Directors/Writers/SAG Contracts & The Effects

Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

woo! can tv go back to normal please? it's been horrible with all the repeats. <3
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Tv Guide: After the WGA Strike When Your Favorites Will Return! is updated hourly and some shows will be getting more eps to air between April and May.
Yahoo News: Hollywood writers to vote on contract
USA Today: Television production goes from stalled to high gear


ETA (6:45pm):
Strike enters countdown mode
Tv Guide: WGA Votes Tuesday on Lifting Strike Order -- Both the East and West wings of the WGA vote Tuesday on whether to lift the three-month strike. Polls on the East Coast close at 7 pm/ET and at 6 pm/PT on the West Coast.

Yahoo News: Writers voting on ending strike -- The results of the vote are expected to be available late Tuesday night.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

I posted this in the NY forum and thought I'd post it here as well. :)

"More than 90% of the 3,775 writers who cast ballots in Los Angeles and New York voted to end the work stoppage, capping the entertainment industry's most contentious labor dispute in recent history"

Source

:D
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Since this forum/group is called TALK CSI, here's what it says about the 3 CSI shows at THIS SITE which is one of the links in Destiny's last post ^^up there^^. I forgot which link it is because I clicked on 2 of them.


CSI
Expected to shoot 4 to 8 new episodes to air in March/April/May.


CSI: Miami
Expected to shoot 4 to 9 new episodes to air in March/April/May.


CSI: NY
Expected to shoot 4 to 8 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Yahoo News: Writers vote to end 3-month strike - Striking Hollywood writers are going back to work. The Writers Guild of America said its members voted Tuesday to end their devastating, three-month strike that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill.

Tv Guide: The Strike Is Over: Welcome Back, TV! - At times during the past three months, we never thought we'd say it, but ... the WGA strike is officially over. According to the WGA websites, members voted by 92.5 percent to lift the strike order that was enacted November 5.

Tv Guide: Strike Survival Guide "After the Strike: Burning Questions Answered!"

*Does happy dance, Throws confetti and yells WOOHOOO!*
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Scrubs - Four pre-strike episodes remain. Four additional episodes will likely be shot; unclear whether they'll air on NBC or go straight to DVD.
Click to expand...

:mad: :mad: Stupid strike!!!! I am so mad!!! This is their last season and they have to cut it short :(. They were supposed to shoot 8 more. :mad:
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

I'm glad the strike is over. Not jsut so we get our TV shows back but so the people that work in the industry can go back to there jobs :) The one question I have to ask is why is CSI even trying to come back in March when all we usually get are reruns because of college basketball. But who is going to complain right :)
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Strike's end starts TV production frenzy
The one question I have to ask is why is CSI even trying to come back in March when all we usually get are reruns because of college basketball.
Click to expand...
Jacquie, here is what the futon critic said, "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - Will resume production on 6-7 episodes; NCAA Basketball Championship will pre-empt lineup March 20-March 27" - so my guess is that they will show maybe one ep in march (depending on when they start airing), then get pre-empted and then continue in April and May with the rest.

Okay and lastly under the "Ask Ausiello" this question (which isn't a spoiler) was asked and answered (note I am withholding the name listed):

Question: Now that the strike is over, are the actors legally obligated to return to work to complete whatever's left of the 22 episodes? Or, after a certain point, are they off the hook for the season? I guess the question is, are they signed for a specific number of episodes during a certain period of time (i.e., Aug-April), or do they have to complete the episodes no matter what the timeframe — even if that means working through the summer?

Ausiello: That's a very complicated question. So complicated that I'm going to hand it off to a top TV talent agent to answer: "The basic answer is that yes, actors are obligated to return and finish a certain number of episodes," explains the tenpercenter, who asked not to be identified because his coworkers aren't aware he's an Aushole. " That said, there are all sorts of variables. One is that most actors' contracts define a 'season' with a beginning and end date. So, if studios ask the actors to come back and work beyond certain dates, some of them are going to fight that. The one thing I can tell you for sure: The studios will try to force the path that costs them the least. Even if they have to weather a few lawsuits to do it." So that explains why a caravan of entertainment lawyers were spotted entering the Grey's Anatomy set yesterday. (That was a joke, BTW. At least I think it was.)
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

I just heard on my local CBS station during the news that CSI: Miami would be back March 31 and CSI April 3rd. :D

Actual article here at Yahoo.news
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Bout time they grew up & got back to work. Shame they didn't hire non-union writers while the strike was going on. All that they did was show the world the shows couldn't exist without them. If they'd gotten non-union writers they would've seen they weren't needed but that's just my opinion. Anyway, thank God it's over.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Here Here!

I couldn't agree more, katpin. And I sincerely hope the actors don't fight the possible extention of days they work. I mean, really, enough of this fighting! And in total they got more time off than they would normally; they just got it at a different time.

As much as I don't like the idea of starting and stopping again, the idea of new episodes is very enticing...
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Carolyn318 said:
Since this forum/group is called TALK CSI, here's what it says about the 3 CSI shows at THIS SITE which is one of the links in Destiny's last post ^^up there^^. I forgot which link it is because I clicked on 2 of them.


CSI
Expected to shoot 4 to 8 new episodes to air in March/April/May.


CSI: Miami
Expected to shoot 4 to 9 new episodes to air in March/April/May.


CSI: NY
Expected to shoot 4 to 8 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
Click to expand...

Here's what THAT SITE says now about the 3 CSI shows.


CSI
Expected to shoot 6 new episodes to begin airing on April 3.


CSI: Miami
Expected to shoot 8 new episodes to begin airing on March 24.


CSI: NY
Expected to shoot 7 new episodes to begin airing on April 2

Here's what it says at the top of the page on THAT SITE:
« Ausiello Report
UPDATED HOURLY! After the Strike: When Your Favorites Will Return!
So check it out at least once a day, like maybe before you go to bed.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

I'm so glad that the seasons are only going to be cut short by a few episodes, which is a whole load better than what it was before the announcement. :) I guess most of the strike took place over the winter hiatus that usually takes place, so the impact was not as major as it could have been.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

Gaelen, please edit your signature. You can have text OR an image in your signature. Thanks.
 
Re: Writers Strike-Is it going to have an effect on TV shows

^Apologies, SunsetBoulevard. I stuck the text string in the wrong box. Just realised that.

Sorry! :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top