Looks like the strike is on...
https://twitter.com/EW/status/856659433270763521
shareI don't think the strike is on as yet - just that they are one step closer to a strike.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/04/24/writers-guild-inches-toward-hollywood-strike/100866482/
They have authorized a walkout. Unless there is a last minute deal made it looks pretty likely. And I think studios and networks hold all the power right now.
I guess so - I really don't know much about it so can't comment. I just meant that as yet the strike is not on.
https://twitter.com/therealKripke/status/855104598264078336
And just voting to authorise them to strike doesn't mean the strike is on. It gives them better leverage to negotiate - at least that's what I understand.
Maybe it will be for the best. Allow them time to regroup and freshen up before the season ends. It must not be rash taking on twenty two episodes and this way they can get a break.
shareThe strike won't go on forever. It might work out for the best. It will give J2 the break they want. The strike should be over in enough time to get 13 episodes in Season 13. If they did a full season 14 then they could end the year with episode 300 (and decide what form the show will take after the milestone).
shareI think studios and networks hold all the power right now.
Yeah, they do; and with the change in viewership, the rise of programming available right now on streaming services, and the glut of reality programming that will only grow further, viewers won't really be affected for quite a while, and that takes leverage away from the writers.
OTOH, where a strike is really going to hurt is with the late-night talk shows who are right now the most consistent voice of the resistance to the Trump administration - and that will be huge loss in the coming months. That trainwreck isn't going to take a break just because the writers aren't there to comment on it. The writers who are probably, I'm guessing, largely anti-Trump are going to hurt the cause.
I think that's probably the only place the writers have leverage, because those talk shows are enjoying huge ratings due to their anti-Trump screeds; and I would think the networks would hurt by the loss of those shows that won't be airing new material the whole time. share
I worry about what the strike will do for the struggling CW network. They have trouble getting viewers as it is. Not having new episodes for months into the fall could be devastating. Hopefully this will be short lived.
shareYeah, I find I'm watching more late night shows than prime time ones. More entertaining. I especially like Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher.
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