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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:58 am
by GORDON
They sniped at each other before they broke off talks for xmas.
http://www.mania.com/56980.html
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:04 am
by TheCatt
I've heard networks are putting together some shows with writers outside of America... (From WSJ):
With the Hollywood writers strike cutting off traditional supply lines for new scripted television shows, NBC executives said yesterday that they will fill out the network's prime-time schedule with reruns from sibling cable network USA and with shows that are being produced outside the U.S., with staffs of "international writers" independent of the Writers Guild of America.
Coupled with the return of NBC late-night hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien on Jan. 2, these moves should do much to help insulate the network from the effects of a protracted strike, the executives said. NBC is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, which also owns a string of cable channels, including USA, Bravo and Sci-Fi.
Executives at other broadcast networks are contemplating similar moves, including working with overseas production studios and using nonunion writers if the strike drags on much longer, according to people involved in these discussions. Hopes that the strike, already six weeks old, would end soon have faded since the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios, walked out of the last round of negotiations on Dec. 7.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:38 pm
by Malcolm
I noticed that TV & movies still suck about as much as when they weren't on strike.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:13 am
by GORDON
Oh yeah, the strike is over.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:50 pm
by Malcolm
Didn't even notice. Yeah, they sure had the world by the 'nads.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:18 pm
by GORDON
Screen Actor's Guild possibly fixin' to strike June 30.
http://www.mania.com/57575.html
Topic not re-pinned yet, but stand by.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:14 am
by Leisher
The actors backed the writers heavily, so I expect the writers will do the same. Expect LOTS of scripts to pour in before June 30th.
Also, if that strike happens, expect even more reality TV.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:56 pm
by WSGrundy
I'm glad 30 rock and the office are going to be back but I was bummed the writers came back because Conan was 100% funnier when it was just him winging it. I still love the show just not as much when it was just Conan.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:42 pm
by Malcolm
Conan seems to be a fantastically talented writer, whether it's him making shit up in his head a fraction of a second before delivery or an actual script. Pretty much every episode of "The Simpsons" that he wrote was a classic.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:37 am
by TPRJones
I noticed it had ended because The Daily Show and The Colbert Report stopped sucking.
Fucking commie unions.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 9:57 am
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:54 am
Any bets on how long till we see the remake of "Streets of San Francisco," "Night Court," or "Hawaii 5-0?"
Shame he didn't live long enough to see it come true.
Night Court getting a reboot.
5-0 was remade in 2010.
Fucking commie unions.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 11:17 am
by Leisher
I think broadcast TV is in a tough spot. They have certain restrictions that keeps them from making a Game of Thrones that most cable entities don't have. Networks have to keep things PG-13.
Although, they do have their pay services where they can build more mature content.