Fox has decided to add a little something extra to its summer reruns of “Fringe” and “Glee,” reports USA Today. On Thursday and Friday nights’ reruns, respectively, the network included on-air tweets from a few of the shows’ producers and cast members.

“Fringe” executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman, joined by cast members Joshua Jackson and John Noble, had a conversation via Twitter during the show, chatting with each other and answering questions from fans.

The “Glee” “tweet-peat,” as the Twitter-infused rerun was branded by Fox, involved Lea Michele and Kevin McHale, among others. The tweets appeared on the bottom third of the screen.

While Fox might have thought the “tweet-peats” were great ideas, it appears that most Twitterers weren’t too happy about them:

1. 
   howard53545 RT @mashable Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans http://bit.ly/oeInD I did not like seeing those tweets at the bottom
2. 
   HeroesARG Hey, did any of you watch the Fringe/Glee/Twitter thing the other day? I hear is was epic fail. The tweets covered half the screen…
3. 
   ampotter Fox take it off, what is with the tweets through the entire episode of Fringe. Very annoying.
4. 
   DavidMTaylor Fox’s Twitter TV Experiment Tweets Its Way to Epic Failure http://bit.ly/GjFlP (seems like bad on-screen UI) #Fringe
5. 
   asdotnet RT @sarahwarn: Who at Fox approved covering Anna Torv’s face with tweets?! Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans http://bit.ly/s6saj
6. 
   simonswatman Fox tests putting a live Twitter feed over repeats of Fringe. Because you need to cover a third of your TV in tweets. http://bit.ly/X8BEv
7. 
   piscesinphoenix I’m pissed off! I’m watching Fringe (taped last night) and a bunch of tweets from some moron JPFringe shows up on my screen! SPAM FOR TV???
8. 
   Ang3lFir3 watching recorded rerun of #fringe the tweets in the broadcast are annoying as hell… who comes up with these ideas….
9. 
   rashella Fringe is my favorite. (minus the visable tweets)
10. 
    sjsturkie Watching a Fringe “Tweet-peat.” It is supposed to be HD, but I think it was changed to accomodate the tweets. That needs to be fixed.
11. 
    mwpeters49 I tried to watch Fringe (normally a fairly good show) but it was RUINED with the inane tweets.
12. 
    CHRulloda @secretgardenff Last night was a replay of the first Glee episode. New season starts next Wednesday, hopefully sans the tweets.
13. 
    ChrisCelek @jayscott09 Tweets aside, loved all the Ohio references in Glee.
14. 
    jayscott09 Glad others also panning Fox’s annoying tweets during “Glee.” http://tinyurl.com/nwmj9z #fail
15. 
    LightToe did anyone else find the tweets on the Glee show last night annoying. I did.
16. 
    Bill_Spinks RT @jayscott09: Hey Fox, the tweets on the TV screen during “Glee” are the most annoying thing since MTV’s Pop Up Videos. //hooboy, ditto
17. 
    ChefMark The GLEE “tweet-peat” was pretty disappointing. They should learn from Current.tv how to do it properly. the only tweets were the cast

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