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Kizzume
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 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: What is a writer's strike going to do to TV? |
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http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ncl=1122153504&hl=en&topic=e
Will all the late night personality shows be re-runs, or will some of those personalities still try to do a show while unscripted?
How about the other shows?
Is the face of television in the U.S. going to be radically different after (if) this happens because of what it becomes during the strike?
Are more servers going to get tied up/slowed down to a crawl because more people would be surfing the net?
If this strike happens, it will certainly be interesting seeing what unfolds---or not, if everything is simply a rerun.
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Kizzume
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On hold:
Desperate Housewives
Back to You
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Planned to be on hold:
Til Death
Rules of Engagement
Two and a Half Men
The Big Bang Theory
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| Quote: | On hold:
The New Adventures of Old Christine
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PS, I am very curious to see if television recovers from this. It seems that media is ever volatile in the post-file-sharing era
of technology. With Newspapers struggling to survive (and turning to the internet for help,) the music industry on the verge of collapse,
and more people pirating movies today more than ever, I just wonder
Can television survive? I think this could be a very bad thing for television if the people who would normally watch it turn to
the internet as an alternative, and don't come back!
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Kizzume
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Actually, if THAT happens, it could be a good thing for television. They might actually have to start putting out shows that have a completely different premise, a completely different demographic.
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As long as Lost isn't on hold, I don't care.
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They will just switch to stored "reality TV."
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Kizzume
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Or reruns of regular shows like we've been seeing.
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Kizzume
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: Golden Globes Won't Have the Write Stuff |
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Golden Globes Won't Have the Write Stuff
| Quote: | Ladies and gentlemen, start your improvising.
The Writers Guild of America announced Monday that it has denied the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's waiver request to allow striking union scribes to prepare material for next month's 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Meaning, the banter at the ceremony, which will air live Jan. 13 on NBC, is going to be either nonexistent or, depending on who shows up, somewhere between banal and unusually vitriolic.
"The Golden Globe Awards, which has a long and friendly relationship with the Writers Guild of America, is obviously disappointed that the WGA denied its request for a waiver," read a statement released by the HFPA.
"However, we are encouraged by the fact that the WGA has announced that it plans to negotiate agreements with independent production companies. Therefore, we will attempt to reach some type of agreement with them on behalf of the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will recognize and honor outstanding achievements in both movies and television programming made before the strike." |
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I was looking the other day at an article at the TV Guide website and they said most all of the prime time shows are going to be stalled after January. Most only have about half of the 22 episodes that a normal season includes. I am typically not too big on watching TV, but with my husband gone, my few weekly shows sure did make the time go faster. Bleh. I wish they would figure this thing out already. 
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Strike-Chart-Long/800026937
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I think it's REALLY going to have to cause some problems before it stops.
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