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Many of you may be aware that a Writers Guild of America strike is basically a forgone conclusion at this point, but you might not realize how the lack of working screenwriters might affect the average couch potato like yourself. To recap: the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which includes writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, and new media industries, had a contract which expired yesterday, because they're still haggling ove digital rights, DVD profits, and something darling Nikki Finke calls "jurisdictional issues." Not every writer in Hollywood is union, of course; especially those writers who don't actually write because their shows are — wink, wink — "unscripted." But the bottom line is that if a strike lasts a long enough time, scripted series will go the way of the dodo for the 2007-2008 TV season and networks, says Finke, will "rely on programming more cheap reality-TV and game shows," which is probably what the world needs now anyway. So where does this leave you? More »
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