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About the writers' strike....

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Iowan

My brother thinks that if the writers' strike continues too long, it will affect daytime TV, too (not so much for the CW--I mean soap operas). What will happen if soap operas are affected--classic repeats of soaps or even The Price Is Right on CBS?
 
The soaps will definitely be affected. (No big loss for me. ::) ) I've read where game shows won't be affected since their writers are in a different union. It's also looking like there could be more game shows in prime time because of the strike.
 
Iowan said:
My brother thinks that if the writers' strike continues too long, it will affect daytime TV, too (not so much for the CW--I mean soap operas). What will happen if soap operas are affected--classic repeats of soaps or even The Price Is Right on CBS?
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i believe over at the futon critic they have a list of all the shows and what's been produced so far, most primetime shows that are on now have about a months worth of shows and the soaps are good untill next spring
 
Soaps are on their last legs as it is, aren't they? "Days of Our Lives" could become the fifth hour of "Today." I know that it has been mentioned on here that Procter & Gamble wants to get out of the production biz. "Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns" pull in low numbers anyhow. CBS could give the "Guiding Light" time back to affils. Who knows what they do with the 2pm hour. "Power of 10" maybe?

The writers strike may be the nail in the coffin for some soaps.
 
The networks are saying the soaps will continue on, strike or no strike, with producers doing the writing. Taking that at face value, it's unlikely you'll see any cancellations related to the strike.
 
Appearantly ABC is in the process of finding scabs to write, much like the soaps did back in 1988(and '85 and in '81.) Yes soaps are mostly on their last legs and any interruption would hasten the demise even quicker, we saw this with the OJ Simpson case. Most of the soaps are good thru January. Well not all of them as The Young and the Restless annouced the last episode they scripted was #8796. Yesterday #8767 aired, which means they have another 29 episodes left, which takes them up til Christmas(they are to be pre-emptied for two days at Thanksgiving).
 
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