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WGA/Producers strike could end our TV viewing this season

Started by Mike Olbinski · 10 months ago

The Writers Guild of America has a contract expiring on November 1st and they are likely going on strike right after. Apparently there was a strike in 1988 which lasted five months, and another was averted back in 2001, but the WGA got “bent over” in that deal and they ha ... Continue reading »

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  • Great article on the 1988 strike can be found here;

    http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/jan01...
  • That's scary to think that the 1988 strike still lingers today as in loss of viewers. I must not have been paying attention when I was 13 to all that :)

    I hope the end of that article is correct and that no strike happens.
  • By the way, this is another good reason to tape the Damages marathon :) You'll have something to watch when everything goes to crap!
  • Call me an optimist, but I can't see a strike lasting very long. There's just too much money involved.

    And if it does I can catch up on my blockbuster queue or even..wait for it...read a book. ;-)
  • Nooooo!!! I hope this doesn't happen! I need my fix of "Lost" and we've already had to wait so long!!!

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