This may be the funniest thing I've seen on the strike yet.

Daily Show writers chime in: [link]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but what are people planning to do about their tv habits when original programming dries up?

I'll probably end up watching more British and Canadian television.

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but what are people planning to do about their tv habits when original programming dries up?

Read. I'm pretty sure I've read less than 1% of the books at my local library, and I have lived here for two and a half years. Dunno what I've been doing with my time, because I sure haven't been watching that much tv. Oh wait. That's right. Internet. Stooopid internet.

This may be the funniest thing I've seen on the strike yet.

While I know the the corporations own the media and I do think the WGA is the little guy in this fight, I think it's a bit risky/stupid to piss off all these highly creative and very funny writers who suddenly have a lot of time on their hands.

eta: at the very least, it's very entertaining for those of us watching.

Jon, that really was funny. I love it.

Why would the corporations worry Stephanie, it's not like the writers have any way of directly expressing their opinions to people without having to rely on corporate gatekeepers...

Oh wait, there is that internet thing that the strike is about, the writers can use that?

Well, they are just writers, why would anyone want to watch their ramblings as compared to our carefully crafted programming?

Oh wait, that's because our carefully crafted programming is also written by those same writers?

Well, it's not like anyone is paying for their ramblings....

---yet...

That reminds me - we pay about $80 a month for internet and basic cable, but we really only watch what we Tivo. I would happily jump at the chance to pay a monthly fee and have only the programs I do watch downloaded over the Internet with no commercials.

Someone needs to make that.

After we run out of new programming, I'll be watching backlogged stuff we've downloaded. I have the first season of Carnivale, the first season of Veronica Mars, The Prisoner, Charlie Jade, and four or five episodes of the last series of Life on Mars. Plus, I'm about three seasons behind on Spooks, and I wouln't mind watching the new Robin Hood and Jekyll & Hyde series.

Plus, we still have Netflix.

I think it's a bit risky/stupid to piss off all these highly creative and very funny writers who suddenly have a lot of time on their hands.

I don't follow. Why would that Daily Show writers video piss off other writers?

t edit Oh, wait, you mean it's the producers pissing off the writers? Gotcha. Never Mind!

European rugby player DVDs are at the top of my To Buy list anyway

Matt, Dieux du Stade is not about rugby ;)