Hey Hey comes back to life thanks to Facebook

Hey Hey its Saturday makes a comeback thanks to social networking

Hey Hey its Saturday the popular variety TV show was brought back to life through Web 2.0. after a fan started a facebook fan page. Through the power of social networking the sites membership grew dramatically. The total number of friends of the facebook fan page now sits at 389,740 people. This is an amazing statistic but one that allowed producers from Channel 9 to give the show one more shot.

Each two hour show will be jam-packed with a kaleidoscope of guests both new and old plus the fabulous Hey Hey ‘live’ Band. And it wouldn’t be Hey Hey without RED FACES, PLUCKA DUCK, CELEBRITY HEAD and many other classic bits.

After watching the first reunion show it was amazing to see how much they were embracing Web 2.0 especially using Twitter. Fans of the show continued to show support throughout the show by sending in tweets. There were also skype conversations between the host and fans in overseas countries which were telecast across TV.

This was truely an amazing feet in showing how the power of social networking can bring about change and improve your personal branding.