On Nov 2, 9:52 am, manitou <manitou...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/business/media/02cnd-hollywood.html...
Yeah. They go on strike Monday. It's crazy. I think it will be even
worse than the last strike. That strike started in March. Starting in
November, when most television shows have only half of their scripts
written is going to be a real problem. Not to mention the fact that
many showrunners are not only producers but writers as well, and some
of them are siding with the WGA. The only show looking good right now
is Lost, which I don't watch anymore.
Here's a real bad case:
I love CSI. It seemed to have a real breakthrough season last year,
and I was looking forward to this season. As of today, 5 episodes have
aired, 4 more have been filmed and there are two scripts in the
wings. The two head executive producers will be joining the writers
on strike Monday. The two scripts that have yet to be filmed have
scenes with major animal involvement and may not be able to be filmed
during the strike because the teamsters (i.e. animal handlers) have
indicated that they will not cross the picket line. Lord knows what's
going to happen with this show.
Then there was me waving goodbye to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Thursday night because I knew that it could be months before I saw
them again.
Oh, and how do you like this: One of my favorite actresses was
scheduled to make her first late night talk show appearance EVER on
what is now the first day of the strike. *sob*
This whole thing makes me angry. The writers are asking for something
that is completely justified. The profits they make from DVD sales,
internet downloads and other new media outlets is a joke. They have
been getting robbed for a couple of decades now. Especially television
show writers. I used to work in a movie store so I can say
definitively: TV show sales are a cash cow. Not to mention how very
popular they are on itunes. When the people making the boxes in which
DVDs are sold are making more on every DVD sale than the writers,
there is something wrong.
Here's hoping that they get what they want.
Dorcie
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