So, are any of you American TV watchers dreading the writer's strike?

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Id like to see Stargate SG-1 come back.

Ive barely got time for TV shows. I watch only 3.

Smallville
Heroes
Prision Break

Seen every episode of them all.
Was thinking of getting all of Stargate SG-1 then move onto Atlantis but i dont have the time to watch 14 seasons worth lol.

I did enjoy Boston Legal, it would be another series i wouldnt mind getting from season 1 episode 1 - current.
 
Joey D
You can really tell the writers for Family Guy aren't working right now since they are just going back and recycling old jokes and trying to fill a 30 minute time block. Personally I would rather them show reruns then the rubbish they are making the show. Pretty much everything else I watch is on Discovery or BBC America, and they seem to be pretty unaffected.
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That's because Seth has left. He specifically said he'd leave the show if they continued it without him.

I really hate the strike though. I'll be missing Two And A Half Men after next week, and I really wanted to see more of The Big Bang Theory.
 
No, but a lot of late-night shows are coming back, sans writers. I don't know exactly how they're planning to make that work.
 
I would imagine Leno can be a pretty funny guy on his own. If not I'm sure there are plenty of funny people willing to write for the show and not want more money.
 
Joey D
I would imagine Leno can be a pretty funny guy on his own. If not I'm sure there are plenty of funny people willing to write for the show and not want more money.
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The thing is, aren't most (if not all) television writers part of the WGA? Even Jay Leno and the likes are part of it, and I don't think they're allowed to even think of a one-liner and write it down.

From what I've heard the late-night shows are going to be severely crippled in terms of content and such but take that with a grain of salt.
 
I watch TV mostly for sports, but shortly before the strike I started watching The Office, and damn do I miss it! I just hope this gets resolved ASAP, I need more Dwight and Michael to keep my day happy at work. The show is so unbelievable similar to the place where I work at.

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I heard that Leno and Letterman are paying their writers' and production staff's wages over the Christmas break and that is why they are back on air.
 
Gashlycrumb
I heard that Leno and Letterman are paying their writers' and production staff's wages over the Christmas break and that is why they are back on air.
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I could care less that Letterman has not been on and I could care even less that he's paying to be back on air...
 
I care a lot less than I thought I would. It helps that I have racks and racks of TV shows on DVD :D.
 
Is this writers strike still going? This is a serious question by the way... I just really don't watch any TV whatsoever.
 
My guess is that this may go on well into the Spring Sweeps... So, pretty much, we're just going to have a bunch of reality shows that will eventually rot our brains from the inside out.

Personally speaking, I don't think the writers are asking for that much.
 
The writers' strike seems to have increased internet traffic. I mean, what else do some people have to do? So it may affect more than just those who watch television all the time...
 
Kylehnat
It's just TV, not the apocalypse...
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Exactly, that and Ameircan TV is as bad as American cars...and American music.

If Family Guy, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Atlantis, or Lost gets effected then I would of gone into "panic mode" since these are the only "American" *cough* shows that are any good. And two of the ones I mentioned are Canadian.

But for the record, the writer's have a good point and should be paid if their work makes ANY MONEY period.
 
JCE
But for the record, the writer's have a good point and should be paid if their work makes ANY MONEY period.
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Huh? I don't know how their contracts work but in every job I have ever had part of my starting paperwork was a contract that stated that anything I create, make, or think of that pertains to my job is the property of the company and they can do with it as they wish.

In my current job I produce (well manage them now) transcripts. In the five years that I have been here we have gone from just emailing and faxing to posting them online and a million other delivery methods. I do not get paid more everytime they make things available to a wider customer base.

My current company does have a program for submitting new ideas and if those ideas work out to be profitable they will pay up to $1,000 to the person that suggested it, but when you work for a company they own the intellectual property you create for them, not you.
 
Michael88
Yup, the show still runs on german MTV and I wish the producers would resurrect that genre.
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What was that genre? Adult themed cartoons? I believe they are all on Comedy Central now and some stuff on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
 
JCE
Exactly, that and Ameircan TV is as bad as American cars...and American music.
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God that's a narrow, uninformed, bigoted opinion. I'm not going to start listing kickass American automobiles (which I could most certainly do), kickass American TV (easy easy), or kickass American bands (also easy). Instead I'll just ask you why you care where these shows/cars/people come from. If it's good, it's good. If it sucks, it sucks. Nationality doesn't play an important role.

If I like a show, I don't rack my brain trying to figure out if the show is American because it's produced in America, or if it's Canadian because one of the main writers is Canadian. I just enjoy the show. I don't care what county the car I drive is from so long as I enjoy driving it.
 
Danoff
God that's a narrow, uninformed, bigoted opinion. I'm not going to start listing kickass American automobiles (which I could most certainly do), kickass American TV (easy easy), or kickass American bands (also easy). Instead I'll just ask you why you care where these shows/cars/people come from. If it's good, it's good. If it sucks, it sucks. Nationality doesn't play an important role.

If I like a show, I don't rack my brain trying to figure out if the show is American because it's produced in America, or if it's Canadian because one of the main writers is Canadian. I just enjoy the show. I don't care what county the car I drive is from so long as I enjoy driving it.
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Awsome, I was hoping for this kind of a response. I posted that on purpose to get a knee-jerk reaction.

And while my opinion is that I prefer non-American cars, food, music, and entertainment I did post that just for the reaction. Funny, I did just exactly what Jeremy Clarkson does, and it felt good.
 

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