WGA Strike

The effects of the strike are really being felt! With just a few days left in February for sweeps, most networks are finding it hard to keep their ratings and viewership up.

Submitted by smoore23 1 year ago

“The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work,” said Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Submitted by smoore23 1 year ago

By Aaron Barnhart,The Kansas City Star, Feb. 12, 2008. Television and movie writers were expected back at work today as their 3 1/2 -month strike ends. Not formalised until voting concludes next week. So who were the winners and losers...?

Submitted by LisaS 1 year ago

According to this announcement from the WGA site, it looks like the vote will go on Tuesday, Feb. 12, to decide if the they will keep striking during the ratification process of the producers' offer.

Submitted by tweakpotter 1 year ago

AFP. "The first vote, to be held on Tuesday, will see the strike declared over, allowing writers to return to work on Wednesday. A second vote on the contract itself will be held within 10-14 days, union officials said."

Submitted by LisaS 1 year ago

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You've undoubtedly heard a lot about how the writers' strike will impact television, but until now it's been mostly rumors about possible schedule changes, Well, they're rumors no more, as FOX has announced a completely new schedule for its spring TV season, and the new lineup looks like they put all their shows into a food processor and flicked the switch.

The biggest news is that Day 7 of 24 is no longer on the schedule. Originally slated to have a three-hour, two-night premiere on January 13 and 14, the writers' strike has left FOX in a bind: air the first eight hours, then...

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Desperate Housewives is now one of the latest casualties of the controversial writers' strike. Marc Cherry, creator of the ABC dramedy, admits that he and his writing team have honored their fellow Writers Guild of America members and come out on strike. Unfortunately for fans, this could signify an early end to the current season of the show.

Frustrated supporters of the show will just have to wait to see how an upcoming episode with a massive cliffhanger turns out as the program’s writing team has only accomplished work on nine episodes, which means that they’ll be running...