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 Teen Wolf News 060214



 Only 4 More MOONDAYS till the Debut!

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You like that? That's our countdown to the Season 4 MTV Teen Wolf Premiere on June 23rd (just four Moondays away).

Now's a good time to take a look back at the production of Season 4 - we've got all the action from the set archived on our Teen Wolf Behind the Scenes page.

 More Teen Wolf Tweeters than Viewers

Variety is out with an assessment of how well Nielsen’s new Twitter Ratings performed during 2013-2014 US television season.

Teen Wolf was one of the highest rated scripted shows according to the new industry measurement.

Our little show ranked #6 on the Twitter Reach list, generating an average of 3.3 million impressions for each episode.

We’re wedged right between Game of Thrones and American Horror Story: Coven. USA TODAY has the full list.

The idea behind Twitter Ratings is to measure an audience ignored by traditional television ratings which is why Teen Wolf ranks high while the number one show in America (NCIS) doesn’t even show up.

There is much more on the whys? and whatthehells? in the Variety piece – but there are two points I find most interesting:

1.	The number of Teen Wolf twitter impressions is higher than the total audience (as traditionally recorded).

2.	It’s not that much higher.

That means the majority of our viewers are active.

That bears repeating – most of us are active and reactive to the show. We don’t just watch it, we’re engaged with what’s on screen and each other.

NCIS may draw 20 million people for each episode – but only a handful of those people are talking about the show or interacting with other viewers – they are, for the most part, passive viewers.

Teen Wolf, thanks mainly to MTV’s ongoing Fan Engagement and Marketing efforts, grows its audience across the digital realm.

This ultimately makes us more attractive to advertisers because the Teen Wolf audience is easy to find and target. Advertisers also like that we tend to react to things we see – on the show and in their commercials.

 More Joseph Gatt

This is spoilery so don’t watch it!

New Teen Wolf cast member Joseph Gatt talks too much.



 CafePress Crackdown on TW Merch

If you’re looking for Teen Wolf merchandise, a “Beacon Hills Lacrosse” Sweatshirt or “STEREK4EVAH” babydoll tee don’t bother with CafePress.com.

Two weeks ago, the doityourself design website purged itself of all Teen Wolf Merchandise.

According to the sites’ Content Usage Team they’ve removed all images that make “reference, including in promotion and image tags, to the MTV show Teen Wolf.”

This also means they removed many things that don’t directly reference show content – the aforementioned STEREK t-shirt for example.

I contacted MTV about the situation – they claim they (MTV, VIACOM) did not issue a take-down order.

In fact, in the past, Teen Wolf and MTV have openly encouraged fan produced art and products.

CafePress won’t say what prompted the action – but they are vehement that nothing Teen Wolf related is allowed on their site.

If you still want to wear your favorite show – these sites are still open and selling.

http://sourwolfshop.tumblr.com/

http://curlyfries.spreadshirt.com/

http://www.redbubble.com/shop/teen+wolf+t-shirts

 Malia’s Mind

I knew this foolishness was out there on the interwebs but only recently has it invaded our hallowed halls.

The latest Teen Wolf nonsense suggests that Malia is somehow retarded because she was a coyote for most of her life.

It’s brought up most often in relation to the character’s sexual exploits with Stiles or 'ship pairings with other characters.

Here’s an example –


 * A Wikia contributor 178.32.114.132
 * "Malia has he body of a 16 yo girl and the mind of a child (if she's lucky). A  sexual relationship with anyone would amount to abuse and in RL  would result in jail time and be morally indefensible."

M’Kay, um… NO!

Where to begin with this fallacy…

Let’s say Malia was pure animal during her time in the woods –

Animals are not stupid. They grow emotionally and learn from their experiences. In fact, they do it much more quickly than humans because, as we all know, they live much shorter lives.

That brings us nicely to the most important point – had Malia been purely animal she would have matured to full adulthood and could’ve produced a litter of pups during her first year.

Basically, after eight years, she was a middle-aged coyote, smarter and more experienced by far than most human teenagers.

But Malia was NOT purely an animal during those years. In her speech to Stiles in Echo House she explains her full awareness of her situation.

Really, after that scene, it is simply insulting to the character not to acknowledge her intelligence and instead portray her as some stunted child-like braincase.

She is more mature than her fellow characters because she has lived and survived on her own for so long.

So - shut up already!