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Writers Strike 2023?

Cool_guy81 said:
CBS and NBC can air football while Fox airs Football and Baseball ABC can air Monday Night Football games
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But they can't expand the hours of coverage that they have. They need weekday prime time content, and most of the sports they own are on the wknds. Amazon Prime has Thursday Night Football.
 
TheBigA said:
But they can't expand the hours of coverage that they have. They need weekday prime time content, and most of the sports they own are on the wknds. Amazon Prime has Thursday Night Football.
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That's true too I know CBS, NBC and Fox are weekends while ABC shares Monday Night Football with ESPN to kinda bring it back to ABC like the older days except with only certain games airing on ABC.

I know alot of Reality shows come into play but shows like The Bachelor seems like they would have writers too.
 
I mean, the Guild has the ability to restore that $30 million of productivity at any time, if they think it's that big of a problem.

(The studios do too, of course, but they aren't the ones puffing out their chest in the press)
 
genius said:
That’s still one more than the two that watch the Tony’s 🤣
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Damn. I’m on of those too! And back when most (or any) of the soaps were based in NYC there was sometimes overlap between Tony nominees and soap casts (and often overlap between casts of soaps and Broadway/off Broadway shows)
 
I hope the movie theaters are ready for an economic drop much like the Covid shutdowns. Same with the entire movie industry itself. If this becomes a long-term strike, I guess foreign movies become the only new films at theaters.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for us.

Years ago, we couldn't simply go online and see whatever we wanted. On the other hand, the writers are taking a risk that people will do this instead of "watching TV".

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Younger viewers already watch more Youtube and TikTok than they do traditional TV or even Netflix. Broadcast and Cable are declining rather rapidly, and even among streamers Youtube is growing more rapidly than the others YoY:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659211184749563909

I'm all for the writers getting a fair deal, but the industry has changed and won't be going back. "Peak TV" is over, and even streaming is cutting back on the number of original programs they are making. The cable bundle was a cash cow because everyone paid for stuff whether they watched it or not. The studios have no plan for how to replace all that lost revenue.
 
mnradiofan said:
I'm all for the writers getting a fair deal, but the industry has changed and won't be going back. "Peak TV" is over, and even streaming is cutting back on the number of original programs they are making.
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Agree. And most of the stuff I watch on YouTube is a very small operation, usually just the host, and sometimes a freelance editor or camera operator.

Minimal production is very appealing to me.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
Agree. And most of the stuff I watch on YouTube is a very small operation, usually just the host, and sometimes a freelance editor or camera operator.

Minimal production is very appealing to me.
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The economics are MUCH different for a YouTube channel, such that even 10,000 viewers can be enough for "full time" income for a streamer.

For me, it doesn't fully "replace" good TV shows and Movies, but it certainly cuts into my time watching them, especially since a lot of the more traditional content these days is old and stale. There's still good stuff, and I'm sure it's not the writers fault since they just have to write what the studios will buy, but we certainly need more "Peacemaker" and less "Call Me Kat".
 
www.reuters.com

Warner Bros Discovery chief booed at Boston University graduation, videos show

Warner Bros Discovery chief executive David Zaslav was booed by students after taking the stage at Boston University to accept his honorary degree and give the 2023 commencement speech, amid an ongoing strike by film and television writers over pay, videos that surfaced on social media show.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

apnews.com

Warner CEO booed at Boston University as supporters of writers' strike picket outside

Scores of Boston University students turned their backs on the head of one of Hollywood’s biggest studios as he gave the school’s commencement address in a stadium where protesters supporting the Hollywood writers’ strike picketed outside. About 100 protesters chanted, waved signs and were...
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The CEO of Warner Discovery is booed over his response to the writers strike.
 
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