Category Archives: WGA

Two Strikes and We’re Dead…

The second season of Pushing Daisies, ABC’s most visible wound from the Writers’ Strike, finally bowed last night. If you like it I hope you had a DVR handy – its sojourn on your screen may be painfully brief. The … Continue reading

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Coming Soon – the NBC Yard Sale !

After the AMPTP’s petulant withdrawl from last week’s talks there comes the disconcerting news that NBC’s ratings are being so affected by the [even poorer than normal] programming they are using to fill the gaps, they’ve been driven to refunding … Continue reading

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Carson Picks His Scabs…

The cracks are starting to show in the WGA’s dispute – NBC has just confirmed that “Last Call with Carson Daly” will break the Writers lines and go back into production as early as this week. Carson – who is … Continue reading

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Hail to the Chief !

Yesterday, thousands of Writers marched down Hollywood Boulevard to protest what their bosses would call ‘slave wages’ if the same numbers were found in their salaries. Now a group called “Film LA,’ whose job it appears to be to know … Continue reading

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