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Writers Strike a Date for Strike
Published 11/2/2007 at Tuned In - TIME.com
... . What happens then? When you turn your TV on Monday, there will be no picture. (You may hear a faint hissing sound from the remaining electrons escaping.) Your cable line will dry out and shrivel, not unlike a newborn's umbilical stump, and eventually wither away. People will wheel their useless televisions to town squares across the country, where they will be welded together to provide durable, weatherproof shelter for the homeless, while their former owners stage impromptu performances of Shakespeare and debate politics and theology. No, actually, the drying up of TV will happen quickly for some shows (late-night talk), slowly for others (network, then cable scripted shows) and not at all for some (reality, news). The LA Times has a good partial overview chart . In the meantime, members of the Guild will likely begin picketing Monday, timing the action, ironically, the bet ...

Writers Strike: ***Apocalypse Hollywood On Monday***
Published 11/2/2007 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
... What shows have how many scripts ready to ride out a strike. (LA Times) ...

What will happen to your favorite TV Show
Published 11/2/2007 at OH NO!!
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Triangle Graphs
Published 11/3/2007 by JSmith at 2GuysTalking Television Review Blogs
... Curious how your favorite show looks going into Monday’s strike? The LA Times has done all of the work for you. ...

TV and film writers go on strike, which may lead to more reality TV
Published 11/5/2007 by Andy Dehnart at reality blurred
... In the immediate future, however, not much will change, besides the disappearance of topical late-night series such as The Daily Show. For starters, TV networks have varying numbers of episodes already written, so scripted shows will continue to air as usual. (The Los Angeles Times has a chart that shows how many episodes most major series have left.) ...

Do You Care About the Hollywood Writers' Strike?
Published 11/5/2007 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
... — will be affected immediately, while others won't show wear and tear from the strike for a while (here's a great chart breaking down which shows are doing what). Movies won't feel the effects until early 2009. How are you feeling about the strike so far? Are you worried, or is it too soon to care? ...

Writers on Strike: 24 Safe Until March
Published 11/5/2007 by Diana at 24headquarters.com
... Shows will still be in production until they run out of banked scripts.  According to the LA Times, 24 will be able to complete 8 or 9 episodes based on the scripts they have now.  24’s midseason return puts it in a rather good position, as there is ample time for the WGA to return before 24 even begins airing in January.  24 has enough episodes to last until March, much later than most shows, which are likely to run out of content by December/January. ...

Strike News From Around the Web
Published 11/5/2007 by theTVaddict at the TV addict
... How the strike effects your favorite shows, find out here [LA Times] ...

Burn Off: Strike, Day One
Published 11/6/2007 at James Hibberd
... … A rundown of how major shows are impacted … ABC ...

Strike Rundown
Published 11/6/2007 by rheldenfels at The HeldenFiles Online
Actor (and former Buckeye) Robert Patrick supports writers on the picket line. Sure feels like a long haul. There's a detailed list in the Los Angeles Times of how each major TV show is being affected by the writers strike. You can find it here. Also, info, anecdotes and insights at Nikki Finke's ...

Journeyman 1.7: “Double Down”
Published 11/6/2007 by Ross Ruediger at Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog
... But the FBI are closing in and next week things will get even stickier. Yes, the promise of this series is being delivered. By the way, “Journeyman” supposedly has 13 episodes in the can or at least nearing completion. No more have been ordered at the moment, but we should be good through at least the end of the year, what with the writer’s strike and all. I’m sure at the moment, studios aren’t placing season orders for anything. ...

Brace Yourself for a Long, Cold Winter to Follow “Slapsgiving”
Published 11/7/2007 by Michael O'Connell at Mikey Likes TV
... The final season of The Wire is completely done and will air, in-full, as scheduled (LA Times). ...

WGA Strike Report: Day 3
Published 11/7/2007 at TV Fodder
... . Here’s some tidbits he gave away: “Lost” could go one of two ways: since the show has already filmed 8 episodes, it could potentially just show them as part of a ‘mini-season,’ or it could just stay off until the fall or even 2009; “Heroes” reshot the ending of its finale for the “Generations” arc to serve also as a season finale if the strike goes too long. - The Los Angeles Times put together a pretty comprehensive list of how many episodes are left of your favorite shows. See it here. Here are some famous people who have either joined the picketers or are supporting them: - ...

Strike is On, Hitting “Office” Hard, Among Others
Published 11/7/2007 by Danny at I Blog About TV
Yep, the writers’ strike is a reality. And the internet is being inundated with information about how all of our favorite shows are going to be affected (for the record, it’s… pretty bad. You can check the master list of ramifications here , though some shows are missing). The one saving grace of all this is that Friday Night Lights will get 15/22 episodes should the strike last, which isn’t terrible. And the strike is likely going to help the show avoid cancellation, because it woul ...

Supernatural: Is word getting out?
Published 11/8/2007 at TV Fodder
... , both overall and in the 18-34 group. And just in case you - somehow - missed it, there's a Hollywood writer's strike going on. Several sources have said that most shows have stockpiled enough scripts to finish out the season. Firefox news posted a link to an article in the LA Times saying that Supernatural only has about 10-12 finished scripts , with 5 more roughly finished. There is more good info in the article, I would suggest ...

What shows are effected how by the WGA strike
Published 11/8/2007 by SeriouslyOMGWTF at Seriously? OMG! WTF?
... The LA Times put together this list of what shows are effected how by the strike as of November 9th. Granted this could change by tomorrow and not all the shows that are effected are listed, but it is a start to understand how bad this is turning out to be and it is only day 4. ...

WGA Strike/Show Status
Published 11/10/2007 by Shane at dingoRUE
... continue airing into early next year, but with most hyphenates refusing to perform their non-writing duties, a lot of shows have been impacted earlier than anticipated, despite scripts being waiting to be shot. It’ll be interested to see the longer term consequences for these actions, particularly for the new shows that nobody seems to care about as it is or for returning shows that are fading, but for the time being, here’s the current status of various shows, thanks to LA Times. Keep in mind reality shows are not impacted by the strike and actually ...

How Many Episodes Left?
Published 11/12/2007 at Filmfodder News and Reviews
Sci-Fi News and Reviews How Many Episodes Left? With the Writer's Guild strike in full force, most everyone that I have talked to expects reruns to start soon. However, the question of exactly how soon was a little more difficult. Luckily, both Michael Ausiello (of TVGuide) and the LA Times have already done the heavy lifting and posted " ...

Strike notes: Leno, Ellen, news writers, The Office, grid
Published 11/12/2007 by Don Day at Lost Remote
... a primetime lineup riddled with news programming if the strike drags on - ABC and CBS might not be the places to find it. CBS News writers are covered by the WGA, and are set to vote on a strike authorization. ABC News could be next - 200 WGA members there have been without a contract since 2005. - The last new episode of The Office airs this Thursday. - Wonder how your favorite show will be affected by the strike? The LA Times has a great network-by-network, show-by-show grid.