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11-07-2007, 01:51 PM
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If they don't resolve this soon, it will probably be Reality shows out the yin-yang...even more so than now.
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11-07-2007, 05:17 PM
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I have been reading the Strike Blog on tvguide.com. Apparently, their are enough soaps to last till beginning of next year.
Big Brother has been rushed for a winter edition. Rumor has it that it will be a celebrity edition.
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11-07-2007, 05:41 PM
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There are writers on reality shows, they're just not covered by the writers union.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Aug9.html
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11-07-2007, 08:13 PM
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According to payscale.com, the median salary for screenwriters in LA is 130,000. I had seen higher salaries reported in recent articles about the strike.
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Yowza. I am in the wrong line of work. 'Course, with my lack of a network (a) in that field and (b) in LA, my chances of becoming a screenwriter are slim to none, and slim just left town.
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If they don't resolve this soon, it will probably be Reality shows out the yin-yang...even more so than now.
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11-07-2007, 10:04 PM
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I heard that the producers of Lost might not start the season in Feb 08 as planned, because they want the whole season at once, but in Feb 09 instead. I'll be super pissed if that happens.
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11-07-2007, 11:37 PM
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Fox has cancelled "24" for the year. "The Office" has also shut down production, because several members of the cast (Steve Carrell included) would not cross the picket line to film the episodes they have scripts for.
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11-08-2007, 12:21 AM
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Fox has cancelled "24" for the year.
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YAGH!!! As in, no hope of having any 24 at all this year? Even if the strike is resolved? Still no 24??? 
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11-08-2007, 12:51 AM
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There are no shows without the writers. They are actually more important, in my mind, than the actors. Pay them the damn money. They sure earn it.
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11-08-2007, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle
Fox has cancelled "24" for the year. "The Office" has also shut down production, because several members of the cast (Steve Carrell included) would not cross the picket line to film the episodes they have scripts for.
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As for the "The Office" actors, I say good for them. I am seeing a lot of actors standing behind the writers. It could be because the actors know that the writers need support. Then again, I also think the actors know better than to bite the hand that feeds them. I agree that without the writers, there is no television.
I heard something silly on the news about reality shows. The hosts of "Dancing With The Stars" had to ad lib because there were no writers. *GASP* You mean reality shows may have to start being based on actual reality??? 
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11-08-2007, 01:43 PM
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I heard something silly on the news about reality shows. The hosts of "Dancing With The Stars" had to ad lib because there were no writers. *GASP* You mean reality shows may have to start being based on actual reality??? |
I think that is what is bugging me so much about the late night shows and reality shows during the strike. Conan, David and Jay are all comics. Do they really not have a big enough brain to WRITE THEIR OWN MATERIAL?!?!?
I have to agree with all the previous posters. This is beyond ridiculous. It is more than apparent that even with the best actors, the WRITERS are the ones who are more responsible for the success of the show.
On another note, I am not sorry to see SNL dark. That show has become painful to watch.
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11-12-2007, 10:20 PM
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I heard that the producers of Lost might not start the season in Feb 08 as planned, because they want the whole season at once, but in Feb 09 instead. I'll be super pissed if that happens.
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I saw some photo of the strike-- one of the LOST writers was picketting. One his sign were the words: Don't you want to know the truth about the island?
LOL-- if that isn't motivation to end the strike, then I don't know what is?
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11-13-2007, 02:56 AM
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Here's an op-ed from the head-writer of Lost from Sunday... I think Kristin on E! announced that ABC IS in fact going to show the eight episodes they have come February though.
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11-13-2007, 05:47 AM
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I saw some photo of the strike-- one of the LOST writers was picketting. One his sign were the words: Don't you want to know the truth about the island?
LOL-- if that isn't motivation to end the strike, then I don't know what is?
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I believe that was actually the creator and showrunner that had that sign!
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11-20-2007, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by adpiucf
I saw some photo of the strike-- one of the LOST writers was picketting. One his sign were the words: Don't you want to know the truth about the island?
LOL-- if that isn't motivation to end the strike, then I don't know what is?
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http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/ente...78/detail.html
The picketing's reached the island.
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11-30-2007, 03:45 AM
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Has anyone else been tuning in to the Tonight Show this week? They've been playing OLD Leno episodes, and I gotta say I'm enjoying it way more than the present-day Tonight Show episodes.
Earlier this week he had Tom Hanks (promoting A League of Their Own), the next night it was his first interview with Julia Roberts, then last night it was Matt Damon right after he won the Oscar for Good Will Hunting. Tonight's guest is Jennifer Aniston from back in 1995. So far the monologue jokes have included Kato Kaelin, OJ Simpson, Pauly Shore, Sharon Stone and teachers seducing students...I guess some things don't change.
ETA: OMG, he just said, "This has gotta be the hottest new show of the season, this 'Friends' show..." Wow, bet no one thought back then that the show would last so long!
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