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The Writers Strike Back; The body count starts
Topic Started: Nov 6 2007, 07:27 PM (224 Views)
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Figured one thread would be enough for all the Writers strike fallout news.

Starting with The Office...

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It was a slow day at "The Office" on Monday, Day 1 of the Writers Guild of America's first strike in almost 20 years.

Several cast members of the hit NBC comedy, led by star Steve Carell, didn't show up for work as union members picketed Hollywood studios and networks.

Representatives for Carell, who also has a background as a writer, declined comment on whether Carell's action was in support of the strike. It wasn't clear Monday night if Carell would report to work Tuesday.

Co-star Rainn Wilson called in sick, while B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling, who also are writers on the show, were on strike, as was "Office" showrunner Greg Daniels, who was spotted on the picket lines.

Without Carell and Wilson, only two scenes of "Office" were shot Monday, sources said.

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You know, I understand their beef with not being included in the royalties from their work, but how much fucking money do they need? They make more than God does. Do they not realize, that if they create havoc among the users of the "product" they produce, the demand may very well go down as the audience begins to discover what they can do besides TV?

My family absolutely loves The Office, but we're just average Americans that have been working hard and paying for cable to watch this show. Give me a break. :rolleyes:
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Leave Prison Break ALONE FRIGGERS.
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Nov 7 2007, 07:20 AM
You know, I understand their beef with not being included in the royalties from their work, but how much fucking money do they need? They make more than God does. Do they not realize, that if they create havoc among the users of the "product" they produce, the demand may very well go down as the audience begins to discover what they can do besides TV?

My family absolutely loves The Office, but we're just average Americans that have been working hard and paying for cable to watch this show. Give me a break. :rolleyes:

I very much agree. I'm all for strike action and unionised workplaces, but I'm not going to defend a bunch of millionaires making some extra cash. Greedy bastards.
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Next up...."24"

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the writers strike entered its third day Wednesday with no end in sight, Fox said it would not air "24" this season.


The seventh season of the hit real-time series was scheduled to begin in January, but producers had completed only about one-third of its 24-episode order as of last week.


"It's not a decision we wanted to make, but it's one based on how we feel the viewers expect us to schedule the show," said Preston Beckman, Fox's scheduling chief.


The decision to act quickly so early in the strike also was prompted by the large amounts of marketing money associated with the premieres of new series and the annual launch of "24." The network began airing promos for the upcoming season of "24" during the World Series and on a big screen in Times Square.


"Had we delayed executing and implementing of a strike schedule, it could've cost us a lot of money," Beckman said.


"24" started production late, and was affected by the recent wildfires. The show's star, Kiefer Sutherland, is also scheduled to do a stint in jail later this year in connection with a drunk-driving conviction.


The high-profile new drama "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," originally slated to run in tandem with "24," will now premiere on Sunday, January 13, and will air in "24's" Monday 9 p.m. slot, following "Prison Break" and the reality series "When Women Ruled the World."


"Women," about educated and independent women ruling over a group of unsuspecting men, is one of two reality series Fox is planning to launch midseason, along with "The Moment of Truth," a show featuring people being administered a lie detector test to be hosted by Mark L. Walberg.


With "House" running out of original episodes, "Hell's Kitchen" will land the plum post-"American Idol" Tuesday 9 p.m. slot beginning April 1.


Fox's midseason schedule also includes new scripted series "The Return of Jezebel James," "Unhitched," "New Amsterdam" and "Canterbury's Law."


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


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The summer of Simpsons reruns?
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NOOOO! Not 24! Now this is personal.
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Seth McFarland has quit with only 1 new episode left to air. Family guy is either over, or there gonna have to get new voices for most of the characters.
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Yeah, I think I read they're going to go ahead without McFarland, which will be dumb since he does many of the voice overs.
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