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Welcome to the 3rd Television News Thread

This it the place where you can read, post, and discuss the most recent news and information available to TV fans everywhere!

Current Major Story: 2007 Writers Strike


General News Links

The Artful Writer
Deadline Hollywood Daily
E! Online
Entertainment Weekly
Fans4Writers
The Futon Critic
Google News
TV Guide
United Hollywood
Writers Guild East
Writers Guild West
WGA Supporters @ Livejournal
Zap2It


Articles/Guide Links

WGA Strike: What Scripted Programming is Available?- Courtesy of The Futon Critic
The TV Gride- Courtesy of LA Times
Pencils Down: List of Writers Striking- Courtesy of WGA West

WGA West: Press Room (Updated Daily)
TV Guide's Strike Watch (Updated Daily)
Yahoo: Hollywood Union Authorized To Strike (10/20/07)
Time: What a Writers Strike Means For Us (10/20/07)
NY Times: TV Writers Edging Toward A Strike (10/22/07)
Yahoo: Reality on Tap If Writers Strike (10/29/07)
Yahoo: Hollywood Labor Contract Talks Break Off (11/01/07)
The Futon Critic: What's the Deal with the WGA Strike? (11/01/07)
NY Times: Writers Say Strike To Start Monday (11/02/07)
NY Times: With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Set Strike For Monday (11/02/07)
Yahoo: Hollywood Writers Set Strike For Monday (11/02/07)
Reuters: Hollywood Writers Start Strike After Talks Collapse (11/05/07)
AICN: The Office is Closed (11/06/07)
The Press Enterprise: How TV Shows Will Look With The Strike (11/09/07)
ONTD: An Idiot's Guide to the Writers Strike (11/09/07)
WGA West: Latest on Negotiations (11/09/07)
Reuters: Actors May Fight Studios After Strike Layoffs (11/11/07)
NY Times: Screenwriters Seek Bigger Slice of Half-Eaten Pie (11/11/07)
John August: Why Writers Get Residuals (11/11/07)
DHD: Glimmer of Hope That Agents Bringing WGA & AMPTP Back In Touch (11/11/07)
MSNBC: Hiatuses for serialized shows a ‘Lost’ cause (11/11/07)
Salt Lake Tribune: Strike Having An Impact (11/12/07)
EW Cover Story: Striking Home (11/16/07)
Yahoo: Studio Applies Majeure Force to Office, 30 Rock (11/17/07)
CBS News: Writers, Producers To Resume Negogiations (11/17/07)
Reuters: Striking Writers Will Resume Talks With Studios (11/19/07)
TV Guide: 2007 VS 1988 Strike: Television Will Be Struck Harder This Time (11/19/2007)
Film.com: The WGA Strike and Public Opinion (11/20/2007)
DHD: Dare We Hope a Deal Has Been Struck? (11/26/07)
Variety: Few Foresee Early End to Strike (12/03/07)
Reuters: Striking writers, studios break off talks again (12/07/07)
CNN: Tempers flare as studios break off talks with writers (12/08/07)
Reuters: Idled Hollywood workers urge end to writers' strike (12/9/07)
New York Times: With Writers Out, Directors Offer Their Own Talks (12/13/07)
Business Week: The Writers Guild Is Losing Ground (12/13/07)
EW: David Letterman Working on side deal with WGA (12/15/07)
The Huffington Post: WGA Strike Primer- Understanding Misunderstanding (12/16/07)
New York Times: Leno and O’Brien to Resume Their Shows (12/17/07)
New York Times: Golden Globes and Oscars Are Drawn Into Strike (12/19/07)
New York Times: Stewart and Colbert to Return Without Writers (12/21/07)
Variety: SAG says actors won't do Globes (1/04/08)
DHD: Golden Globes Canceled (1/07/08)
Multichannel News: CBS Chief Moonves Wants to Get Back to Table With Writers (1/10/08)
Forbes: Strike Strategy (1/10/08)
The Hollywood Reporter: ABC Studios terminates nearly 30 overall deals (1/12/08)
EW: Writers Strike: Four Burning Questions (1/17/08)
Variety: Directors Make Deal (1/17/08)
HHAngel: Writers Strike- No "joke" to the "below-the-line" crew (1/18/08)
United Hollywood: WGA Begins Back Channel Discussion With AMPTP (1/19/08)
The Hollywood Reporter: WGA on Board for Grammys Telecast (1/29/08)
LA Times: Writers, studios said to have resolved key issues (02/02/08)
EW: Could the Writers Strike Be Over Soon? (02/02/08)
Time: Is the Writers' Strike Nearing an End? (02/04/08)
Comcast: Striking Writers to be Briefed (2/06/08)
Advertising Age: Industry Eager to See End of Writers Strike by Next Week (02/06/08)
MSNBC: Draft deal in writers strike expected Friday (2/06/08)




