Today's News: Our Take - Cult Producers on Show's Confusing Plot: We Have Faith the Audience Will Follow Along

###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Cult-CW-Series-Premiere-1058764.aspx?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))###less###img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/130107/News/7_sun/thumbs/130113cult1_210x305.jpg" width="210" height="305" alt="Matt Davis as Jeff and Jessica Lucas | Photo Credits: Jack Rowand/The CW" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###p(((great)))Can a meta show be###less###em(((great))) too###less###/em(((great))) meta? The creator of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cult/375408?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Cult###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))), which features a show within the show, hopes that answer is no.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))The new CW series stars ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/vampire-diaries/297527?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Vampire Diaries###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) alum ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-davis/165334?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Matt Davis###less###/a(((great))) as Jeff, a journalist who is prompted to investigate the rabid fans of a show called ###less###em(((great)))Cult###less###/em(((great))) when his brother goes missing. ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jessica-lucas/190156?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Jessica Lucas###less###/a(((great))) plays an inquisitive production assistant on the show whom he teams up with during his search. The series leads viewers to sometimes question if they're watching the "inside" show -- which stars ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/robert-knepper/172232?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Robert Knepper###less###/a(((great))) as cult leader Billy Grimm and ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alona-tal/219409?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Alona Tal###less###/a(((great))) as the cop searching for him --or the "outside" show which follows Jeff. The executive producer of the inside show, Stephen Rae, is also mysteriously labeled as the executive producer of the outside show that the audience is watching.###less###/p(((great)))

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###less###p(((great)))"We are aware we have a complex multifaceted show going on and are trying to keep it as clear as possible," executive producer ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rockne-s-obannon/375470?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Rockne O'Bannon###less###/a(((great))) told reporters at the Televisions Critics Association winter TV previews Sunday . "I have a great deal of faith and trust in the audience to hook into what's going on."###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))A big part of the appeal with having a fictional show that uses social media and the idea of group viewings as a character of its own is that The CW can incorporate "second screen" into its promotion.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))"What's interesting to CW marketing is that it isn't just social media being used to promote a show ,but that the show is about social media and that connection," O'Bannon said. "The marketing will be the same within the show as the marketing the appears on the side of buses and such." And executive producer ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/josh-schwartz/247829?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Josh Schwartz###less###/a(((great))), who knows a thing or two about how social media affects a series, added, "[With Twitter] you have such access to the people creating and starring in the shows and you feel like you can control that conversation. When things don't go the way you have tweeted...there's a certain level of animosity that can grow." But enough to kill? "We obviously hope that the show is incredibly effective," O'Bannon said, before ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/len-goldstein/319757?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Len Goldstein###less###/a(((great))) added, "Not that effective."###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))###less###em(((great)))Cult ###less###/em(((great)))premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 9/8c on The CW.###less###/p(((great)))

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