I suspect the networks will settle with the Union - they are so much more vulnerable to a strike triggering a tidal wave of cord cutting (or at least severe fraying). My wife watches almost exclusively on cable; she loves a lot of the stuff on Netflix and Amazon, but feels like it is too much bother to access it. If they stop her shows for even 2 weeks she will learn how easy it is, and may never go back. Give the writers decent health care and pensions and make small adjustments in the formula for paying them - it would be worth it.
The article says some scripted series may end early - is that really true? I could see that for summer shows, but surely current scripted shows are all shot or at least written by now. My favorite line in the article is: "Michael Bay blamed the strike for ruining “Transformers 2,” since they only had three weeks to put the story together" *always great when the same sentence works as both a straight line and a punchline). But the most interesting line was: "In recent years, the number of scripted series jumped by 50 percent, but the number of produced episodes only grew by 6 percent." I wish they gave the Zero Year for this claim - if true it is kind of amazing. The explanation is that most of the new cable shows have short seasons - less than 50% the number of episodes of a network season. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:06 AM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good Washington Post story on the strike. > > Will TV writers strike? Here’s what you need to know. > http://wapo.st/2ojchEA > > Not sent from an iPhone. > On Apr 24, 2017, at 8:44 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately this time it will be harder for Conan, Jon Stewart and >> Stephen Colbert to have a fake fight over Mike Huckabee. >> >> David >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >> *To:* "tvornottv@googlegroups.com" <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, April 24, 2017 11:31 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Strikewatch '17 >> >> I recall Leno took massive criticism for writing new monologue jokes >> during the strike. Conan played music. Letterman didn't do much of a >> monologue at all. I don't recall if the shows eventually got a waiver or >> not. >> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:29 PM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Didn't the late night shows work out some sort of exception during the >> last WGA strike? >> >> -- >> >> -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
