Strike Watch: All Late night &Talk shows on hiatus

[azumanga]

Speaking of daytime, for SoapNet, this puts a burden on their daily schedule, loaded with repeats of same-day episodes and the weekend marathons. Granted, they could pick up the "best-of" episodes from the broadcasters, but will it kill their ratings to have reruns of reruns? Maybe the nighttime audience will like the classics, I'm not sure. Just posing a question.

Or, they could do what GSN did during the fabled "dark ages" and show more obscure soaps that came and went over the years.

Interestingly, this afternoon, I heard a promo for today's Oprah (which I do not watch) - the topic: people who are popular on YouTube! Some of these people were actually trotted out onto the show. I am wondering if this was a result of the writer's strike.

Depends on when that episode was taped. Chances are it might've been taped weeks earlier. After all, they needed the time to round up the guests.

the 1979 ITV strike which left the British network off the air for two months and the BBC as the ONLY television to watch during that period (this was before Channel Four and cable/satellite including Sky). However, one ITV station during that strike managed to stay on the air by airing whatever shows they could grab as well as expanding their local news to an hour.

That ITV company in question was Channel Television, the smalledt company in the ITV family, serving the Channel Islands. Reason being was that the workers there were part of a different union.

And speaking of lockouts, there was also the CBC one in 2005 that lasted seven weeks. But it couldn't come at a worse time: Hurricane Katrina was about to leave New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast in ruins, and many of us who were expecting quality, award-winning CBC News coverage of the disaster and its aftermath by Peter Mansbridge and the gang were deprived of it; "BBC World News" would air in place of "The National."

That wasn't the first time the CBC dropped the ball during a strike -- when 1999 became 2000, CBC's French sister, Radio-Canada, wasn't there to cover festivities in Quebec, due to strike action on that network. As a result, the only Quebec coverage of the millenium festivities was a distant shot of the Hull fireworks, shot from Ottawa.

 

[JayR]

And speaking of lockouts, there was also the CBC one in 2005 that lasted seven weeks. But it couldn't come at a worse time: Hurricane Katrina was about to leave New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast in ruins, and many of us who were expecting quality, award-winning CBC News coverage of the disaster and its aftermath by Peter Mansbridge and the gang were deprived of it; "BBC World News" would air in place of "The National."

That lockout also affected CFL On CBC. The games were aired without an announce team...many fans actually enjoyed watching those games without having to listen to Chris Walby mumbling incessantly. ;D

 

[ixnay]

The danger is, much like actors, the writers need to get paid better but they have to be careful not to outprice themselves.

They need to be?

ixnay

 

[FilmCritic3K]

Interestingly, this afternoon, I heard a promo for today's Oprah (which I do not watch) - the topic: people who are popular on YouTube! Some of these people were actually trotted out onto the show. I am wondering if this was a result of the writer's strike. After all, if it's affecting The View...

"The Oprah Winfrey Show's writers aren't covered by the WGA contract, so the most powerful woman on TV will remain on the air."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-te.to.strike06nov06,0,1913587.story

 

[dustintv]

I heard on the radio this morning 24, The Office, and Desperate Housewives along with nine other shows have shut down production. I wonder what the final result of this strike will be like.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I've had two main thoughts:

Will the strike mean the end of some new shows that were failing in the ratings anyway? It seems like the probucers and networks could use the strike as an excuse to dump them.

With the talk of more game shows, how many of them will only be around for the duration of the strike and then end up being dumped by the networks, with the possible exception of another massive hit like Deal or no Deal?

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

I heard on the radio this morning 24, The Office, and Desperate Housewives along with nine other shows have shut down production. I wonder what the final result of this strike will be like.

Speaking of 24, is it just me or anyone else noticed it has suddenly (And I do mean SUDDENLY as they were in the middle of Day 5) been dropped from the A&E schedule?

Gee....I wonder why..... ???

I wonder if it's been pulled from SuperStation WGN's weekend schedule as well....

Cheers

 

[Radiofreewill]

the 1979 ITV strike which left the British network off the air for two months and the BBC as the ONLY television to watch during that period (this was before Channel Four and cable/satellite including Sky). However, one ITV station during that strike managed to stay on the air by airing whatever shows they could grab as well as expanding their local news to an hour.

That ITV company in question was Channel Television, the smalledt company in the ITV family, serving the Channel Islands. Reason being was that the workers there were part of a different union.

There was also a financial angle here; Channel needed to stay on the air to keep its ad revenue flowing or else the station would've went belly-up.

 

[JayR]

TV Execs...Strike Happy???

Will the strike mean the end of some new shows that were failing in the ratings anyway? It seems like the producers and networks could use the strike as an excuse to dump them.

TV Execs...Strike Happy? ? ?

According to the articles linked below, it seems that tv executives are actually welcoming the impending WGA strike as a way of cleansing themselves from what they see as a bad season.

Defamer.com
Deadline Hollywood Daily

 

[YEKIMI]

If any of the striking writers post on here could they get in trouble with their union? After all, they would be writing! [well, technically, ??? typing]

 

[trusty]

Hey, all you aspiring youing writers who are constantly cranking out stuff on You Tube. You can now look forward to going to Hollywood - and not be able to do nothin'.