I think Fox is better shape than most because a) Idol and b) they have fewer hours to fill.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Nov 12, 2007 9:00:05 am PST #7911 of 10001
Tamara - Nov 12, 2007 9:04:29 am PST #7912 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
And $2.7M for each 30 second ad during the Superbowl doesn't hurt either.
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2007 9:10:56 am PST #7913 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man, professional football players are such scabs.
Tamara - Nov 12, 2007 9:46:10 am PST #7914 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Man, professional football players are such scabs.
Don't forget the college football players since Fox has the Cotton, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange Bowls as well as the Championship game.
CaBil - Nov 12, 2007 10:23:44 am PST #7915 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
What the hell? The Writer's strike wasn't bad enough, now they are trying to piss off SAG?
There is no way SAG can let this stand. If the producers can make the actors not work (due to exclusivity) and not be paid, SAG is broken.
Hopefully some accountant somewhere did this without consulting his contract lawyers, and Sony will fix this before the SAG lawyers paratroop in. Because if the SAG doesn't respond by dropping rabid wolverines onto the Sony lot, by this time tomorrow all of the production houses will be dumping their actors but still locking them down in exclusivity.
Ailleann - Nov 12, 2007 10:32:38 am PST #7916 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
dropping rabid wolverines onto the Sony lot
Idea for new stop-gap reality show?
le nubian - Nov 12, 2007 10:32:58 am PST #7917 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think WGA needs to insist that Fox's show "On the Lot" be shown heavily in rotation. If there is anything that makes clear how important good writing is, it is that show.
But the show is so bad, that I'm wondering if this point would get lost...
le nubian - Nov 12, 2007 10:33:20 am PST #7918 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
dropping rabid wolverines onto the Sony lot
I'd watch it. Who is with me?
Kevin - Nov 12, 2007 10:37:38 am PST #7919 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Rabid Wolverines On The Lot
I'm in.
ETA: Joss talking about the strike at length - removed
Jessica - Nov 12, 2007 10:52:27 am PST #7920 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think WGA needs to insist that Fox's show "On the Lot" be shown heavily in rotation. If there is anything that makes clear how important good writing is, it is that show.
BWAH!
On the one hand, your reasoning here is flawless. On the other hand, I cannot support any motion that might cause more innocent viewers to accidentally start watching OTL. (Save yourselves, innocent viewers! Don't be like me and stick with a show that crappy just because you watched the premiere!)