Steve Maeda and Jeri Ryan speak on HELIX and the influence of Social Media

How do you feel about the fan reaction that you’re getting you know in social media and online?

Steve Maeda:    Oh, I think it’s marvelous. This is the first show I’ve worked on where we are – I’ve had that kind of reaction. I think that – I was on Lost for a season and Twitter was a lot more kind of in its birth stages, so it’s really gratifying. It’s really nice. It’s almost like you know I tend to watch Twitter while the show’s on.

Steve Maeda:    And it’s really interesting to see – it’s almost like a live audience type of reaction. It’s like a 30-second delay for the Tweets to hit, but it’s really cool and you get to play along and you see what people like and what they don’t like, and it’s been really fun and interesting.

Jeri Ryan:    Yes, social media’s been a game changer for television, I have to say.

Jeri Ryan:    In the last few years, the way it’s evolved is amazing.

Steve Maeda:    Yes.

So Jeri, will you be Tweeting on Friday?

Jeri Ryan:    I am going to try. I don’t – we have a Valentine’s party that we have to go to, my husband and I, so I’m not sure how much and which time zone and all of that, but I’m going to do my best.

Jeri Ryan:    The next episode I definitely can, but I’ll do as much Tweeting as I can for this one, but that’s a tough night.

Is Twitter an Social Media a double-edged sword?

Steve Maeda:    Yes, it is I think, in that you don’t want to ever get to the place where you’re checking yourself or like trying to – I guess the word – you know, you want to please, but at the same time you don’t want to be too reactionary. So I think you have to take it all with a grain of salt because you get very, very strong opinions.

And so I try to take it all as kind of a whole and then kind of toss it away and not think about it when we’re actually sitting there breaking a story. I don’t want, you know, the specter of what someone might think you know kind of clouding you know what – the story we’re trying to tell. But it is definitely nice to get feedback, and especially nice feedback, which we’ve had a lot of on the show.

So it seeps in you know, but you just got – can’t let it seep in too deep.

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Steve Madea, Showrunner is @stevemaeda
Jeri Ryan, aka Constance Sutton: @JeriLRyan
Show creator, Cameron Porsandeh is @Porsandeh
Neil Napier, Dr. Peter Farragut is @NielNapier
Daniel Aerov, Meegwun Fairbrother is @bmeegwun
Dr. Doreen Boyle portrayed by Catherine Lemieux is @LOVEcatLEMIEUX
Major Sergio Balleseros, portrayed by Mark Ghanime is @markghanime
Dr. Julia Walker, the newly infected, portrayed by Kyra Zagorsky is @KyraZagorsky
Anana is Luciana Carro @lucianacarro