Strike Update
Happy Thanksgiving! And here’s a nice, juicy piece of information for all television addicts to be thankful for – The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild will resume talks on Monday, November 26 with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). This is truly great news for all television fans! Let’s keep our fingers and toes crossed that both parties will be able to reach an agreement to put this whole nasty strike mess behind us. Maybe they can even salvage what is left of this TV season before it is too late.
To recap for those playing at home, the WGA wants a piece of the profits for their work when it appears on the Internet. And who could blame them? If they didn’t write, there wouldn’t be any shows. And the networks are making money off the shows on the Internet, whether it be by placing commercials in episodes like Grey’s Anatomy on abc.com, or whether you buy an episode of a show from iTunes. The writers deserve a piece of that pie.
And the ironic thing is, the Internet is the medium that stands to gain from this whole strike fiasco. Think about it? What are you going to do on Thursdays after the last three Grey’s Anatomy episodes air? Read a book, hang out with family and friends, listen to music, shop, do something productive, etc. Now how many of you will use that time to surf? And maybe, just maybe, watch an episode of TV on your computer? Hmm….So the very thing they are fighting over is about to blow up exponentially. It should get interesting. Let’s hope we have good news to report as of next Monday. I’ll keep you posted.
Grey’s Anatomy, Writer’s Guild of America, Writer’s Strike
November 20th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
[...] then, the crowd goes wild as Dr. McSteamy, Eric Dane is in the house! (Dude - he was in X-Men?! I didn’t know that!) He joins Rachael [...]
November 26th, 2007 at 10:50 am
[...] Into Me� and then make us wait an extra week for the conclusion. I guess this is all part of the whole strike fallout. They must be trying to stretch the few episodes they have out. But why air it on Thanksgiving? [...]