WRITERS' STRIKE IS OVERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!

[Xstatic1]

LATEST UPDATE: Jan 24, 2008:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's red carpet will finally roll out for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in what could end up being the only big party in an awards season stripped of stars and marred by a bitter industry strike.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) hands out its annual movie and television awards at a ceremony packed with all the designer dresses and gushing thank-you speeches that have been missing so far in Hollywood's traditional three-month-long celebration of itself, leading to the Oscars on February 24.

Tom Cruise, Kate Hudson, Russell Crowe and John Travolta headline a list of presenters, while George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett are among the nominees expected to don bow-ties and ballgowns for SAG's red carpet parade into the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES - Lionsgate studio is the latest company to sign an interim deal with the striking Writers Guild of America.

The deal announced Thursday follows separate guild pacts with other independent production companies such as United Artists, The Weinstein Co. and David Letterman's Worldwide Pants.

The guild said the agreement confirms it is possible for writers to be compensated fairly and for companies to operate profitably. Lionsgate's new projects include Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo" sequel, "Saw 5" and the TV show "Mad Men."

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ABC on Thursday became the latest network to trim its 2008-09 program development slate, citing the effects of the writers' strike on this year's pilot season.

The network went for a deep cut, releasing 35 to 40 scripts, roughly one-third of its slate and the most of any network, sources said. Most of the projects are said to hail from the network's sister studio, ABC Studios, and about 15 are believed to be comedy scripts.

ABC joins CBS, Fox and the CW, which have reduced their slates in the past week by dropping as many as two dozen scripts each. NBC, meanwhile, said Wednesday that it will stick with all of its scripts in development.

Disney has enforced some of the strongest cost-cutting measures on the TV side during the strike. Two weeks ago, ABC Studios terminated nearly 30 overall deals, the most of any TV studio.

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oh noooooooooo! nada episodes left for these 20 shows

the good news: the 47 shows unaffected by strike.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Xstatic1
the good news: the 47 shows unaffected by strike.

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At first I thought great 47 shows, maybe I watch about 10 of them?

Nope.

Lost
Jericho
The Wire
October Road

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: paulxcook
Thanks for this thread with the updates, Xstatic.

yw.

 

[RossMAN]

My wife and I are going through Pushing Daisies withdrawals :brokenheart:

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Xstatic1
the good news: the 47 shows unaffected by strike.

At first I thought great 47 shows, maybe I watch about 10 of them?

Nope.

Lost
Jericho
The Wire
October Road

i went back to count mine:
American Idol
Amazing Race (which ended earlier this week)
October Road

this bites! most of the shows i like watching are in that 1st slideshow.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Xstatic1

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Xstatic1
the good news: the 47 shows unaffected by strike.

At first I thought great 47 shows, maybe I watch about 10 of them?

Nope.

Lost
Jericho
The Wire
October Road

i went back to count mine:
American Idol
Amazing Race (which ended earlier this week)
October Road

this bites! most of the shows i like watching are in that 1st slideshow.

Woohoo, another October Road fan. I was wondering if there were any on AT?

I need my Physical Phil fix, ok that sounded wrong. Who do you think the kids father is?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: tw1164
I don't get how sending shows straight to air will save money. It seems like that would be a risker way to do things.

They cancel shows at a whim so the pilots seem pretty redundant.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Xstatic1
the good news: the 47 shows unaffected by strike.

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Half of those shows are reality bullshit, gameshows or repeats :thumbsdown:

 

[Imaginer]

Good, let it ccntinue. I am sick and tired of hearing everyday conversations with a intermix of TV shows as if that is the only thing on people's minds as if it is their lifeblood.

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Woohoo, another October Road fan. I was wondering if there were any on AT?

I need my Physical Phil fix, ok that sounded wrong. Who do you think the kids father is?

my guess is Eddie's the father...and i think Nick won't be too hurt by it if that were the case, Big Cat on the other hand would.

that reminds me, i have to watch this week's episode. hopefully, it's available on ABC's Full Episode site.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Xstatic1

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Woohoo, another October Road fan. I was wondering if there were any on AT?

I need my Physical Phil fix, ok that sounded wrong. Who do you think the kids father is?

my guess is Eddie's the father...and i think Nick won't be too hurt by it if that were the case, Big Cat on the other hand would.

that reminds me, i have to watch this week's episode. hopefully, it's available on ABC's Full Episode site.

I was afraid of that (Eddie being the biological father). I wonder how Nick will take it.

Do you think Ikey will ever be forgiven and let back into the inner circle?

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

I was afraid of that (Eddie being the biological father). I wonder how Nick will take it.

Do you think Ikey will ever be forgiven and let back into the inner circle?

yeah they'll eventually let him back in. i'd give it a few more episodes....considering he broke the guy rule of "bros before ho's". :laugh:

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: tw1164
I don't get how sending shows straight to air will save money. It seems like that would be a risker way to do things.

Yeah that's why I said they've probably got something up their sleeves. They're not going to put all that time and money into a show and then just air it without ever having some kind of audience testing to improve it before its public release.

 

[Xstatic1]

LATEST UPDATE: Jan 25, 2008:

RKO Pictures has signed an interim deal with the striking Writers Guild of America.

