Writers Strike, anyone find it interesting the timing of this strike?

[pyonir]

I like pr0n.


Errr...i mean...yeah...i hope the writers go to the adult industry...or something.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: loki8481
good news, carson daly is crossing the pick-up line

I'm getting so desperate for topical humor without the daily show in my life, I might Tivo it :/

You didn't just say "pick-up line" did you? Honestly?

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: Vinfinite
the office

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just hope house comes back in january.

House is on strike?! damn it!

Uh...its all writers. Not specific shows.

And I heard house had 3 left after this weeks aired, so 3 in Jan.

 

[vi edit]

Good thing that seasons on DVD are available and I've been a few seasons behind in my TV watching.

I'm still renting seasons 1 & 2 of series that are in seasons 3 and 4.

I could give a rats little furry butt about the strike.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Damn it, Two and a Half Men is a strike victim too.. they better get this resolved eventually.

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: Captante
If I hadn't read the news stories about it I wouldn't have known there was writers strike ... makes me happy I don't watch much network TV!

Network TV is just first thing noticed to be affected. It is also affecting Movies and Cable Television. It just hasn't trickled down yet.

 

[judasmachine]

I'm glad I gave up on TV a long time ago. However, I do watch and miss new eps of the daily show and colbert report.

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just hope house comes back in january.

There are 4 more episodes of House left that haven't been used, so it can come back but not for very long unless the strike ends soon. Personally I have no clue who is to "blame" here, I doubt many Hollywood writers are really that bad off financially, but then again they shows they write make ALOT of money, so who is to say they shouldn't be the one getting rich off of them the same as the actors?

I heard an interview on the radio with one of lettermans writers that a writer has to make at least 30k a year to get health benfits, and most do not qualify for health benefits.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: loki8481
good news, carson daly is crossing the pick-up line

I'm getting so desperate for topical humor without the daily show in my life, I might Tivo it :/

You didn't just say "pick-up line" did you? Honestly?

*taps the mic

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: loki8481
good news, carson daly is crossing the pick-up line

I'm getting so desperate for topical humor without the daily show in my life, I might Tivo it :/

You didn't just say "pick-up line" did you? Honestly?

the more important fact is that he is actually considering watching carson daly.
even with writers he is consistently unfunny. his jokes are crap to begin with, but then he slops on horrible timing and the personality of wet cardboard.

oh and yes, btw it is "picket line". you know, a line of picketers.

 

[punkdork9]

Wouldn't it make sense that they would have the whole season written already? I mean they know what's going to happen so what would stop them from writing it out?

 

[rh71]

There will be an actor's strike (SAG) in June for the same reason if it doesn't get resolved to their satisfaction.

 

[MaxDepth]

That is a good question. Back when TV was mostly live, they'd work on several stories on weekends but tighten up and polish the daily program that morning.

Nowadays, before a new season starts, scripts are created usually 8 to 10 weeks ahead for a long running and profitable show. New shows are given six to eight weeks. Mainly this is because of budgets. While writers do not get paid as much as actors of hit shows, they still cost. The exception is Friends, where there were twelve writers and they ended up with million dollar salaries.

It looks like the shows will run out sometime in January. They might be able to stretch it out using holiday programming but that in itslef is a problem because many of these specials employ WGA members to write the shows. So it might be last year's holiday repeats too.


As for the original posters subject line...the timing was not because the writers wanted to striek and hurt the companies, it was because the agreement was going to expire.

Originally posted by: punkdork9
Wouldn't it make sense that they would have the whole season written already? I mean they know what's going to happen so what would stop them from writing it out?

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: punkdork9
Wouldn't it make sense that they would have the whole season written already? I mean they know what's going to happen so what would stop them from writing it out?

A variety of reasons. For one, they have an idea what could happen but this changes episode by episode based on viewer's reaction. Plus television shows are renewed by season I believe and I don't think they would want to pay for a full season's worth of scripts if its not going to be renewed (or they only order a limited number of episodes).

 

[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: sourceninja

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just hope house comes back in january.

There are 4 more episodes of House left that haven't been used, so it can come back but not for very long unless the strike ends soon. Personally I have no clue who is to "blame" here, I doubt many Hollywood writers are really that bad off financially, but then again they shows they write make ALOT of money, so who is to say they shouldn't be the one getting rich off of them the same as the actors?

I heard an interview on the radio with one of lettermans writers that a writer has to make at least 30k a year to get health benfits, and most do not qualify for health benefits.

I don't believe that for one second, you would be lucky to not be homeless making only 30k and living in California, somehow I doubt that the writers of a bunch of big time TV shows are living on the streets.

 

[FoBoT]

they are already advertising a bunch of new reality shows starting in Jan.

my prediction is the strike will last until summer , at least

also, some shows will never return, they'll just start over in some cases with some new ideas

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: sourceninja

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just hope house comes back in january.

