Just popping into this thread to say "Whoo!" over the strike being settled in a favorable way for the writers.
I just started reading a book called "Watching TV," and in discussing the beginning of the postwar schedule, the authors bring up a three-year boycott of TV broadcasts by the musicians' union. This meant that early TV was unable to have variety shows and musical specials until terms were settled with the powerful head of the NYC chapter, and he was remaining firm on what he wanted for his members. They had been screwed over by the radio networks back in the 1920s and 30s, when they settled for very lowpaying contracts that they were locked into during the entire Golden Age of radio. But, by recognizing that TV was a new opportunity for renegotiation, the musicians were able to get much more favorable rates for television.
Thank goodness this strike didn't last three years!
I heard a showrunner for a comedy show on NPR this morning talking about how they'll be scrambling to put scripts together and writing new scripts when in a normal season they'd have the scripts finished and be able to work on fine-tuning finished scripts during filming. I'm willing to wait longer for the quality I've grown accustomed to.
You are, but the network isn't.
Yay favorable end to writers' strike!
It ain't over. Uhm, officially.
Kristen, does it seem like this will be ratified with ease? Do you think it is a no brainer that the strike will be officially called off tomorrow?
There is a lot of noise on the blogs today and maybe it is just noise, but maybe it is something else.
I'm waiting until the final vote report before I send out my Oscar party invite. It will be the 12th year in a row I've thrown this party. But, I'd give it up gladly if the writers don't get what they need.
Checking back in here to say "Woo!" A few people on Sirius Radio have been dismissive of the strike which irritates the crap out of me.
You are, but the network isn't.
Well, with shows like
Pushing Daisies
and
Chuck,
it seems like they are. I'm glad of that. I'm dying for more from both of them, but I want the shows to be done right.
Pushing Daisies,
in particular, is just such a lovely, well polished gem. It deserves better than to be hacked. I just hope it can survive being off the air for so long. I keep telling myself that this new, abbreviated pilot season will suck and that my favorites will be safe.
Pushing Daisies, in particular, is just such a lovely, well polished gem. It deserves better than to be hacked.
I'm in complete agreement. I've loved PD with a passion I have not had for pop-anything in a long time. As a result, I've looked at each episode as if it will be the last. Nihilistic, I suppose, but smart/funny/pretty/charming doesn't seem to last on my airwaves.
