I don't know what to think. The TV writers are on strike.

If Americans no longer want to do these writing jobs, we should let hard working illegal immigrants do it for a lot less :)

Um, who cares about a bunch of writers on strike...why is this front page news of everything?!...oh yeah, because Americans are more interested in what's on tv then impeaching Cheney...I almost forgot!

There are only two things America is #1 at, anymore:

Weapons manufacture.

Entertainment.

If the wingnuts have their way, we'll be able to reduce the list by one.

Could this be the new TV? If the writer's strike continues, and we're left with reruns, what happens when amateurs start scripting their own shows via the web? I know, I'm being facetious, it's already happening, but what if one of them really takes off? I saw some guys a long time prior to YouTube do their own, old-school Star Trek episodes, that looked fun and they ran on Winamps WebTV channels. I would gladly watch those on a weekly basis before another reality show.

Rocketboom explains net neutrality for dummies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPap8ijDv5g

Dummies smarter than Ted Stevens

Ted Stevens describes Net Neutrality

I realize there are contractual obligations to consider, but I would love to see a show like The Office put out independently online. They could negotiate their own ad contracts and show the episodes for free. People would watch it. They'd be getting paid. And the corporations would be getting screwed. Wouldn't that be nice?

If Americans care about anything anymore, it has to be TV. This strike is essentially a portion of American culture on strike. It will get everyone's attention, I bet.

I just hope the writer's win in the end. Without these writers, there would be nothing worth watching anymore. It is nigh blasphemy that they are not properly compensated for all of their hard work.

On the plus side, maybe Fox will pull Firefly and Arrested Development out of mothballs so they have something to air.

I'm surprised that there are so many people who think the quality of television is so low today. I think that television is the best it ever has been at the moment. NBC's Thursday Night is brilliant. LOST, Dexter, The Wire, Ugly Betty, Brothers and Sisters, etc. are among the excellent show available to us today. Plus, shows like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show, etc. are all gems that are greatly affected by the strike. Every time you watch a clip of these shows (or entire episodes for that matter) on the internet or your iPod you are annoyed by repetitive advertisements. That means, someone is paying the networks to showcase that material. The writers deserve to be compensated for that.

It's simple -- if the guild doesn't straighten this out now, writers will be utterly under compensated in the future where new media will reign supreme.

If every member of the Writers Guild boarded the QE2 and it sailed off into the Pacific Ocean and then it sank to the bottom of the Marianas Trench it would effect my life nought at all.

I would miss Larry David though.

there's more here: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1bc6a0bf67

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/29/heroes-of-the-writers-strike/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/10/29/heroes-of-the-writers-strike-video/

http://www.slate.com/id/2176909/

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/

this is great ,, every other blog and thread here is on the writers strike...If the LA firefighters or teachers were on strike would they get as much attention? Hey or maybe it is because there is success going on in Iraq , good economy info (instpite of todays stock market) and THE MOONBATS IN LIBNATIONwere handed their lunch and humiliated in the last two days with the AG and trying to impeach Darth

Will this strike become necessary with the introduction of the next generation of media? It's on the horizon, count on it, but the issue of intellectual property rights is independent of the technology that presents it. It's a shame that the writers have to go to these lengths to claim their rights, but their stand is admirable.

Our writers need to get a cut of the action from DVD sales and the internet as will others. While I'll miss my programs that I love to watch daily, I can sympathize with the plight of the writers.