Hollywood is essentially a union shop. If a writer takes a screenwriting job or sells a script to a studio, that writer has 30 days to either join the WGA or elect to become what's called a Financial Core non-member. FiCore Non-members pay slightly lower dues and can't vote in Guild-related business. It's my understanding that there are only six FiCore non-members (I believe George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez are FiCore non-members). Anyone else who has ever written or sold a screenplay to a network or one of the studios (or one of among hundreds of production companies) is a member in some capacity of the WGA and is currently on strike. The studios or networks could hire non-union writers, but they would be hiring largely non-pros (there are also writers who have worked only in the indie world who are not Guild members). And the Guild has threatened to permanently bar from Guild membership any non-pro who works in a writing capacity during the strike. I think it would be difficult to find more than a handful of writers who could step in and work on TV shows at a level that the networks would need them to. They couldn't come anywhere near filling the 3,000 or so jobs they'd need to in order to fully restaff television shows (and they're not really set up to find new writers from out in the wild. Not only do writers hire other writers in television, but nearly ever writer is staffed through his agent. Very few non-members have agents that would have relationships with the network brass).
lost is probably the first show i have really liked since seinfeld. maybe family guy counts to BUT..... if they ruin lost i will truly be pissed off.
i stopped watching aorund last season, any good shyt happened, or do they just drag it out with useless flashbacks and pointless new chracters?
You need to watch the Season 3 finale. It definitely leaves the door open to take the show in a completely new direction.
This has been one of the best seasons for new shows in recent history. Chuck, Pushing Daisies, and Cane are already among my favorite shows. I'd really hate to see them affected or gone.
****...the only show i care about is the biggest loser...i know all the episodes are already taped, but what if they do away with the live finale...i might die.
The Biggest Loser is totally safe. Reality shows aren't going to be effected at all. Wrestling shows, despite being the most scripted shows on television, are amazingly not effected. Hour-long shows like "Gray's Anatomy" and "Lost" may have some episodes delayed. As it is, they may go off the air in January or February and not come back until after the strike is settled. But the episodes will eventually be made up one way or another. New shows actually might be more safe than in a normal season. The networks aren't going to want to cancel them now because they kind of need everything they've got to fill the schedule. Whether they come back after a strike is a different question, of course (though I think they have a better chance than in a normal year because the pilot season will also be screwed up by the strike). Cable shows like "Nip/Tuck" run different schedules than network shows, so I don't know how they'll be effected. They may have enough scripts to do a complete season. There are some other factors, as well, but that's the general idea.
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Yeah, "The Office" (and to a lesser extent "30 Rock") is somewhat unique because most of the actors on the show are also writers on the show. They've walked off the set in violation of their acting and producing contracts and were able to largely shut the show down. There are also showrunners and producers who have both writing contracts and producing contracts who are refusing to fulfill the producing parts of their contracts during the strike. Those producing parts of the job, however, are a little bit easier to work around since they're not on-camera so some non-writing producer can step in and fill-in without the public knowing any real difference. Though I'm pretty sure "The Office" actors are going back to work as actors and just walking the picket line in their off time. If not, they risk an NRLB action against both Guilds.
So....................in other words, they dont answer shyt. just another new character/ door/building/ whatever the hell they gotta solve.
