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Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:07 pm

The one good thing about the writer's strike is that it may potentially force CBS to bring the Amazing Race 13 this season- however, it runs the risk of being rushed through production and of lesser quality.

However, I'm gonna miss Heroes (the season finally feels like it kicked in, and now it's being taken away after 4 more episodes - Tim Kring's being really nice about it though), House (status unknown, but definitely will be affected eventually), the Office (Jenna Fischer says one of her favourite scripts was supposed to be shot but didn't make it to production in time, so now there's only one episode left), and Avatar (status unknown), and of course the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, which were off on the first day of the strike.

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:00 pm

NO NO NO NO NO :x

*stomps foot*

THEY WILL NOT TAKE UGLY BETTY AWAY FROM ME! :'(

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:40 am

jellyoflight wrote:NO NO NO NO NO :x

*stomps foot*

THEY WILL NOT TAKE UGLY BETTY AWAY FROM ME! :'(

Hey, at least we got to see the wedding.

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:11 pm

I'm not really effected honestly. Most of the stuff I watch is reality tv based (see my set lol). Otherwise I watch stuff on national geographic and the discovery & history channels. But at home the only thing I have time to watch are law and order reruns on TNT at like 1 in the afternoon. I have a tv in my room but no satilite and I cant get regular programming so I dont watch tv...and comming out of my room means dealing w. my unplesant mother. I only watch tv when I visit my boyfriend and like I said...its all educational programming and reruns.

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:56 pm

I hope things get sorted out soon. As I am from the UK, Desperate Housewives doesn't air here until the new year, so hopefully everything will have blown over by then and shows shall continue as normal. However, I... keep up to date with Heroes stuff from America as its aired, and Ugly Betty is only a few weeks behind. I really hope things are resolved soon. :/

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:15 am

I'll be so sad if they don't air the final episode of "Scrubs." I'm also going to miss Heroes and Smallville.

*Is grateful Stargate Atlantis will not be effected.*

While these shows are great for entertainment, I can understand the strike. I support these writers in what they're doing and the sacrifice of postponment of some shows is worth it if these people get what they need.

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:18 am

Looks like there's going to be another negotiation on the 26th. Hopefully things will get resolved...

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:11 pm

Yoshi wrote:The one good thing about the writer's strike is that it may potentially force CBS to bring the Amazing Race 13 this season- however, it runs the risk of being rushed through production and of lesser quality.

However, I'm gonna miss Heroes (the season finally feels like it kicked in, and now it's being taken away after 4 more episodes - Tim Kring's being really nice about it though), House (status unknown, but definitely will be affected eventually), the Office (Jenna Fischer says one of her favourite scripts was supposed to be shot but didn't make it to production in time, so now there's only one episode left), and Avatar (status unknown), and of course the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, which were off on the first day of the strike.


One bit of good news: I doubt Avatar will be affected. I could be wrong about this, but animated shows have to be written MONTHS in advance because of the time it takes to send things to Korea to be drawn. Seeing as 11 episodes of Avatar have already been released, they should finish season 3. At least I hope.

What I'm wondering is why shows like The Daily Show or the late-night talk shows can't survive for a few weeks without writers. After 15 years of hosting his own show, you would think Jay Leno would be able to deliver a few 10-minute monologues without having teams of writers write jokes for him.

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:23 am

theonlysaneone wrote:What I'm wondering is why shows like The Daily Show or the late-night talk shows can't survive for a few weeks without writers. After 15 years of hosting his own show, you would think Jay Leno would be able to deliver a few 10-minute monologues without having teams of writers write jokes for him.


They probably can survive, but the hosts just aren't crossing the picket line at all (Probably because many of them are also writers).

Re: Writer's Strike - Which shows will you miss most?

Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:48 pm

Oh gosh. Hasn't been a new Big Bang Therory in weeks.
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