Catch “Mother” Madness this March on WGN America
WGN America Celebrates How I Met Your Mother SuperFans with New Social Media Campaign
Catch “Mother” Madness this March with WGN America’s newest How I Met Your Mother SuperFan social media campaign which incorporates fans of How I Met Your Mother on WGN America’s air.
Beginning today, HIMYM fans are invited to join the conversation and submit a video (1 minute or less) to WGN America’s Facebook page http://http://www.facebook.com/MeetatMacLarens explaining why they should be the next HIMYM SuperFan.
On March 25, we’ll narrow the SuperFans down to an “Elite 8,” who will be tasked with a new challenge: prove that you are truly the cream of the crop by submitting a video detailing your favorite HIMYM episode— proving your SuperFandom with your knowledge of obscure inside jokes and backstory.
On April 1st, we will reveal the “Final 4.” These top four SuperFans will be handed the keys to the network and will program a HIMYM marathon with their favorite episode (with an on-air snipe featuring their photograph and details on their favorite episode.)
All “Final 4” SuperFans will then be flown to New York to star in their own HIMYM campaign on WGN America. These SuperFans will be celebrated in on-air spots to run on WGN America throughout 2012 and in SuperFan video profiles on http://www.facebook.com/MeetatMacLarens and YouTube http://youtube.com/MeetatMacLarens.
“At WGN America, we believe that the key to a successful Social TV strategy goes beyond a one-way conversation with viewers, but rather a true blurring of the lines between the fans and the stars themselves. In a day and age where everyone is a content producer, it’s clear that viewers want to be part of the show and have more power than ever before. Fortunately, we’ve had great success with our “Fan’s Choice” platforms in the past, and the “Mother Madness” campaign promises to take social viewer engagement to a whole new level” said Josh Richman Vice President of Marketing for WGN America.
As part of WGN America’s social media strategy, the network has continued their partnership with Story Worldwide, a global content marketing agency, to help create and curate the ideal fan experience and drive tune-in to WGN America on air.
HIMYM currently airs on WGN America Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (8-10pm E /5-7pm W,) and Sunday (7:30-10pm E /4:30-7pm W.)