Chicago Tribune | The Watcher -- Veronica Mars' creator feels the love
Chalk up another victory up to the fans.
Rob Thomas, creator of UPN's "Veronica Mars," gives a lot of credit for the show's second-season renewal, which was announced Monday, to a vocal and vociferous fan campaign, much of which was centered around several fan-run Web sites, especially SaveVeronicaMars.com, MarsInvestigations.net and TelevisionWithoutPity.com.
re TWoP: "To me it's like the coolest focus group you can have,"Thomas says. "You have to balance it all out -- they clearly don't all agree, they argue amongst themselves about what character works and what doesn't. But if you read enough of it, you get a sense of what the general audience response is. yes. And they really keep you on your toes with the details. You can't just randomly say, 'We went to the store two weeks ago,' because they have it all charted out."