Voices From The Frontline

EW: Diary of a TV Writer (11/06/07)
Whedonesque: Joss Whedon On the Strike (11/06/07)
Criminal Minds Fanatic: Edward Allen Bernero on the Strike (11/08/07)
NY Times: Damon Lindelof- Mourning TV (11/11/07)
Yahoo: Bill Lawerence- Scrubs Finale May Never Air (11/11/07)
House's Doris Egan: To Live By the Pen (11/11/07)
NY Times: Bradford Winters- Living Paycheck To Paycheck Was Already a Way of Life (11/12/07)
Whedonesque: Joss Whedon on the Strike (11/14/07)


Multimedia


Tina Fey on the picket line


Picketing in Century City, CA on November 9th





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[mcdreamylover]

From Deadline Hollywood Daily » CONFIRMED! NBC Cancels Globes Newscast; Foreign Press Will Announce Winners With No WGA Picketing

CONFIRMED! NBC Cancels Globes Newscast; Foreign Press Will Announce Winners With No WGA Picketing I'm told there may be even some A-list actors helping the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hold its 30-minute press conference now open to all media since the Writers Guild has agreed to back off its threat to picket since NBC won't be involved. So what I reported yesterday has come to pass: NBC has decided not to air an exclusive newscast of the HFPA announcing the Golden Globe winners. Sources tell me that NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker was receiving "push back" from the network's news division over the blurring of the line between news and entertainment. "The news people were upset at being used to cover Zucker's mistakes," an insider explained to me. I just checked with the Writers Guild and received this exclusive statement: "We were pleased to give the HFPA assurances that we will not picket nor will we be opposed to a small number of talent helping to announce the winners. Because the HFPA has been honorable and respectful and honest with us, unlike many of the other parties involved in this situation." The HFPA just issued this statement of confirmation: Golden Globe Awards Press Conference Set for Sunday to Be Produced by Hollywood Foreign Press Association With No Media Restrictions: HOLLYWOOD, CA (January 11, 2008) -- After discussions with NBC, Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara today announced that the HFPA will have complete control of its 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announcement that is scheduled to take place Sunday, January 13 at 6:00 p.m. PST in the International Ballroom of The Beverly Hilton. Under the new arrangement, there will be no restrictions placed on media outlets covering the press conference.

[lancer1993]

Thanks for the new thread and update.

Maybe we'll get some pictures and video of the stars now?

So it cost about $5mil for the rights but really how much has this cost NBC in total?

[dannygirl]

The DGA and the AMPTP start formal negotiations tomorrow. From what I've read, if the DGA reaches an agreement, there should be good reason to think that the WGA could follow.

[lancer1993]

I'm betting even now a lot of shows will be done for the season, we know Heroes is and others may take too long to get back into production to warrant the expense so may just come back for next season. Apart from Heroes do we have news on who may not be back for this season?

[dannygirl]

Heroes is the only show that I've seen that actually advertised their last new episode as a finale. I don't watch a ton of shows but I just haven't seen any other show act or advertise that the last episode completed before the strike is it for the season. And Heroes was a mess, so I wouldn't be shocked if they are using this to their advantage and taking alot of time off to regroup and get their show back on the right track. I think most shows are still holding out hope that they could get a couple more new episodes in this season.

[lancer1993]

IMO the biggest problem will come in the Fall.

BTW - The first TV Guide podcast for 2008 is up and they talk about the strike.

[BrucasForever<3]

are the anywhere close to ending the strike. I am not really following, so I have no idea what is going on!

