Writers Strike is Over

Post by **Daniel** » November 6th, 2007, 8:31 pm

Hollywood Reporter. In case know one has heard.

Half of me sympathizes, but the other half not so much.

Aside from a few live action shows, I think this will affect me more with primetime animated shows, ie The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill. -- Of course, this will only happen if the strike pans out long, as its predicted to be. (Yup, even longer than the last one!)

Lets just hope for the best...

Code Horror · Post by **Code Horror** » November 6th, 2007, 8:45 pm

Well, the strike could be bigger than the last writer's strike back in the 80's.

Post by **Daniel** » November 8th, 2007, 3:09 am

That's what a lot of people are predicting and I really hope that's not the case. Its not so much TV, but how its affecting a lot of people.

Offtopic - kinda shocked this hasn't gottan much replies, since its such a hot topic. Here's a list of showrunners that, as the headline states, will have their pencils down.

Post by **Meg** » November 8th, 2007, 7:08 am

Noo, not The Office and Eureka!

Let's hope this doesn't last as long as they expect it to.

Post by **Dacey** » November 8th, 2007, 10:29 am

Did anyone see the article about Eisner calling this strike "Insanity"?

Post by **Meg** » November 8th, 2007, 11:04 am

No, I haven't. Got a link on ya?

Post by **Dacey** » November 8th, 2007, 3:13 pm

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... c3f169ac8f

Post by **Ben** » November 8th, 2007, 4:09 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......

No 24 this season...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 9d511cd9e7

As Jack would say, "Dammit"!

Post by **Daniel** » November 8th, 2007, 8:33 pm

And Family Guy might be going into reruns sooner!! Likewise The Simpsons, as mentioned here. Noooooo! I hope they don't delay the Bob episode.

Edit: here's more info on Family Guy and 24. The situation with Seth is very interesting.

Post by **Daniel** » November 18th, 2007, 11:01 pm

Just saw this over at No Homers Club:

Al Jean wrote:To The Members of No Homers:

If you would like to show how you have appreciated the writing on the Simpsons over the years, and show your support for the Simpsons writers during the current WGA strike, you can log onto http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/ where there will be a banner or button allowing you to click through to buy boxes of pencils. The pencils are plain wooden #2's, and the company uses sustainable farming for the wood. The pricing is approximately a dollar a box. (Sustainably harvested wood pencils + PayPal cost per transaction puts us a little higher than the cost of a box if you buy at Office Depot, sorry.) If there's any money left over, it will be donated to the Union Solidarity Fund, which is a nonprofit for non-WGA members affected by the strike.

When you click to buy the pencils, you can choose to identify the show you are supporting. If you choose to click "Familly Guy", fine with me. The pencils will be
delivered in bulk, to the 6 CEOs of the 6 congloms (Disney, News Corp, Viacom, Time Warner, CBS, GE) one by one.

Feel free to include a polite message with your pencils. Please do not say "get new writers". We appreciate your support, as we have appreciated all of your interest and enthusiasm over the past 20 years.

Al Jean

You have my support, Al!

I don't have a PayPal account, but I do know someone who does, so I'll definetely buy a couple of boxes real soon.

Al wrote:Please do not say "get new writers".

Ok, what about "get Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein back".

Post by **Dacey** » February 9th, 2008, 12:26 pm

It's official:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41798

The current deal lasts until 2011.

Post by **Meg** » February 9th, 2008, 12:45 pm

Great news!

Post by **Foxtale** » February 9th, 2008, 1:07 pm

for realz?

*does a little dance*

Post by **Daniel** » February 9th, 2008, 7:18 pm

Woo-hoo!

Ack, forgot to post the old thread.

Post by **Once Upon A Dream** » February 12th, 2008, 10:10 am

Is the stirke over yet?.