You know, I think the first show to do this .. at least in my memory.. was Felicity. I remember watching the first season on tv, and there is an episode where Felicity sees Noel in his room and Noel says he's working on his website, NoelCrane.com (still functionable!) I immediately thought "hah, i wonder if they bought that url.. " and went and lo and behold, it was the site he was working on. Yeah, it's not a blog - but its that character-is-a-real-person thing all these blogs are trying.

Right now I read two tv blogs - the one for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) from How I Met Your Mother -- his blog isn't too bad, it's funny. The other is Robin Scorpio's (character from General Hospital) which isn't that great but i still read it. I think the problem with the General Hospital character blog is that a daytime soap is "almost real time", i've caught the blog in moments where technically, the character is still in a situation where she could not get to a computer to post. Yah yah too much reading into it, but if you're gonig to do it, do it right.

Dave, I have a MySpace, and pretty much guarantee Jenna Fischer writes everything she puts up. She has even confessed to updating her page, writing her blogs, and IMing with friends while shooting on the set! (all the internet and phone connections there are "live.") She (and other castmates) post photos they've taken from the set (including one of Jenna updating her MySpace), during breaks, and at some of the awards shows that they have taken themselves. Other Office workers who have a MySpace for their character, but blog as their real-life selves: Angela, Roy, Craig, Meredith, Toby, Kevin, and Ryan The Temp (although his is actually under BJ Novak, his real name). Rainn Wilson (Dwight) had one for awhile, but he got so many requests and messages and comments, he got overwhelmed and couldn't keep up with it like he wanted to, so he deleted his page.

Joel, I wonder if those blogs are written by the stars themselves or by assistants?