more interesting than the insipid shows we get in Quebec. Whatever the case may be, I guess I could call this TV watching of mine a passion. One of many. The Eye Network stems from that passion.
At first, there was the Sue Thomas F.B.Eye fansite. It started with me joining an already existing and exciting site and us expanding it until it took a life of its own. Of course, we're now a few years later and it's a little bittersweet for me to realize that this once bustling site is now at a stalemate because of the end of the series and some other reasons I really shouldn't go into.
The end of STFBE made me realize that something needed to change if I wanted some action to keep happening on the site forums. That's when the Eye Online took shape. I moved the forums from the Sue Thomas fansite to the Eye Online site and widened the focus to not only be about one show, but instead become a portal for fans of Televison - people like me who sometimes have to make time in their schedule for all the shows they like to watch!
Another thing that changed is that the Bullpen - the fanfics portal for Sue Thomas F.B.Eye got renamed to The Library of Congress and additional categories were added besides the obvious STFBE fandom. I considered moving the LoC (the much shorter name to the fanfics section) to the Eye Online site, but it soon became evident that I would risk encountering countless troubles because of the databases manipulations... so I just let it be!
After all that came the Eye Newsletters. It was a very fun venture for me...for a while. I admit that I still miss it at times, but working on those newsletters alone was too time consuming on top of everything else, so they were discontinued until another time where people express interest in helping out (if ever that happens).
And now, we're entering the era of the Eye Guides. The first to see the light of day was the Supernatural Guide, soon followed by the Smallville Guide. Heroes was recently added to the roster, and fans will be delighted to learn that a Criminal Minds Guide is currently in the works.
The future is looking friendly at the Eye Network and I hope you'll find the same enjoyment with it as I am. There is so much in store for you guys... You wouldn't believe me if I told you everything. *wink* |
