NBC Writer's strike

[Burzum]

Hooray for books and Bollywood! Games too.

[Epinephrine]

this has been on national news every day for days and days, on all radio stations, all TV stations, every news paper, and constantly shoved down our throats, but you start a thread asking if anyone's heard of it

I'm surprized you actually believe in the national media.

[Salubrious]

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

the possibility of more reality tv shows

ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod

[Jerome Scuggs]

relax, Big Movies have tons of dusty old scripts to bust out.

Across the street from my house, as we speak, they are filming a TV show called "queen size" ... god help us all.

[Fidel Castro]

Unions are the fucking scum of the Earth.

[Edify]

Don't quote me on this but I heard that both sides of the conflict aren't buckling down at all and that there is a strong chance that it can last as long as 2009.

2009's a bit much, I think it's ball-parked somewhere around Jan/Feb next year.

[geekbot]

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Things will be affected in order of (length of) production schedules:
Late night talk show (immediately)
scripted shows(end of year)
movies (2009)

More interesting discussion in the podcast.

[Jeenyuss]

some of the scripted shows are ending as immediately as this week though. then with shows like lost that haven't started being shown yet, they might not even be able to show the entire season (if the strike gets settled soon enough).

[Ayano]

Looks like the guild of directors and screen actors may join in by June 2008. This is going to be drawn out for quite awhile.

[Galleleo]

Well Prisonbreak for instance is on a break until January after Monday, and I believe that Heroes has like 2 or 3 episodes left that have already been written. Those are the 2 I know something about.

About the late night talkshows, are the people presenting (John Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno) on strike too? Or are they just not creative enough to come up with their own scenarios? If they are not, go find some hosts that can actually think up some stuff for themselves.

[Jerome Scuggs]

About the late night talkshows, are the people presenting (John Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno) on strike too? Or are they just not creative enough to come up with their own scenarios? If they are not, go find some hosts that can actually think up some stuff for themselves.

you should really look into how those shows are made... then you'd understand :P

[jeem]

Looks like the guild of directors and screen actors may join in by June 2008. This is going to be drawn out for quite awhile.

looks like jeenyuss said this about ten posts up. guess you couldn't be bothered to read it or rebut their flames, eh?

[Scurvy]

Looks like the guild of directors and screen actors may join in by June 2008. This is going to be drawn out for quite awhile.

This from a guy with 3 (sometimes 4) vowels in his name

[Jeenyuss]

About the late night talkshows, are the people presenting (John Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno) on strike too? Or are they just not creative enough to come up with their own scenarios? If they are not, go find some hosts that can actually think up some stuff for themselves.

it certainly isn't the creativity factor (for some of them), but i do know that jay leno is not crossing the picket line. i've heard that nbc is in talks with getting guest-hosts for leno's spot specifically. other than that, i know that stewart and colbert are in support of the strike, i'm not aware of whether or not they refuse to cross or not.

the best news that i've heard from this debacle is the possibility of prime-time price is right.

[Money]

And responds with "roflcopter."

thats cuz he was owned lolz