Based on the forecast of the strike, it seems likely. The year without a TV season. Just reality, game shows, true crime, 60 Minutes, and sports. The summer season all year long.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
Writers Strike 2023?
- Thread starter genius
- Start date
At NBC this week, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon continues with reruns from this past season, while Late Night with Seth Myers is reaching into the vault, going as far back as June of 2019 ( interesting to watch the A Closer Look segment 4 years later).
Everything is coming to a halt:
www.lamag.com
www.latimes.com
All Major L.A. Film Productions Officially Shut Down by Writers' Strike
Film Production in Los Angeles has been hit hard by the 2023 writers' strike as zero FilmLA permits have been issued in the last two weeks.
www.lamag.com
Scripted TV production has virtually stopped in L.A. nearly two months after writers’ strike began
With no end in sight for the writers’ strike, local scripted television production has ground to a halt, a blow to the region's local economy.
www.latimes.com
I'd imagine that, in selecting four-year-old shows to exhume to fill time during the strike, NBC will have to check the guest lists carefully to make sure they're still well known and like by today's viewers. Actors plugging their new movies or singers plugging their new 2019 albums would have little appeal four years later, especially if the album or movie stiffed or the performer's career has faded into obscurity in the intervening years.
My best case scenario prediction:
WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike ends in late September or early October, production starts soon after for most shows, with new seasons starting to air in January (likely the week of January 8th) and going later into May (or even into June) with very few or no repeats during that time (15-18 episode seasons for most shows, normally shows have a 22-24 episode season with plenty of repeats airing during the season). Under a similar scenario, late night shows would begin their seasons in late October or early November.
Some related predictions:
- Monday Night Football is simulcast on ABC for the entire NFL season
- At least one network will "burn off" cancelled shows that have unaired episodes from previous years
- A miniseries from the 70s or 80s is rerun
WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike ends in late September or early October, production starts soon after for most shows, with new seasons starting to air in January (likely the week of January 8th) and going later into May (or even into June) with very few or no repeats during that time (15-18 episode seasons for most shows, normally shows have a 22-24 episode season with plenty of repeats airing during the season). Under a similar scenario, late night shows would begin their seasons in late October or early November.
Some related predictions:
- Monday Night Football is simulcast on ABC for the entire NFL season
- At least one network will "burn off" cancelled shows that have unaired episodes from previous years
- A miniseries from the 70s or 80s is rerun
My prediction is you'll see some shows originally that aired on streaming networks will be seen on broadcast networks.
Such as "1883" on CBS. The problem is there are only 10 episodes. They can probably extend it to 12 with commercials.
Along that line CBS could show some of the Star Trek shows, Discovery, Picard, or Strange New Worlds.
If they ads streaming shows to broadcast if the strike lasts longer than expected Here's some choices they could air.
Abc : The Mandalorian, Loki, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Hawkeye, National Treasure Edge of History, High School Muscial the Series, , Doogie Kamealoha M.D. and the Wonderfully World of Disney (Movies)
CBS : Star Trek Discovery (season 2), Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, The Twilight Zone, Wolf Pack, School Spirits, Rabbit Hole and the CBS Sunday Movie.
NBC : Brave New World, One of us is Lying, Bel-Air, Vampire Academy, A Friend of the Family, Pitch Perfect Bumper in Berlin, Poker Face, Mrs. Davis, Based on a True Story
Fox : They have their reality shows they don't have to much to worry about but if they wanted they could air some stuff from Tubi.
The CW : All their stuff except for the recently renewed shows from the CW are all foreign shows that have already aired in their countries so they don't have anything to worry about for those shows.
Abc : The Mandalorian, Loki, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Hawkeye, National Treasure Edge of History, High School Muscial the Series, , Doogie Kamealoha M.D. and the Wonderfully World of Disney (Movies)
CBS : Star Trek Discovery (season 2), Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, The Twilight Zone, Wolf Pack, School Spirits, Rabbit Hole and the CBS Sunday Movie.
NBC : Brave New World, One of us is Lying, Bel-Air, Vampire Academy, A Friend of the Family, Pitch Perfect Bumper in Berlin, Poker Face, Mrs. Davis, Based on a True Story
Fox : They have their reality shows they don't have to much to worry about but if they wanted they could air some stuff from Tubi.
The CW : All their stuff except for the recently renewed shows from the CW are all foreign shows that have already aired in their countries so they don't have anything to worry about for those shows.
I would add The God Fight, they showed the first season (or part of it) during the pandemic.
Curious if any of the paid streaming services would be willing to sell content to the major networks (and if networks would be interested in airing it), in exchange for getting repeated plugs for viewers to subscribe? For instance, Money Heist was a huge hit for Netflix. Now that the hype is long over, would Netflix be willing to sell one of the major TV networks the right to air it, edited as required for things like language and violence, with the stipulation that coming out of every break, viewers would be reminded that this was content from Netflix and encouraged to subscribe?
Perhaps, but all of the networks have their own sources of content, some of which are streaming, such as CBS & Paramount or NBC & Peacock. They own studios that own various series, so it's cheaper to just move money from within the company than deal with an outside source. But a trade might be nice.
I couldn't remember if they did or not so they probably would probably show that one too
I thought that unionized IBEW and NABET TV engineers at the networks and major production companies were also near the end of their contracts.
Although the directors' union has a tentative agreement, should the writers continue on strike, the actors join them, and IBEW and or NABET also strike, I wonder if some networks could get shut down entirely, unable to even broadcast anything except possibly color bars!
Although the directors' union has a tentative agreement, should the writers continue on strike, the actors join them, and IBEW and or NABET also strike, I wonder if some networks could get shut down entirely, unable to even broadcast anything except possibly color bars!
The soaps will continue for now as soap actors are under a different SAG-AFTRA contract and scabs and fi-core writers are now writing:
deadline.com
Why Soap Actors Will Keep Working If There Is A SAG-AFTRA Strike As Scripts Continue To Be Written
SAG-AFTRA's film and TV contract, which expires June 30, does not apply to the union's members working on daytime soap operas.
deadline.com
Soap writing, like soap acting, is largely the domain of novices and hacks. They could have college kids write the scripts and community theater amateurs do the acting and no one would notice any drop-off in quality.The soaps will continue for now as soap actors are under a different SAG-AFTRA contract and scabs and fi-core writers are now writing:
Why Soap Actors Will Keep Working If There Is A SAG-AFTRA Strike As Scripts Continue To Be Written
SAG-AFTRA's film and TV contract, which expires June 30, does not apply to the union's members working on daytime soap operas.
Yet a prestigious show like Yellowstone flourishes off of basic soap opera writing 101. I hope the ghosts of Irna Phillips and William J. Bell haunt you tonight.
A lot of Actors and Actresses that are well known started out on soaps. It's fast paced and they do it 5 times a week all year round. You have to learn your lines and know your marks.
Primetime and movies you have plenty of time to rehearse and filming a show once a week in primetime is a lot different than daytime where they have to get an episode out every day of the week.
Yes, that's the "novices" part of my original post. By "hacks," I referred to those who didn't advance from soaps to prime time work and/or big studio movies. Roger Corman was well known for employing young actors learning their craft in his low-budget potboilers and horror films. The good ones moved on, and had plenty of praise for Corman later in their careers. Others never got our of B movies. Some may not have had any greater aspirations, but that didn't make them acclaimed actors.
- Status