For months now writers have been explaining the reasons they’re striking, and many figures have told on different occasion that it wasn’t as greedy AMPTP liars would like to have you believe about writers trying to get even more rich, not was it just about money.
I mean sure, it is about the money. But further than that, it’s about the whole industry of television changing shapes and evolving into a new reality, a digital reality in which viewers will not watch their content sitting in their home, but on their phones - which will be so much more than actually just phones - or they’ll download it on their computer.
This is no mystery that with the strike going on, not much will be on the air next year. And just as clear for everyone is that if there’s an event next year, it will come from ABC, not CBS. No offense to Jericho, a show I watched and liked during its first season, and I’m happy and will be back for the new one, but the show is no where near Lost.
Still, CBS hopes to create a real big thing with their show, and are trying to grow the buzz of course. And it’s fair to say that the strike might actually help, in that with a depressing lack of good thing on the air, more viewers might get attracted to Jericho than they would have been otherwise. And let’s be honest, CBS’ drama might have one episode less than ABC’s hit show, but theirs is in a much better place.
There’s already been a few spoilers out there I’m sure, and a couple of trailers have ben released as well, but in case you forgot what Lost was all about, or for those who never really watched it before, here’s a quick summary of the three first seasons, all of Lost summarize in a little more than 8 minutes.
Go ahead and watch it, it’s great, and only talks about the past seasons so, as such, is completely spoiler-free, obviously.
Christmas is now behind us, and with it all hopes that a Christmas miracle would have took place and somehow got this whole situation resolved are no more. No, we have to face the reality that is ours : writers are still striking, studios are still refusing to even go back to the table to talk, and things aren’t looking too good for the new year to come.
Late night talk shows are pretty much all planning to return in January, with or without writers. And expect, maybe, for Letterman and Ferguson, it will be without them, and crossing picket lines.
So what will happen in 2008 ? Is the strike going to last for months and months ?
As you probably know NBC had the fresh idea of bringing back Knight Rider to your screen, first as a made-for-TV movie, later in a very Bionic Woman way as an actual series if it was to do good. It probably won’t, but here’s a little sneak peak featuring the new KITT and, of course, Will Arnett’s voice talent !
So Christmas is here, and unlike what the first hopes were months back, not only is the strike still going on and not resolved, but WGA & AMPTP aren’t even negotioating anymore, nor do they have plan to do so any time soon. WGA is ready, willing and waiting, AMPTP is lying and hoping everyone will watch their reality crap and other shit they have in store.
Lucky for us, we can all turn the TV off, especially with an ever-growing Internet filled with more & more great content every day…
Anyways, here’s the WGA East statement about the current situation :
So this week was no exception for me, and besides the shows I reviewed here, I did watch a few more things on TV. Including a few more TV shows. Yes, there was still a few more new episodes on, even though not so many people seemed to be aware of that, unfortunately. This week there’s two other shows I watched, and I’d like to talk to talk about a little right here, right now.
So not really DVR Cleaning since I watched at least one of those in time, but who cares ? Those two shows are The Simpsons, and Gossip Girl. And I’ll start with the one I saw most recently, no later than yesterday in fact : The Simpsons.
This one is absolutely not funny. We’re all in the same boat here and we all want the strike to be over. We all have fun mocking the AMPTP and insulting them for their lies and refusal to negotiate, but there’s a point where the WGA needs to act like they actually care about the whole thing, too.
We all know that pretty much all late night shows will return on the air in early January, without writers. All but one, or two actually : Letterman and Ferguson. Both shows also plan on returning early January, but they want to do so with writers ! And because those shows are owned by an independent company, Letterman’s Worldwide Pants, which has been trying to word a deal with the WGA as part of their latest “divide and conquer” strategy, this might very well happen.
By fred | December 28, 2007 
I mean sure, it is about the money. But further than that, it’s about the whole industry of television changing shapes and evolving into a new reality, a digital reality in which viewers will not watch their content sitting in their home, but on their phones - which will be so much more than actually just phones - or they’ll download it on their computer.
This is no mystery that with the strike going on, not much will be on the air next year. And just as clear for everyone is that if there’s an event next year, it will come from ABC, not CBS. No offense to Jericho, a show I watched and liked during its first season, and I’m happy and will be back for the new one, but the show is no where near Lost.
We all know the big thing of “next month” is the return of Lost, with 
Christmas is now behind us, and with it all hopes that a Christmas miracle would have took place and somehow got this whole situation resolved are no more. No, we have to face the reality that is ours : writers are still striking, studios are still refusing to even go back to the table to talk, and things aren’t looking too good for the new year to come.
So this week was no exception for me, and besides the shows I reviewed here, I did watch a few more things on TV. Including a few more TV shows. Yes, there was still a few more new episodes on, even though not so many people seemed to be aware of that, unfortunately. This week there’s two other shows I watched, and I’d like to talk to talk about a little right here, right now.
This one is absolutely not funny. We’re all in the same boat here and we all want the strike to be over. We all have fun mocking the AMPTP and insulting them for their lies and refusal to negotiate, but there’s a point where the WGA needs to act like they actually care about the whole thing, too.