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Writers Strike 2023?

gr8oldies said:
No doubt.
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You're down to what, four anyway at this point? And I thought I read somewhere Y&R just canned a chunk of its writing staff.

They've got a while to go before it begins to directly impact them, and other than hiring non-union staff, they can resort to what they did in the pandemic, padding weeks with things like "flashback days" that stretch the number of shows already filmed. Not that most people would notice the difference between old and new plots, since they're basically recycling things regularly, anyway.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
You're down to what, four anyway at this point? And I thought I read somewhere Y&R just canned a chunk of its writing staff.
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Days of Our Lives (which now only streams on Peacock) films about 6 months in advance so they shouldn’t have an issue. During pandemic shutdown they were only soap that didn’t have to show reruns. I believe GH showed repeats one day a week to stretch out new episodes until they ran out of new episodes
 
Larry said:
Days of Our Lives (which now only streams on Peacock) films about 6 months in advance so they shouldn’t have an issue. During pandemic shutdown they were only soap that didn’t have to show reruns. I believe GH showed repeats one day a week to stretch out new episodes until they ran out of new episodes
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I seem to remember in one of the previous writers' strikes previous series were re-booted to use scripts from the original version. There are probably plenty of non-union writers who don't give a damn about unions to write for these shows or others that can be produced outside of Hollywood. (God's Not Dead: The Series?)
 
My understanding is that this strike is specifically against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The WGA has other agreements with other organizations and companies that should be unaffected. Such as writers for the all news radio stations have direct agreements with those stations.
 
This (and Carol Burnett's 90th birthday) brought this clip to mind. Not a writer's strike, but a then-currently happening or threatened technicians strike. Don Adams plays the host of a "Tonight Show" with management filling technician roles.
 
gr8oldies said:
I seem to remember in one of the previous writers' strikes previous series were re-booted to use scripts from the original version. There are probably plenty of non-union writers who don't give a damn about unions to write for these shows or others that can be produced outside of Hollywood. (God's Not Dead: The Series?)
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Dark Shadows, the NBC version, was supposedly conceived of during the late '80s strike, but of course didn't hit the air as a reboot for several more years. (Much younger me paid a lot of attention to that one...well, to Joanna Going, anyway).

But there were more more direct instances, including the failed Mission Impossible reboot on ABC, and Dear John using scripts from the British version.

Even at 150+ days, the strike only pushed back the bulk of series returns about a month and a half +/-, depending on the show (some exceptions aside). We're in day one here. There's a long way to go before substantial, widespread effects are noticeable. (Setting aside the more timely programs for the moment.)
 
The first paragraph of this article lists the specific companies targeted by the WGA strike.


Television and film writers have gone on strike against major Hollywood studios: Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony. The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios, failed to come up with a new three-year contract in advance of the old deal expiring at midnight Monday.
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AbrahamJSimpson said:
You're down to what, four anyway at this point? And I thought I read somewhere Y&R just canned a chunk of its writing staff.

They've got a while to go before it begins to directly impact them, and other than hiring non-union staff, they can resort to what they did in the pandemic, padding weeks with things like "flashback days" that stretch the number of shows already filmed. Not that most people would notice the difference between old and new plots, since they're basically recycling things regularly, anyway.
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I haven't watched a regular episode in many years but I saw the special tribute to Katherine Chancellor, and the 50th anniversary special. But based on newspaper columns I haven't been able to find in several years, every few years Victor's company would take over Jack's company or vice versa. How many times have Nikki and Victor broken up and remarried? There's plenty of material because you can just do that as many times as necessary.
 
One more thing: an anchor at MSNBC said that while the writers at the news network are members of the WGA, their contract is not covered by the same contract as film & TV workers. So they are not on strike.

www.msnbc.com

What the writers strike is all about

Alex Wagner explains the issues at the heart of the Writers Guild strike as streaming has drastically changed the media landscape.
www.msnbc.com www.msnbc.com
 
So when the writers had their last work stoppage the production companies starting making their own deals. This is how Letterman came back on air so much sooner. Could we see that again.
 
Don CT said:
This is how Letterman came back on air so much sooner. Could we see that again.
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That’s very possible for shows produced by some production companies. However, because a larger number of shows are produced by the network or media company (eg CBS, Comcast/Universal) airing them individual deals are less likely with those shows and companies
 
Don CT said:
So when the writers had their last work stoppage the production companies starting making their own deals. This is how Letterman came back on air so much sooner. Could we see that again.
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Larry said:
That’s very possible for shows produced by some production companies. However, because a larger number of shows are produced by the network or media company (eg CBS, Comcast/Universal) airing them individual deals are less likely with those shows and companies
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Aren't The Tonight Show (Fallon) and Late Night (Meyers) both produced by Lorne Michaels' company?
 
Depending on how long this does go on this time around, look for movies and previously streaming only series from the networks at the start of the fall season
 
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