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Writers Strike 2023?

Latest strike news as the WGA digs their heels
in:

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Writers’ Shut-It-Down Strategy Has Been Effective, Executives Privately Concede

As the strike extends into its second month, protesters are focusing efforts on stopping in-progress productions: "We have to make sure that no writing is happening across the board."
www.hollywoodreporter.com

Update about the looming actor’s strike:

deadline.com

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Urging Members To Authorize A Strike, Says “Acting Careers Are At Stake”

Saying that “acting careers are at stake,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has sent an audio message to the guild’s members urging them to vote “Yes” for strike authorization. The guild’s often f…
deadline.com
 
at this point, SAG-AFTRA will be the factor in how the strike ends, most likely they will join the writers soon and they could stretch that strike into the fall.
 
2023-2024 might be known as the year without a TV season. Nothing but live-action reality and game shows, 20/20, Dateline, and news specials.
Let alone the movie/theatre industry, grinding to a halt (foreign films only).
 
They may do some scripted shows as they could possibly dip into their streaming services if things last to long for mid-season.

ABC could do Disney+ or Hulu, CBS would do Paramount+ with possibly a season 2 of Star Trek Discovery or if they want to preview their other offers possibly season 1 of Star Trek Picard or Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

NBC would air stuff from Peacock either shows like Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster or shows like Poker Face, Bel-Air or their original True Crime shows similar to Dateline.

Fox would have Tubi originals which is a lot of documentaries but a few scripted like the cartoon The Freak Brothers.

The CW is the only one that will have content from other countries that were made somewhere between 2021-early 2023 and have already aired in those countries.
 
Cool_guy81 said:
They may do some scripted shows as they could possibly dip into their streaming services if things last to long for mid-season.

ABC could do Disney+ or Hulu, CBS would do Paramount+ with possibly a season 2 of Star Trek Discovery or if they want to preview their other offers possibly season 1 of Star Trek Picard or Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

NBC would air stuff from Peacock either shows like Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster or shows like Poker Face, Bel-Air or their original True Crime shows similar to Dateline.

Fox would have Tubi originals which is a lot of documentaries but a few scripted like the cartoon The Freak Brothers.

The CW is the only one that will have content from other countries that were made somewhere between 2021-early 2023 and have already aired in those countries.
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I like your username. Seems...similar....
 
Cool_guy81 said:
They may do some scripted shows as they could possibly dip into their streaming services if things last to long for mid-season.

ABC could do Disney+ or Hulu, CBS would do Paramount+ with possibly a season 2 of Star Trek Discovery or if they want to preview their other offers possibly season 1 of Star Trek Picard or Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

NBC would air stuff from Peacock either shows like Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster or shows like Poker Face, Bel-Air or their original True Crime shows similar to Dateline.

Fox would have Tubi originals which is a lot of documentaries but a few scripted like the cartoon The Freak Brothers.

The CW is the only one that will have content from other countries that were made somewhere between 2021-early 2023 and have already aired in those countries.
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I think they'll lean into reality TV to fill time, as scripted TV already isn't the bread and butter of network TV (it's sports).

All of the networks with streaming TV platforms are already digging into that catalog for cable, and certainly could for OTA as well, but I'd look more to ABC for a hint of where the schedules will go if a deal isn't reached in time for a fall TV season (which as I understand that deadline is approaching quickly as shows need to film in the summer for a fall premiere)
 
mnradiofan said:
I think they'll lean into reality TV to fill time, as scripted TV already isn't the bread and butter of network TV (it's sports).

All of the networks with streaming TV platforms are already digging into that catalog for cable, and certainly could for OTA as well, but I'd look more to ABC for a hint of where the schedules will go if a deal isn't reached in time for a fall TV season (which as I understand that deadline is approaching quickly as shows need to film in the summer for a fall premiere)
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That's true even cable networks like Syfy has sports sometimes.
 
Great Tony Awards broadcast. Ariana DeBose did a great job as host without a script. I was disappointed Wayne Brady, an expert at doing that, didn't take full advantage when presenting.

But they did what an awards show should do--show clips of the nominated shows and performances. And these were great. More of the plays this year, and not just musicals, which were great with the exception of "& Juliet". And I suppose if you like that kind of "music", that was great too.
 
The next problem will be if SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at the end of the month. The members have already voted to authorize it, and the issues are the same as the writers. People I know in both unions are gearing up for a long strike.
 
Soap operas picketed for using scab writers and/or Fi-Core writers (they’ve done so in previous strikes):

www.soapoperanetwork.com

WGA Strike: 'General Hospital' Picketed, Allegations of “Scab” Writing In Progress at Daytime Drama Series

EXCLUSIVE: "General Hospital" targeted by picketers during WGA strike, allegedly utilizing "Fi-Core" writers. Plus, find out who has gone "Fi-Core" in 2023.
www.soapoperanetwork.com www.soapoperanetwork.com

Meanwhile in SAG-AFTRA news:

variety.com

SAG-AFTRA Negotiations With AMPTP May Extend Past June 30 Contract Expiration Deadline

SAG-AFTRA’s master contract with Hollywood’s largest employers is due to expire in two weeks, and negotiators who have been in bargaining talks since June 7 have a lot of proposals to w…
variety.com
 
Wonder if the various networks and studios would take the nuclear option and just shut down all scripted programming for a year or more? A sports example would be the 2004-05 NHL season, which was completely cancelled due to a labor dispute. The NHL finally wound up achieving what it wanted, though it was a brutal process to get there.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Wonder if the various networks and studios would take the nuclear option and just shut down all scripted programming for a year or more? A sports example would be the 2004-05 NHL season, which was completely cancelled due to a labor dispute. The NHL finally wound up achieving what it wanted, though it was a brutal process to get there.
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When the strike is settled, and it will be, shows will go back into production. How truncated that makes the season remains to be seen. No one is sitting around plotting a comically cliched "nuclear option."
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
When the strike is settled, and it will be, shows will go back into production. How truncated that makes the season remains to be seen. No one is sitting around plotting a comically cliched "nuclear option."
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When shows go back into production it will be shorter seasons of course during the 2007 writers strike "24" was cancelled for a season and they did a tv movie to fill the gap in between the 2 year season gap.
 
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