Details were not released, but the guild says the agreement announced Friday includes fair and respectful compensation for writers for work used on the Internet and other new media.

The agreement follows separate guild pacts reached with other independent production companies, including Lionsgate, Marvel and The Weinstein Co.

RKO's production schedule includes several new films. Its extensive library features "King Kong," "Citizen Kane" and "It's a Wonderful Life."

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[Xstatic1]

LATEST UPDATE: Jan 28, 2008:

LOS ANGELES - The Grammy Awards will be in full voice next month, with the striking writers guild agreeing Monday to allow its members to work on the show.

The Writers Guild of America gave its blessing last week to a picket-free Grammys. Now that the guild's board of directors has decided to sign an interim agreement for the Feb. 10 ceremony, the Grammys will escape the fate that befell this month's Golden Globes.

The Globes were stripped of stars and pomp when the guild wouldn't agree to an interim deal and the Screen Actors Guild encouraged its members to boycott the ceremony, which was reduced to a news conference.

The agreement allowing guild-covered writing for the Grammys is in support of union musicians and also will help advance writers' own quest for "a fair contract," the guild said in a statement.

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[aplefka]

I asked my new film professor tonight about what she thought about Zucker's move to pilot-less series and she said that they used that model in the late 70s and early 80s and it worked fine, so if anything it will be beneficial for up-and-coming shows since they'll have more than just 2 or 3 episodes to make or break themselves.

 

[Squisher]

I can only assume that in each one of these stand-alone agreements that the writer's demands, like for any internet revenue made by show would be shared by the writers, are being written into these agreements.

If this is so, isn't this taking away a major chunk of the writer's bargaining power? I mean these are the shows the networks want to put on the most. I think if the writers hope to bring the networks to their knees they aren't going to get it by placating the networks in piecemeal fashion.

I realize that the writers are trying to take the high road and not seem to be the villains in the poll of public opinion, but if you want to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs.

 

[Xstatic1]

LATEST UPDATE: Jan 29, 2008:

NEW YORK - Unionized CBS News staffers who are members of the Writers Guild of America have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with the network.

The contract ? which received a 98 percent approval vote ? covers 500 employees who work in New York, Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago, in both TV and radio. Positions covered by the contract range from desk assistant to producer, with average base salary between $20,000 and $70,000.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's striking writers and major studios have narrowed their differences after a week of informal talks, raising hopes that a new contract is within reach, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.

The current talks are aimed at laying the groundwork for official bargaining to resume, and both parties have agreed to a media blackout while the negotiations are ongoing.

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[ballmode]

I think the biggest loser of the strike is the show Scrubs.

This year was its last year, doubtful NBC or ABC will pick up the tab now to show the rest of the episodes. It's either going to be only on DVD or only 10-12 will be shown period with no ending

sad.

 

[Xstatic1]

LATEST UPDATE: Jan 30, 2008:

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Startup studio Overture Films has signed an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America to allow striking writers to work for the company.

Overture -- a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. that produces, acquires, markets, and distributes theatrical films -- launched its inaugural slate this month with the release of Callie Khouri's "Mad Money" and will release several films in the coming months, including the comic drama "The Visitor" and "Sleepwalking," starring Charlize Theron.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 12-week-old Hollywood writers strike is taking a heavy toll on prime-time viewership with television production largely stopped and the major networks airing more repeats, game shows and reality shows.

The five top broadcast networks were down a collective 17 percent for the week ended January 27 in ratings among viewers aged 18 to 49, the audience most prized by advertisers compared with the same week last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.

That is a sharp drop from earlier this season, before networks' supply of original sitcom and drama episodes ran dry and year-to-year ratings declines were running closer to 10 percent, network executives said.

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LOS ANGELES - A contingency plan that would include history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts for the 80th annual Academy Awards show is in the works, academy president Sid Ganis told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

With the writers strike dragging dangerously close to the Feb. 24 telecast, the film academy is planning two Oscar shows: ?The show we would love to do and ... a show that we would prefer not to do,? Ganis said.

The traditional, star-studded glamour-fest is in the works in case an agreement is reached. If not, organizers are working on a second show that will include ?history and packages of film and concepts that are not normally ones that we would have for the show if we were moving straight ahead.?

The show will go on regardless of talks status, he said.

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[Farang]

May be over soon..

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02...5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Colbert has been writing the show himself, and it's been just fine. I would like to see some more of The Office, but I can wait.

 

[A5]

Can you shorten the OP - or at least put the latest updates at the top? It's getting tough to scroll page after page to see the latest news

 

[rh71]

Thx for keeping the news on this updated.

 

[Xstatic1]

Originally posted by: A5
Can you shorten the OP - or at least put the latest updates at the top? It's getting tough to scroll page after page to see the latest news

all the updates i've posted since November are in the OP--no need to scroll through each page & u really want the *latest*, just click on the last page & find my last post.

at this point in the game, i'm not going to revise the OP. sorry.

Originally posted by: Farang
May be over soon..

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02...5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS

yup! thanks for the sharing the article!!!!!

Originally posted by: rh71
Thx for keeping the news on this updated.

yw.