Because it pisses off both the audience and the advertisers - more.
Advertisers are the producers' customers. The audience is their product. (The shows are bait.) So they are lowering their revenues more than a summer strike would for public relations purposes? I suspect there is more to than that. Maybe they think reality shows, news, sports and so on will lower costs more than the diminished audience lowers revenues. So the idea is that they will eliminate scripted shows for cheaper, unscripted ones? Not sure that is really a smart long term strategy, but maybe..
Maybe it gives them the excuse to cheap out and go reality all winter. Where otherwise they'd have to pay for the more expensive, quality scripted shows. And since all the networks are in the same boat, they're only competing against reality tv on other stations too, and nobody has to one-up the other on the more expensive scripted shows.
Advertisers have nowhere else to go, so they pay mucho dinero to fund the cheap, cheap shows.
I've been called and rejected twice, but third time may be the (dubious) charm. I have jury duty starting the week of Dec 3rd, and NoiseDesign has it the week after.
I've never been called. I feel left out. I wonder how they select people here.
In LA County, part of their jury pool comes from those who recently registered for unemployment.
part of their jury pool comes from those who recently registered for unemployment
That explains why I was called, and when.
You'd think they could crosscheck against actual citizens instead of leaving it up to the recipient, though.
You'd think they could crosscheck against actual citizens instead of leaving it up to the recipient, though.
Takes too much time; they don't cross-check anything. You don't have to be a citizen to serve, I thought.
You'd think they could crosscheck against actual citizens instead of leaving it up to the recipient, though.
Come, come now. That makes SENSE. When has LA ever done ANYTHING that made sense?
Think, ita.
Takes too much time; they don't cross-check anything.
The INS has my SSN. In theory it needs to take no human time whatsoever to scrub one list with the contents of another. Now, it being government and all, I can see their computer systems being disorganised enough that the theoretical simplicity disappears, but it's still annoying. I wonder where the break-even point would be; how much money would be recouped from postage and phone system expenses.
You don't have to be a citizen to serve, I thought.
I wasn't eligible, as a permanent resident. But I had to fill out a form and listen to a phone message and mail the form off to prove it.
Tim, of course you can call me noise.
Obviously I'm supportive and conflicted about the strike. Good luck with the jury duty, I have to report for it in about a month.
