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All along the issue, the really big issue, was whether the striking writers would still feel united if some of them went back to work and others stayed on the picket lines.
This is an interesting take on the issue, which I've been covering with all my stories tagged as writers-strike
I have learned that last week Jeffrey Katzenberg secretly tried and failed to work out a compromise that would have brought both the WGA and the AMPTP back to the bargaining table. It was an effort that was laudable.
Comedy Central just announced that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will return with new episodes on January 7. The shows will return without writers.
excerpt:"Looks as though late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and David Letterman are going to join Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien in returning to TV on Jan. 2.
NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will return to the air even if writers are still striking.
But the studios had a game plan. They demanded writers take six issues off the table - issues not related to digital pay - or they'd walk from the talks. Which they did.
From Jay Leno's statement: This has been a very difficult six weeks for everybody affected by the writers strike. I was, like most people, hoping for a quick resolution when this began.
From Conan O'Brien's statement:
Looks like the earlier reports are true: the late night talk shows are on their way back, even if the WGA strike isn't over.
Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and reach consumers with video entertainment on the Web.
Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pants an "interim agreement" that allows the Late Show host and his writers to return to the airwaves during the strike because it doesn't involve CBS.
This past Tuesday saw cast members from "Heroes" and fans of the show join the striking writers on the picket line outside Universal Studios.
As the television writers' strike winds on, you may be wondering what will happen to your favorite shows. "Heroes" just had its fall season finale with the cryptic promise of more to come in "2008," but what exactly does that mean?
Looks like the late-night talk shows may be coming back sooner rather than later, and this regardless of what happens with the strike. Variety admits that nothing official has been said and no one will comment one way or another, but insiders are saying the time may be nearing.
The WGA may have erred in demanding that reality show writers join its ranks, overshadowing the real issue of money for digital media. Hollywood union strikes have never been a dainty affair.
As 2007 is about to turn into 2008, it really doesn't look like we're going to see that many new scripted shows for the rest of the season (besides what is already in the can and will be seen in January and February). This could last for months.
The writer's strike is really getting serious. Now they are sending in the critters.
Rumors, half-truths, and misinformation about what is actually happening at the bargaining table fly across the internet, are posted on blogs, passed across picket lines like a game of telephone, and appear in stories and advertisements in the trade papers.
Last night's "Colbert Report Live" packed in staffers, friends, and family, as well as a few lucky ticket holders to the small Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, site of the previously staged "30 Rock Live" and "SNL Live".
Sides remain far apart; negotiations will continue. So much for the media blackout. Four days into negotiations that many had hoped would bring an end to a costly strike, negotiators for the studios and writers Thursday reversed their pledge to keep talks secret.
I try to live a life free of hate and, until this week, there was only one person that I truly hated: Rev. Fred Phelps.However, that changed when I read this story. It seems that Carson Daly has become the first of the late night/early morning talk show hosts to return to work.
With regard to the recent writer's strike, much attention (and support) has been displayed by the "power creatives" of the business (like Shonda Rhimes, who is shown in the photo above on the WGA picket line).
Shows could take several weeks to resume production. If the writers strike ended today, Hollywood would not immediately return to its regularly scheduled programming.
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