An article on how soap operas are operating during the strike.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
sj - Jan 21, 2008 6:53:42 am PST #9601 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Kevin - Jan 21, 2008 8:02:20 am PST #9602 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Rumour mill is that NBC are considering putting their TV content back on iTunes.
Kristen - Jan 21, 2008 9:33:51 am PST #9603 of 10001
Nikki Finke's back. I'm wishing she'd stayed gone longer.
As Vince Neil once said, "Girl, don't go away mad. Girl, just go away."
Polter-Cow - Jan 21, 2008 9:34:52 am PST #9604 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy shit, redesign.
Kristen - Jan 21, 2008 9:37:11 am PST #9605 of 10001
Okay, that happened in the last five minutes. Because it was still the old site when I looked before my post.
Kevin - Jan 21, 2008 9:51:59 am PST #9606 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Somebody reset her Wordpress template...
Polter-Cow - Jan 21, 2008 11:29:28 am PST #9607 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Allyson - Jan 21, 2008 3:25:01 pm PST #9608 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Tim signed some scripts for Cash for the Crew. And I got to play with beagles. Harrison remains my favorite. He promises not to tell Rudy.
Polter-Cow - Jan 21, 2008 3:25:24 pm PST #9609 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
NBC and other companies have already used the strike to terminate millions of dollars of long-term production contracts. Mr Zucker is planning to go further by cutting back enduring features of the television business, including the pilot season, in which networks develop programmes, and the splashy "upfront" presentations in which they tout them to advertisers.
"Things like that are all vestiges of an era that's gone by and won't return," Mr Zucker told the Financial Times.
He made his remarks in the midst of a three-month labour strike by Hollywood writers that has cost thousands of jobs, placed a drag on California's economy and raised questions about the future of the business.
Network executives say the economic model that has sustained television is no longer tenable as production costs soar while audiences fragment among cable channels, websites and video games. One chief complaint concerns the pilot season, in which they fund dozens of samples of new programmes – typically at several million dollars apiece – hoping to unearth a hit.
Mr Zucker appears emboldened to make changes as NBC's audience ratings have improved in the strike's wake, mostly thanks to inexpensive reality shows.
"I think there were a tremendous number of inefficiencies in Hollywood and it often takes a seismic event to change them, and I think that's what's happened here," he said of the strike, predicting that "the development process will change forever."
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2008 4:59:58 pm PST #9610 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Why do I get the feeling that most of Mr. Zucker's prior business experience was in the exciting field of ball bearing manufacture or something similar?