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The strike IS happening. :(
Topic Started: Nov 1 2007, 11:10 PM (4,653 Views)
Mason


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Nov 2 2007, 10:16 PM
Well, what daytime is doing now isn't working. Until it bombs, I am open to new writers giving things a whirl.

Scab writers very well could do a better job quality-wise than the normal writers, but at this stage in the game, I really don't think it would make a difference where it counts, and that's the ratings. I'm all for new blood in daytime, but this isn't the way it should be happening.
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Y&RWorldTurner
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Sharongate, bitches!

But could you guys imagine if the scab writers we get are actual fans of our soaps?!?!? They could very well do a good job, and come on, no current head writer looks like they're a fan of the show they're writing for.
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Mason


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Nov 2 2007, 10:40 PM
But could you guys imagine if the scab writers we get are actual fans of our soaps?!?!? They could very well do a good job, and come on, no current head writer looks like they're a fan of the show they're writing for.

But unless they managed to get the ratings to go WAY up, I can't imagine the current idiot EP's keeping them on after the strike's over, unfortunately. Not trying to be negative, just realistic.
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King
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I don't know. I'm not really broken up about this.

At least not yet.
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PhoenixRising05
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Well, I am glad to hear the soaps are taking care of writing-wise until January. I had figured that but good to see it in print. Hopefully, it will all be resolved by then.
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They should just ask the fan fiction writers to write. I've read the stuff on here and it is like 10 times better then just about anything on any show right now. They could have a contest about submitting a storyline or something. It would create interest and a buzz on the shows.
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PhoenixRising05
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Your right, jcar.

They should just ask people from SON and the DR to write. We could all make up writing teams and just implement out ideas. Too bad they would shove us all out once the strike was over :angry: :lol:
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Rick
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Primetime will not suffer like daytime. Primetime shows were prepared for the strike as far back as June and have been writing liek mad to make sure they are ahead of the game. Private Practive, Dirty Sexy Money & Pushing Daisies has 19 episodes written already.


There's also tons of new series stockpiled with 13 episodes already written.
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Rick
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Mason AKA Hogan
Nov 2 2007, 11:42 PM
I can't imagine the current idiot EP's keeping them on after the strike's over, unfortunately. Not trying to be negative, just realistic.

They wouldn't be allowed to keep them anyway

When a scab writer works on a show during a strike, they are banned from ever joining the WGA.
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Manny
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So you're talking about the replacement writers... is that confirmed? Or you're just guessing that might happen? I am too lazy to read the entire thread... :lol:
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I just read up on this..So apparently all the nighttime talkshows: Jay Leno, David Lettermen, The Daily Show will get hit right off the bat, as they are one day ahead..then soaps would get hit next...and Primetime tv in january...This is going to be crazy...I really hope this gets worked out quickly..Apparently, the last big writers strike was in 88 and it lasted 22 weeks...I can't go 22 weeks without Days or my primetime tv shows..
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Manny
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Wow, I just did the math and 22 weeks would be until end of March... :o
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King
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Primetime shows are also ahead of the game because they are usually on hiatus for most of December and January anyway. Primetime is set for a long, long time.
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Kenny
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LoL! A funny thought just crossed my mind...

Does this mean that JER won't be able to headwrite Passions?!
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Nov 3 2007, 11:40 AM
LoL! A funny thought just crossed my mind...

Does this mean that JER won't be able to headwrite Passions?!

I was just thinking that! They could hire me can't they?
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Kenny
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I'll be damned if any writer's strike would keep me from writing my own Goddamn creation! LoL Shit! It's not as if JER will actually benefit from the DVD issue, anyway. Perhaps if they'd make a smart choice and actually sell soaps on DVD...
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King
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Not if he wanted to write for it again once this is over.

I think it will only last a few weeks.
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Kenny
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Hollywood Reporter

Late-night comedy shows such as NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and "Saturday Night Live" as well as Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will go dark starting Monday as a result of the writers strike.

Each of those writing-intensive programs, along with NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," are immediately going into repeats. It wasn't clear Friday afternoon what the plans are for other late-night shows including CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" or "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson." It's understood that contingency plans are in place for ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," but the specifics are unknown.

Meanwhile, "The View," ABC's late-morning chatfest, will continue with its regular schedule.

" 'The View' will continue, without interruption," a spokesman said.

"SNL" with guest host Brian Williams is scheduled to go on as normal Saturday night but will go into repeats starting next weekend.

"Late-night is what gets hit the hardest," said Nancy Huck, a senior buyer at Starcom Media Vest's Spark Communications. "It becomes rerun city." She and other buyers didn't think that it would drastically hurt the late-night programs in the short run as some of them might have gone into repeats as the holidays neared. But it could be a problem down the line.

Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" each have about a dozen writers. There also are 40-60 other below-the-line employees, most of who more than likely will be idled.

Each of the two shows had been scheduled to go into production for the next two weeks before going on a one-week break before Thanksgiving and then resume production until the holiday break starting Dec. 24.

Comedy Central is discussing options between 11 p.m. and midnight -- and their several repeats per day -- in the event of a prolonged strike.

"We will evaluate what we do in those time slots," Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said in a conference call with analysts Friday. "... We will have reruns for a little while, and then we will see what we do with the format."

Elsewhere, the daytime production "Live With Regis and Kelly" is done live in New York but has no writers, so it's not affected.

It wasn't clear Friday what the plans are for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," another daytime talker.

Also in daytime, the broadcast networks' soaps are set with enough scripts to keep fresh episodes on the air for the next few months. NBC's "Days of Our Lives" and the CBS dramas "The Young and the Restless," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "As the World Turns" have enough scripts to take them through at least January, while CBS' "Guiding Light" could be OK for another month beyond that.

ABC's daytime dramas -- "One Life to Live," "General Hospital" and "All My Children" -- also are set through the beginning of the year.

"ABC's daytime dramas are written well into the new year, and we will continue to produce original programming with no repeats and without interruption," an ABC Daytime spokesperson said.
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bellcurve
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Another thing writers are fighting for is residuals...if Motion Picture Alliance give writers more in fees for residuals, it would be THE perfect excuse for SOAPnet to no longer acquire classic marathons or soaps(SB, by way of music alone, already has a high fucking pricetag) and the perfect excuse for daytime dramas to not have to air classic episodes during holidays(which, they don't do anyway, but still). Could also affect flashbacks too.

I still can't believe the NIGHTSHIFT people weren't under WGA contracts for their efforts! Unbelievable!
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Kevc1980
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January is not that far off..We all know how quickly November and December fly by because of the Holidays..And i think the Holidays may slow the strike down...
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