There are 4 more episodes of House left that haven't been used, so it can come back but not for very long unless the strike ends soon. Personally I have no clue who is to "blame" here, I doubt many Hollywood writers are really that bad off financially, but then again they shows they write make ALOT of money, so who is to say they shouldn't be the one getting rich off of them the same as the actors?

I heard an interview on the radio with one of lettermans writers that a writer has to make at least 30k a year to get health benfits, and most do not qualify for health benefits.

I don't believe that for one second, you would be lucky to not be homeless making only 30k and living in California, somehow I doubt that the writers of a bunch of big time TV shows are living on the streets.

i don't doubt it, they probably don't do it full time tho. they also have 2nd jobs.

it's not just starving actors and actresses working as waiters / waitresses in CA.

 

[torpid]

The writers on shows like house are usually staff members working there full time, I thought? It would be virtually impossible to write a show like house as a freelance writer. There is too much medical jargon and too much continuity of story arc required in each episode.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: torpid
The writers on shows like house are usually staff members working there full time, I thought? It would be virtually impossible to write a show like house as a freelance writer. There is too much medical jargon and too much continuity of story arc required in each episode.

but the article didn't say that writers on staff for a show like House.

i would assume (and mb that's supidity on my part) that the more successful the show, the longer the job and the greater the salary.

it would seem to me, that writers making less than 30k per year are writers for shows that don't make it. and there are many many shows that never make prime time.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: sourceninja

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just hope house comes back in january.

There are 4 more episodes of House left that haven't been used, so it can come back but not for very long unless the strike ends soon. Personally I have no clue who is to "blame" here, I doubt many Hollywood writers are really that bad off financially, but then again they shows they write make ALOT of money, so who is to say they shouldn't be the one getting rich off of them the same as the actors?

I heard an interview on the radio with one of lettermans writers that a writer has to make at least 30k a year to get health benfits, and most do not qualify for health benefits.

I don't believe that for one second, you would be lucky to not be homeless making only 30k and living in California, somehow I doubt that the writers of a bunch of big time TV shows are living on the streets.

i don't doubt it, they probably don't do it full time tho. they also have 2nd jobs.

it's not just starving actors and actresses working as waiters / waitresses in CA.

Exactly. A lot of them have to figure out a second source of income that also works out with their schedule. Don't be so naive BrownTown, Hollywood isn't only the glamour you see on tv.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: torpid
The writers on shows like house are usually staff members working there full time, I thought? It would be virtually impossible to write a show like house as a freelance writer. There is too much medical jargon and too much continuity of story arc required in each episode.

but the article didn't say that writers on staff for a show like House.

i would assume (and mb that's supidity on my part) that the more successful the show, the longer the job and the greater the salary.

it would seem to me, that writers making less than 30k per year are writers for shows that don't make it. and there are many many shows that never make prime time.

What article? I was just responding to the strange attempt to correlate letterman with house. One guy said house, and another person referenced letterman's writers. They are completely different shows in terms of needs and what the writers are contributing. The writers on shows like house are not in remotely the same boat. They don't need second jobs or crap like that. It just seemed like a weird chain of posts to me.

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Good thing that seasons on DVD are available and I've been a few seasons behind in my TV watching.

I'm still renting seasons 1 & 2 of series that are in seasons 3 and 4.

I could give a rats little furry butt about the strike.

Yeah, there's a few shows that I haven't watched but look interesting. The strike will let me catch up watching them on DVD. It's kind of ironic since that's part of what the strike is about.

Way to go writers, now I'm giving more money to the tv companies than I normally would (via Blockbuster). Your strike is working perfectly.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Indolent

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Good thing that seasons on DVD are available and I've been a few seasons behind in my TV watching.

I'm still renting seasons 1 & 2 of series that are in seasons 3 and 4.

I could give a rats little furry butt about the strike.

Yeah, there's a few shows that I haven't watched but look interesting. The strike will let me catch up watching them on DVD. It's kind of ironic since that's part of what the strike is about.

Way to go writers, now I'm giving more money to the tv companies than I normally would (via Blockbuster). Your strike is working perfectly.

If you are renting, are you really giving them any money? I guess if they eventually buy another copy at the video store due to people renting it, you are.

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Indolent

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Good thing that seasons on DVD are available and I've been a few seasons behind in my TV watching.

I'm still renting seasons 1 & 2 of series that are in seasons 3 and 4.

I could give a rats little furry butt about the strike.

Yeah, there's a few shows that I haven't watched but look interesting. The strike will let me catch up watching them on DVD. It's kind of ironic since that's part of what the strike is about.

Way to go writers, now I'm giving more money to the tv companies than I normally would (via Blockbuster). Your strike is working perfectly.

If you are renting, are you really giving them any money? I guess if they eventually buy another copy at the video store due to people renting it, you are.

yeah it's kind of indirectly giving them money. I could see more and more people renting or buying seasons on dvd if this lasts long enough. Then the tv companies will notice it more.