Hi there Kevin Fans,

its lovely to get a chance to chat with you all I'm normally hidden away in the forum.  Just popped on to give you a quick Heads up ~ Kevin will be on the "Last Call with Carson Daly" tonight (13May).

Also this week is the finale of Grey's Anatomy, a 2 hour special (2 episodes back to back.) So we have decided to organise a "Greys Anatomy Season Finale Party", and I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you all to please come and join us.

It will be held on Sunday the 17th May in our chat room @GMT 09:00pm (CST 03:00pm).  Come join in and chat with other Kevin fans about the Grey's Anatomy  Season (5) episodes, the finale (for those in the US), Kevin's Future projects and share your speculations on Season 6. Also find out the latest things we're working on for the site.  To join in all you have to do is register on our forum (see link on the fan page) get a log in name and click the chat room button on the menu.

Cant wait ...hope to see you all there

chat to you soon,  Leanne 

Read all about it in "Kevin's Space" here or on the boards! Kevin responded to 10 "Grey's Anatomy" questions submitted by fans via email or by posting on the boards (only Kevin McKidd Online member questions were allowed) and even sent a note to let fans know why he couldn't make the Craig Ferguson interview this week.

Have a laugh, watch the show, and come chat about it all in our special Thursday night chat at 10:30 CST, after "Grey's" has aired in all U.S. regions.  Hope to see you there! --Kat

Kevin will appear on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on Monday, January 19th on CBS. Be sure to watch!

We received many interesting questions for our exclusive "Grey's Anatomy" Fan Questionairre, which Kevin now has in his possession. Thank you to all who took part on the boards--10 questions were selected so look for his answers to be posted in the coming weeks.  Thank you, Kevin, as always for staying in touch with the fans!

Remember our special chat night right after "Grey's Anatomy" this Thursday, starting at 10:30pm CST. We'll celebrate the 13th episode (the halfway point for Season 5) in style with other Kevin fans.  The infamous shower scene has caused quite a buzz--we'll find out if what happens after is just what you were waiting for.... Stay tuned!    

Many fans have requested a more regular site chat session. We will, therefore, have one last official chat this Sunday, November 9th, at the regularly scheduled time (GMT 21:00) before we take a break from official chats for the holiday season. However, the fan message boards will remain all-access all the time so you always have a way to interact with the admin team or other members.

In 2009, we will come back with what will most likely be a bi-weekly chat session for our regular visitors/members.  We will sometimes change the dates to weeknights so those that have trouble visiting on the weekends have a chance to chat and get to know other Kevin fans as well. We will provide a fan poll prior to choosing different dates or times so that the majority of voters have their voices/wishes heard.  Those in chat and on the boards will often be the first to know of special contests or new site content, messages from Kevin, etc. We hope to see you there!

We also are continuing the holiday spirit with free ground shipping in our store until November 21st. We want to see you sporting your Kevin gear; post a photo with your Kevin McKidd Online shop item on the Fan Forum and we may show it off on the main site here as well as send you a small token of thanks for your support!

We're officially 1 year old and what a year it's been! Kevin McKidd Online went from one mini-site featuring news and articles on Kevin to a full-blown fan site, thanks to our viewers and Kevin's interaction!  When we started out, it was to offer others background information on Kevin—the sort of insightful biography and film articles that took us wading through hundreds of different sources to pull together. We tried to weed out all the critiques and get to the nitty-gritty, the real articles about Kevin, ones with substance and credibility. We did the dirty work so that others in future wouldn't have to. We went from 4 pages of information and a few photos to needing full section menus and a gallery hub to contain it all. We didn't start with a fan forum, but we received so many positive emails that we built it and you came; a chat room soon followed. We branched out from this site to three or four different mediums, taking on Myspace, Facebook, Youtube, and Zoopy videos as well.  Thank you to the volunteers who participate or lend their expertise at all these sites; you're amazing. Without using ads and special gimmicks to increase traffic to the site, KMK Online quickly ranked third on Kevin-related Google searches and is linked on IMDB. Wow. We're proud of that since we aren't after making money or distracting you with a lot of flash—we're simply here to promote Kevin and give his fans another place to call home. Kevin's popularity keeps advancing and we're so excited to help spread the word about how cool he is. And he definitely is. But you already know that; it's what keeps you coming back to visit. He's the kind of guy that inspires you to try acting or to petition big networks to keep him on television or even to ask us for a Kevin-centric tour of Scotland in the future. If there's anything you, the fans, have taught me personally this year, it's that anything is possible….  Thank you for that and for sticking around. We're going to keep getting better, keep taking fan suggestions, keep growing….  If we can do so much in the 1st year, imagine the possibilities in our 2nd.  

Sincerely,  Kat,  Admin of Kevin McKidd Online

Now for the latest updates...

First, we've found a generous 3rd party who has only 8 copies left of an Olive's army CD, which features 1 "Memil" song (in which Kevin plays guitar and sings). If interested, contact Mark via the information below and let him know you heard about the CDs from Kevin McKidd Online.

http://www.25records.com/olive.htm
http://www.25records.com/memil.htm

If anyone wants a copy they are priced: £15 UK only , post cheques made out to Mark Rigler, 60 Tollard Close Poole, BH12 4AU

US$30 worldwide post via paypal, [use the donate page below and leave your details] or cash to above address:

http://www.25records.com/donate.htm

2:  A film called Faith is still in early planning stages & not set for production until possibly next year, but will star Kevin as "the lead in a tale about a relationship between a father and daughter." (Scotsman.com)

3: We've updated the gallery and multimedia page with the latest Kevin gems, including the newest promotional shots of Kevin's return to "Grey's Anatomy," some on-set photos from filming around L.A., his recent venture at the American Film Institute's Mad Men Golf Classic, and more of his voice-over work for Vice City and Highland Empire.  Gallery photos ARE capable of being saved; you must double click on the photo of interest in order to save to your computer.  We've also moved to a flash slideshow format for the home page.

Finally, we will have a special FrightNight chat on Sunday, November 2nd at GMT 21:00 (roughly 4pm CST U.S.). We recommend registering through the message boards early to circumvent any problems entering the chatroom. 

For more help or information, visit the Fan Forum boards: http://kevinmckidd.proboards76.com/. Once registered and logged into the boards, you will find the chat button along the top, next to the logout option.  We've also just added a direct link to the chatroom under the Fan Forum section on this site; thanks to fans for their suggestions in implementing this new feature! See you on the flipside!