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ABC Touches Daisies Twice
The news is not good. According to those who are advised on such things, Pushing Daisies is effectively dead. Rumors of its demise have been rife for weeks, but Daisies completed its current 13-episode order this week and ABC has … Continue reading
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Death Meets Its Demise
After tossing it all over the schedules like a grenade with the pin taken out, Fox has finally borrowed the nerve to [effectively] kill-off the Brad Garrett vehicle, “Til Death.” It’s been pulled from the schedules, effective today, and is … Continue reading
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Good TV? It Depends…
In yet another endeavor to cement its position as the television network for those who think cardigans are cutting-edge fashion, CBS has announced plans to add ‘mini-shows’ between their real shows. I’m not sure what those in charge at ‘the … Continue reading
NBC gives WGA a new offer – The finger!
NBC Direct, the “free” service from NBC that lets you download full episodes of shows like The Office, 30 Rock, Las Vegas, Biggest Loser and more, has opened on NBC’s main site. Currently in that annoying cop-out known as “Beta,” … Continue reading
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WGA – Day 5. TGIF !!
After yesterday’s malevolent demands by the AMPTP that every word a Writer may have even contemplated committing to paper belonged to them and must be surrendered immediately or incur a Fatwah, we reach another low-point in the course of any … Continue reading
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Day 4 – The Knives Come Out…
This should be titled, “Mediation Won’t Work…So Let’s Try Fear”… Members of the Western arm of the WGA whose unproduced scripts were shopped or bought by a Studio now have until tomorrow [Friday] to give those scripts to the Union … Continue reading
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Day 3 – Merry Christmas…You’re Fired!
Now it’s getting ugly. When Writers don’t work, the shows don’t happen. And the fall-out is becoming depressing – All the folks who work the cameras, lighting, sound, make up, wardrobe, catering and a dozen other fields are getting caught … Continue reading
WGA, Day Two – Already it’s a Sequel !
It seems the Writers strike is already bearing some fruit. First, the Producers are getting worried [That's good.] Second, some of the most mediocre examples of the television medium will vanish, or fade to re-runs as their scripts disappear. ‘Desperate … Continue reading
WGA – Day One…
Well, it’s on. As of 12.01am PT today, WGA members downed tools and formed a picket line. This could be long, and will certainly be both costly and acrimonious. But the political camps are already seizing on the strike as … Continue reading
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WGA – All the Way!…
Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 … Continue reading
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