Study: Strike Didn't Stop TV Usage
During the WGA strike, TV fans barely left the couch. According to a new study, strike-era viewers managed to increase the amount of time spent watch...
During the WGA strike, TV fans barely left the couch. According to a new study, strike-era viewers managed to increase the amount of time spent watch...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011
I recently sat down with Steven Paul Mark, formerly of Comedy Central, and chatted about the writers' strike, Colbert For President, and the Daily Show blackout's impact on campaign overage.
New York Press | David Blum | Posted 05.25.2011
Last Thursday night, as Michael Cieply put the finishing touches on his gripping 1,260-word narrative for the next day's New York Times, he felt a mix...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
With the vote to end the strike made official on Tuesday, writers returned to work yesterday — and while scripted TV shows will come back at var...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casu...
Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 05.25.2011
The strike by the Writers Guild of America ended not a moment too soon for Jay Leno. After 100 days, the guests were wearing thin. Larry the Cable Gu...
Entertainment Weekly | Dan Snierson | Posted 05.25.2011
Now that the writers' strike is over, see at a glance when your favorite TV shows will be back with new episodes, and how many will be produced BACK ...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm told by sources that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC are on the verge of taking legal action against the WGA for actions leading t...
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 05.25.2011
Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner said on CNBC this evening that both sides have shaken hands on a deal, and all that's left is for the Writers Gu...
ABC News | BRIAN ROONEY | Posted 05.25.2011
Striking writers on both the East and West coasts appear to be giving two thumbs up to a deal that would end the three-month long strike by the Writer...
Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN, MICHAEL SCHNEIDER | Posted 05.25.2011
As showrunners flip on the lights and scribes once again occupy long-abandoned writers' rooms, network and studio execs are still figuring out what li...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — A devastating, three-month walkout that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill ended Tuesday when Hollywood writers vo...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-cripple...
236.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Pending a vote by the WGA, it looks like the writers' strike is finally over. Who won? Hard to say, other than Nikki Finke, of deadlinehollywooddaily....
AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — No more writers on picket lines. No more network TV bosses scrambling for replacement shows. But enough about them. What about us? Tw...
LA Weekly | Nikki Finke | Posted 05.25.2011
SUNDAY 12:30 PM: At the WGA's news conference today, union leaders declared the new contract is "a huge victory for us". Trumpeted WGAW President Patr...
New York Times | David Carr | Posted 05.25.2011
When the Writers Guild of America held its annual awards ceremony Saturday night in Manhattan, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after a lon...
NY Mag | Posted 05.25.2011
The writers' strike may end soon, and the SNL gang may have their day jobs back, but in the meantime, Amy Poehler's getting her groove back. "I went t...
Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011
There will be less "Dirt" and "Riches" on FX's schedule this year. In a sign of what's in store for the series -- whose production was impacted by th...
New York Times | MIchael Cieply | Posted 05.25.2011
Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood's writers and production companies eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, opening the ...
AP | Lynn Elber | Posted 05.25.2011
An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars but studios and the union are s...
AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — A contingency plan that would include history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts for the 80th annual Academy Awards show...
Holly M. Sanders | New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011
There are signs that viewers are already sick of watching the same thing. Last week, ABC and CBS - the two broadcast networks that depend the most on...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Life just got a lot easier for the head of the Recording Academy. Last month, Neil Portnow vowed to stage a full-scale Grammy Awa...
Variety | Dave McNary | Posted 05.25.2011
Before the WGA went on strike, its leaders repeatedly assured members they would retain eligibility within the guild-industry health plan for the dura...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 05.25.2011