ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel to return on Jan. 2 as well
He will join Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien in doing shows without writers on Jan. 2.
2007-08 TV season over
Just like the Bears, the 2007-08 season for television appears to be over early with a disappointing thud. And with talks broken off between the WGA and AMPTP, negotiations are unlikely to resume soon – and television can join its sister medium radio on the road to obsoleteness. Call it the Dying Medium Duo.
AMPTP offers WGA a digital proposal
The AMPTP has offered the WGA a “Digital Plan” regarding payments of residuals from new media (i.e. the Internet, DVDs, etc.). The WGA says it will take four days to think about it, and come back to the bargaining table Tuesday. UPDATE: The Writer’s Guild has indicated that it has rejected the offer. which basically means, were back at square […]
Networks to use original episodes creatively because of strike
They are running out of fresh episodes, and the countdown is now underway to indefinite reruns and new episodes of reality shows non-stop. The writers and producers have agreed to return to the bargaining table next Monday, so keep your fingers crossed. If you want a laugh, scroll down to the comments section at the end of the linked article. […]
Fox to proceed without McFarlane for new "Family Guy" episodes
Get your jet skis ready, because there’s gonna be a show. Fox is apparently proceeding with the production of new Family Guy episodes, without the input of creator Seth MacFarlane, who is on strike with the rest of the Writer’s Guild, and has refused to work on the series. The first of those “strike affected” episodes will air, starting this […]
Worst People In Media This Week – 11/16/07
I know I’m supposed to award this on Friday, but it’s a blowout in the race for the award this week (a blowout so large, even FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and the Sun-Times’ Jay Mariotti couldn’t compete – plus it’s a slow news day), so I might as well award it now… To the pricks who came onto James Hibberd’s […]
63 percent of public back striking writers
In a poll conducted by Pepperdine University, 63 percent of the public are backing the writers in their dispute with the studios, who had only 4 percent. 33 percent of the people surveyed in the poll were unsure. In other strike news: – NBC has pulled out of the upcoming Television Critics Association tour in January because of the strike […]
They like us… They really, really like us…
An item on James Hibberd’s blog on the writer’s strike has turned the comments section to a free-for-all, attacking writers and bloggers, and yours truly in particular: Fred: Wow, T Dog, is that professional writing? It is so impressive. Question: If a script falls in the forest and no one hears it it does it deserve a residual? Yours truly […]
Writer’s Guild Strike Roundup – 11/9/07
Writers Held Hostage: Day 5 – NBC is planning to lay off its Tonight Show and Late Night staff next week, but may rely on guests hosts on those shows beginning Nov. 19. Meanwhile, The Late Show with David Letterman will be in repeats next week. – Ellen DeGeneres is under fire for crossing the picket line to work on […]
The ultimate season of loneliness
With the Bears and Bulls going down the drain and a writer’s strike that seems to be getting worse by the minute, it’s going to be a long, cold winter in Chicago. Only thing I can say is… Go Hawks! I can’t believe I just said that. But it may be the only thing worth watching on TV (thanks to […]
Talks to resume on Sunday
The AMPTP and the WGA will return to the bargaining table Sunday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time in hopes to avert a Writer’s Strike that will kick off Monday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific. Note: I have added “WGA Strike Central” to the sidebar for the latest info on the strike. The three links added were from the LA Times, Nikki […]
Pencils down 12:01 a.m. Monday morning.
Or make that 2:01 a.m. Central Time as the Writer’s Guild has set a deadline to come to a settlement with Hollywood producers.
Report: Screen Actor’s Guild to join WGA on picket line
Between all what’s going on at WCKG with the format change and what’s going on out in Hollywood, this blog is going to be jumpin’ for the next couple of weeks. You can bet your bottom dollar on that. So keep it here for the latest on both. With that in mind, it looks like we may have a major […]