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Don’t Strike Me

by Toni

Well, the writers are on strike in Hollywood, but I won’t be joining them, in case you were worried. I’ve been reading about the strike and most people seem a little ambivalent. I don’t think anyone expects it to last too long. Here’s an article from Fox News about what’s happening.

It doesn’t seem like the strike will effect many sitcoms or other scripted prime time shows right away, in any case. It will probably have some effect on any new shows that were supposed to start in the spring, but that’s only if the strike lasts for more than a few weeks. I’m hoping it just blows over quickly. I’d hate to see some of these new shows that haven’t been picked up yet get cancelled because there are no new eps to tape. I’m not positive if that can happen, but it seems likely. Or even worse, come January, everything on tv will be reality programming. Which would make me want to hurt people. Badly. So let’s hope that doesn’t happen.

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The one thing I’m most unhappy about is that Joss Whedon had just signed up with Fox to write a new show called Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku. It was hoped that it might air as soon as Spring, but now with the writers strike, it might not happen until Fall or later. I hate that.

Oh, and so you know, starting this month, I also picked up another blog at watchingCW.com, so you’ll want to check that one out as well. You may need to come here and read my babble, just for something to do other than watch reality tv.


Posted in Announcements, General, Meanderings, News on November 5th, 2007

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6 Responses to “Don’t Strike Me”

  1. Sanjumanji Says:
    November 7th, 2007 at 7:51 am

    Now I should have known you’d be all over this strike thing. Heard on my news this morning that “Back to You” is in danger because of the strike. Take that Kelsey…Betty Karma baby. LOL. And what is CW?

  2. Grid Effect » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links Says:
    November 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am

    [...] a special WGA strike version of the [...]

  3. Toni Says:
    November 7th, 2007 at 11:42 am

    CW is a tv station. It has shows like Reaper, Smallville, Supernatural and lots of reality tv, so you should love it!

  4. Laura Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Betty Karma? LOL!!!

  5. Toni Says:
    November 9th, 2007 at 10:38 am

    Poor Kelsey. He didn’t even know what he was up against.

  6. Watching Sitcoms » Blog Archive » WGA Strike Continues Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    [...] Strike Continues by Toni I’ve been trying to keep up with what’s happening with the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) Strike. It’s only been a week, and already [...]

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