Without writers to provide fresh material for daytime soap operas, evening sitcoms and late-night talk shows, many of the television networks will be forced to air re-runs of those programs or something else.
News of that possibility came yesterday in the form of an Associate Press article that reported film and television writers are prepared to strike Monday for the first time since 1988. They’re said to be demanding “a bigger cut from video sales and shows sold or streamed over the Web” by big media companies, including CBS Corp., NBC Universal and The Walt Disney Company.
In response to that news, I say, “So what!”
The strike, if it takes place, won’t affect me much, since I didn’t care to watch the above-mentioned types of programming on their first go-rounds for the following reasons:
- Daytime soap operas never interested me, especially since they air during the times when I listen to my favorite talk radio shows, including Allman and Crane in the Morning, Mancow Morning Madness, Mickelson in the Morning and Rush Limbaugh;
- With the exception of The Office, an NBC show which reminds me of a cubicle-environment job I had long ago, evening sitcoms bore me with their lowest-common-denominator attempts at humor; and finally
- Late-night talk shows lost me long ago as I grew weary of David Letterman and Jay Leno disparaging traditional family values and promoting people whose only value to me is that they serve as inspiration for the I DON’T LISTEN TO HOLLYWOOD! merchandise at The Bob McCarty Shop.
As far as I’m concerned, Hollywood writers responsible for the majority of the so-called “creative” efforts listed above can go on strike and stay on strike for as long as they like. I’m perfectly content watching football games — now available several days each week — and Fox News Channel.
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1 The Writers Strike Blog » As It Turns Out, Not Everyone Is Unhappy About The Strike // Nov 3, 2007 at 12:25 pm
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2 Skunkfeathers // Nov 4, 2007 at 4:33 am
A Hollywood writers’ strike is a non-event. I don’t watch what is pathetically passed off as TV these days. Since ’03, I’ve taken to using an old stand-by — the radio — and the new info source, the Internet.
Let ‘em strike ’til Hillary freezes over.
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