We want to make the BuddyTV the easiest and best experience for you. We are committed to continually
improving for our users. If you do not find the answer to your question here, feel free to email
support@buddytv.com.
BuddyTV's goal is to bring entertainment and content closer to fans. We do this by building
communities around popular TV shows and movies. Fans are able to learn more about their favorite shows
through interviews, news features, and by connecting with other fans. BuddyTV is one of the largest
entertainment destination sites on the web today.
Star Points are earned by users when they help build and strengthen the BuddyTV community for all users.
Users with more Star Points gain recognition and other privileges that other members do not receive.
Users earn Star Points for such community building activities as:
- reading articles
- playing games or trivia, and completing personality quizzes
- creating or taking user quizzes, slideshows or showdowns
- rating TV shows and celebrities
- adding a profile picture, favorite show or favorite actor to your profile
- adding buddies
- referring friends
- commenting on profiles or articles
- visiting BuddyTV every day
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You can either buy virtual
gifts for your friends on BuddyTV or you can
bid in real
auctions with your Star Points. Each gift usually costs
1,000 Star Points to buy, and auctions vary by previous bids.
BuddyTV auctions typically begin on Mondays with a starting bid of either 5,000 Star Points for weekly auctions
(lasting one week) or 10,000 Star Points for Bi-Weekly auctions (lasting two weeks). You are only allowed to
bid as many Star Points as you have in your account. Once you place a bid, that number of Star Points will automatically
be deducted from your account to prevent you from spending them elsewhere. If you are out bid, your points will
automatically be returned to your account.
If you win the auction, you will receive an e-mail to the e-mail address you have on file with instructions on how to
claim your prize. BuddyTV will mail prizes to any legitimate domestic or international address.
By creating your own profile, your personalized homepage will display news and content related to your favorite shows.
You can also meet new friends who love the same shows and actors as you. You will need to create a profile in order
to comment and to participate in activities such as showdowns, creating graffiti, rating shows or actors, playing games
and more. Your username and password will be the same for the BuddyTV forum as well.
Creating a profile is easy. First, you'll need to
register. Our 3-step profile wizard
will walk you through adding your favorite shows and actors, uploading pictures, and adding your buddies.
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You edit your profile by clicking on
Edit profile link above your username in the
top right corner of your screen after you sign in, or from the orange "Edit Profile" button on your profile. You can change
your username or profile image, change your password and update your e-mail preferences. You can also edit your friends list
and favorite shows and actors.
BuddyTV can help. Click on the
Recover Your Password link and then enter your BuddyTV ID.
An e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you signed up with.
Every e-mail BuddyTV sends has an "Unsubscribe" link on the bottom so you can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time. However,
the best way to ensure you only get what you want is to edit your e-mail preferences by clicking on the "
Edit Profile" button on your profile page. You can choose which e-mail notifications
you would like to receive and which you do not want.
BuddyTV has a strict no-harassment policy. If any user is harassing others or posting inappropriate comments, please e-mail us
at
support@buddytv.com. You can also report or flag individual comments by clicking on
the "report" link on the bottom of each comment.
BuddyTV has public Fantasy TV leagues that are open to all users as well as user-created private leagues that are invitation-based.
Each week, you can pick three candidates you think will be eliminated on the upcoming episode. If any of your picks gets eliminated,
you will be rewarded points. You have up until noon (12pm) Pacific Standard Time the day the episode airs to submit your picks.
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Anyone can set up a private Fantasy TV league and play with their friends. You will need the League ID number and password (set up
by the league owner) in order to join a private league. If you were invited to a private league, the ID and password should have been sent
to your BuddyTV inbox as well as e-mail. If you lost the information, you should contact the league owner to send you another invitation.
Public leagues are open to all BuddyTV users, and do not require a password to join.
Anyone can become a Top Editor for their favorite TV show, movie, or actor. All you need to do is contribute to their profile by adding
or editing information such as biography, birthday, fun facts, filmography and more for actors, or summary, premiere date, awards and more
for TV shows on the "Info" tab.
You can rate any TV show or Movie in our system with our
Rate or Hate Shows or you can rate
celebrities with our
Rate or Hate Celebs. On both rating systems, you can assign
negative or positive points ranging from -10 to +10. All users start out with -3 through +3, and you will need to invite friends or
rate more shows to unlock higher rating points.