Will This Television Season Be Cancelled?

[bkfount]

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With less than 48 hours to strike a deal, it doesn't seem like anyone is any closer to resolving the issues.

Looks like the strike will happen.

has this even been mentioned in the media? I haven't seen it on some of the news I watch in the evening, and you'd think it would make some buzz. I've only seen it on a handful of some internet sites.

[elicoleman]

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has this even been mentioned in the media? I haven't seen it on some of the news I watch in the evening, and you'd think it would make some buzz. I've only seen it on a handful of some internet sites.

Not sure, I normally don't pay attention to the news.

However, if you type in writers strike into google, or google news...quite a few things pop up.

[pk500]

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This is a really stupid question, but are the writers for the WWE part of this union?

Nothing in WWE is scripted. It's TOTALLY REAL. You have nothing to worry about.

Take care,
PK

[bkfount]

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Not sure, I normally don't pay attention to the news.

However, if you type in writers strike into google, or google news...quite a few things pop up.

yeah, I did that. It's either outdated, or coming from smaller sites. You'd think news of a industry wide tv writer union strike would eventually come up on the big 24 hour cycle news channels.

[elicoleman]

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yeah, I did that. It's either outdated, or coming from smaller sites. You'd think news of a industry wide tv writer union strike would eventually come up on the big 24 hour cycle news channels.

Yeah, I agree. I'd assume more would cover it. Maybe they're waiting til after the deadline to mention it?

[bkfount]

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Yeah, I agree. I'd assume more would cover it. Maybe they're waiting til after the deadline to mention it?

I would have thought the networks would wield their largest sword though. All of the major tv networks that would hurt from a writer strike have news outlets to spread the word. NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, etc. all have big corporate media machines behind them including print and cable news. Maybe that explains it too I guess.

[MassNole]

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yeah, I did that. It's either outdated, or coming from smaller sites. You'd think news of a industry wide tv writer union strike would eventually come up on the big 24 hour cycle news channels.

You'd think that the news networks would have spun this in the network's favor by now actually to rally support against the writers. Whether or not you're on the writer's side it is amazing this hasn't happened.

[mgoblue]

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I'm not sure the networks really want to publicize this too much. Why would we want to watch a show when we think they're going to stop in a few weeks? They wanted to keep this kinda quiet, it'll blow up when it happens, and eventually it'll get resolved.

[Lintyfresh85]

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I kind of think of it like a killer astroid heading on a collision course with earth. You can't do a thing about either one, so why rile up the people and cause mass hysteria that will solve nothing at all.

*I am not saying losing TV is as bad as the end of the earth... you get the idea*

[Double Eights]

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Not much longer to go.

Any news?

[elicoleman]

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Not much longer to go.

Any news?

It doesn't seem like they're any closer, but it seems like news outlets aren't acting like it's a big deal because the affects of the strike won't be felt til the beginning of 2008.

However, it might affect Late Night Shows immediately..

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Writers-Strike-Could-Change-The-Face-Of-Late-Night-7055.html

In all of the breathless coverage of the impending writers’ strike that I’ve been reading the past few weeks, there has been much hand-wringing over the fate of movies; talks of script stockpiling, rushed production and actors taking any job they could get their hands on abound. On the TV front, every script order or full-season pick up has had the underlying feeling of “OMG we need to show something during sweeps!” What few articles have mentioned and I haven’t even thought of until today, is the fact that late night as we know it could change drastically.

If the strike happens tonight at midnight, the fates of shows like Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Daily Show with John Stewart and The Colbert Report are up in the air. Since all of these shows tackle current happenings in news and pop culture, the host’s monologues are often written the day of taping. The heavy lifting, of course, is not done by the hosts, but by a team of writers who craft not only opening monologues, but any sketches or video pieces that may air. Conan’s masturbating bear didn’t just show up at 30 Rock one day with a satchel full of diapers, but sprang forth from the fertile mind of a staff writer.

According to Variety, the late night shows have a few ways in which they can react to the strike. They could do away with the scripted monologues, replace them with an impromptu chat and devote more air time to interviews and/or musical guests, but the more likely scenario is that the shows will simply go dark. Many of the hosts, including David Letterman and Jay Leno, are WGA members themselves; so technically, they’ll be on strike as well. The last time the WGA threatened to strike, in 2001, Leno was quoted as saying, "I'm a union member, and I'll do whatever my union wants me to do."

While the writer’s union may want Leno and the other hosts to stay off the air for the duration of the strike, they may not get their wish. The longer the shows stay dark, the more likely layoffs become, for the production staff especially. In the interest of saving jobs (and let’s face it—making money), producers are likely to bring the shows back in some capacity. Whether an unscripted format will be a refreshing change or just mind-numbingly boring remains to be seen, but if the strike happens, it will be a while before late night’s landscape returns to normal.

[elicoleman]

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The Writers Guild of America strike has not officially happened yet, but it has already claimed its first casualty.

NBC has indefinitely halted production on a highly touted, planned midseason Heroes spinoff, Heroes: Origins, in anticipation of the Industry-wide writers' strike.

The WGA contract officially expired at midnight Wednesday and that is expected to have far-reaching detrimental effects on scripted television.

[theaub]

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As long as Friday Night Lights stays on the air, I'm a happy person.

[The GIGGAS]

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What about [as]? Metalocalypse? TAEASGJ?

[cjonesfan921]

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Wait, no Conan?