[lancer1993]

This is BAD

ABC Studios on Friday afternoon became the first TV studio to terminate overall deals under the force majeure provision in its producers' deals. In a major house-cleaning sweep, close to 30 writing and nonwriting producers -- most of them well-known -- who don't have active projects have been axed. The list includes the writing duos of Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia, as well as Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, director Larry Charles, producer Sean Bailey, the producing team of Nina Wass and Gene Stein, writers Jack Kenney and Bill Callahan and actor-producer Taye Diggs, who landed a producing deal a year ago when he signed on to star on the ABC/ABC Studios drama "Private Practice." "The ongoing strike has had a significant detrimental impact on development and production so we are forced to make the difficult decision to release a number of talented, respected individuals from their development deals," an ABC Studios spokeswoman said late Friday. While force majeure action by TV studios had been inevitable as the writers strike entered its third month, few expected that many deals to be axed at a single studio. Rumors are that Warner Bros. TV will terminate about 5-6 overall pacts next week, with other TV studios expected to follow.

ABC Studios terminates nearly 30 overall deals

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The last big Thursday with original regular programming was mostly a bust, as ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and NBC's "The Apprentice" posted their lowest adults 18-49 ratings for a fresh Thursday episode. The two Thursday giants, "Grey's" (7.0 rating/17 share among adults 18-49, 17.6 million viewers overall) and "CSI" (5.0/12, 18.1 million) still dominated the night, finishing first among adults 18-49 and total viewers, respectively. The originals of "Grey's" and "CSI" at 9 p.m. took a toll on "Celebrity Apprentice" (3.5/8, 8.1 million), which fell 22% from its premiere last week, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates. NBC's "My Name Is Earl" (3.4/9, 7.7 million) was solid at 8 p.m., winning the half-hour in the 18-49 demo, but the final available original episode of "30 Rock" (2.8/7, 6.0 million) fell to third place at 8:30 p.m. behind ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Fox's "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" At 10 p.m., NBC's "ER" (3.5/10, 9.1 million) edged CBS' "Without a Trace" (3.3/9, 13.2 million). For the night, ABC (4.2/11, 11.9 million) and CBS (3.5/9, 13.5 million) split the top honors in adults 18-49 and total viewers. NBC (3.3/9, 8.0 million) was third, followed by Fox (2.6/7, 8.4 million).

Last Thursday of new episodes lackluster

[Guinevere]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing Hollywood directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a potential blow to striking screenwriters. The announcement of a start date follows two weeks of informal discussions between the Directors Guild of America and the studios' bargaining agent, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, aimed at laying the groundwork for official bargaining. In a joint statement, the Directors Guild and studios said talks would start at the AMPTP headquarters and the two sides would not comment to the media until negotiations concluded.

Hollywood directors and studios plan contract talks - Yahoo!7 News

[dannygirl]

This was posted by a writer on another message board and his/her take on the current state of the strike. I hope it is ok that I post it here, if not let me know and I will edit my post.

I think right now there are two camps on the writer's side. Those who hate the AMPTP, and those who hate the AMPTP and the WGA. Bill Mahr made a very good statement at the end of his show Friday night praising his writers and saying how much he wants them back, while chastising the wga for going to war without an exit strategy and for the witch hunts now going on. (He has been criticized for going back to work and he was also picketed) I feel the strike will settle in June or July around the time of the sag contract expiration and we'll go back to work at our normal time for a fall season (writers start in june/filming starts in late july) The only thing that could end the strike sooner is if the DGA deal is good for us and there is a large scale defection by show runners on the TV side.

June or July! At least it sounds like even if that were the case, that would give time for next seasons fall tv season to start up as normal, with no new shows of course.

[lancer1993]

Thanks for that dannygirl But that would mean no new shows! It will be weird but maybe good for some. maybe some shows which would have been cut will get the go ahead because the networks don't have time to work on something new?

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Wow June or July...that would be crazy. I hope it ends sooner than that. I can't take much more of this!

[lancer1993]

IMO much of this season is dead, even though we are only in January, the big problem is for the next season pilots which will not get made, meaning no new shows for 08/09 season. This strike is going to have a lasting affect for years to come, it may well shape how and what we watch on TV in the future!

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Well, if the season is dead...I hope shows like Scrubs can at least have their series finales made.

And yeah pilot season is going to be so dead if this doesn't end soon.