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- Writers Guild of America Strike On
  
  A post about News by David on November 3rd, '07
  
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- “no mid-season replacements, more reality shows, and a large number of re-runs”
  
  So it seems that the threats of a looming strike have now come to pass, with the WGA calling a strike until a new contract is made. I am deeply worried about what this means in regards to my favourite shows, but we will have to see how this effects things. Hopefully, the strike won’t go on for very long, but it has already cost me one of the shows I was most excited about: Heroes: Origins.
  
  John August, a wonderful writer, and one of the people that was going to be participating in an episode of Heroes: Origins, writes about the news on his blog, along with what he plans to do:
  
  I’m contracted on two scripts right now, but they’ll be sitting unopened in their folders until the strike is resolved. I have a deal to write a spec for Fox, but that will also have to wait. Pencils down means pencils down. I’m not writing any features or television until there’s a contract.
  
  So what will I do in meantime?
  
  First, I’ll man the picket lines.
  
  After that, I’ll turn my attention to the 100 other things going on in my life that don’t involve movies, television, or 12-point Courier.
  
  Over on Filmonic, there is a post that helps breakdown what this strike will mean for all of us television watchers, including a shift away from joke segments on late night talk shows, no mid-season replacements, more reality shows, and a large number of re-runs. Also, don’t expect the second half of this season’s hit shows to be shown either, as many of them haven’t been written yet, leaving many of us, biting our nails waiting for the new episodes of what can almost be called our weekly addiction.
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4 Responses to “Writers Guild of America Strike On”
1. Jeff Heimbuch Says:
  November 3rd, 2007 at 6:06 am
  Thanks for linking back to our article!
2. Chris Garrett Says:
  November 3rd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
  “more reality shows” — just what the world needs! :S
3. » “Girlfriends” from Youtube to CBS, via Darren Star » Teevieo Says:
  November 3rd, 2007 at 6:25 pm
  […] Steven Tsapelas, Angel Acevedo and Brian Amyot will continue to write the scripts for the show (they may well end up writing a lot more scripts pretty soon), however, it’s likely that the original cast of Patrick Cohen, Seth Kirschner and Evan Bass […]
4. Seun Osewa Says:
  November 14th, 2007 at 2:55 am
  What if the studios discover that there’s more money to be made from reruns than formerly thought possible?
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