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November 27, 2007

Is the End in Sight?

The siege may soon be over. That's right, the WGA strike may be over by Christmas. If this is indeed true, it's unclear who "wins" in this scenario, other than TV viewers, who won't have to sit through any more reruns, and all the non-writer people who make a living in TV. Rob Long thinks the strike (and the effects of emerging media, in general) might make Hollywood find a more efficient way of producing content. That remains to be seen.

In the meantime, the strike has produced some interesting sideshows, like the writers of "The Daily Show" taping a YouTube "webisode" outside Viacom headquarters, and the cast of "Saturday Night Live" performing an unaired episode of the show, complete with indie it-boy host Michael Cera and musical guest Yo La Tengo, to benefit the show's crew. The SNL performance used skits that couldn't make it onto the air, either because they were too raunchy or because they simply weren't that funny (Considering the quality of recent season of SNL, one has to wonder just how bad these skits really were). What does this mean for those of us living in Los Angeles? Well, on the plus side, the economy won't collapse. And there are likely to be more seats at the local coffee shop, as well. On the other hand, this might mean more episodes of "Cavemen."

Peace, but at what cost?

- Patrick Brown @ 5:45 PM ~ comments: 1 ~ Links to this post

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Comments:

Not living in L.A., and only watching a couple hours of T.V. a week (non-news time shows), I haven't noticed much of a difference. Maybe I should stay up late and watch more T.V. Na, I'll stick to the books.

Thanks for the update!

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