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Strikes Halting Production On 7 Shows (All praise be to Allah)
KDKA.com ^ | November 6, 2007

Posted on 11/06/2007 7:28:04 PM PST by Libloather

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To: Libloather

maybe the strikes could be permanent
who would miss em


21 posted on 11/06/2007 7:56:12 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

All the people who work on the shows. Despite appearances, movies and TV are largely blue collar middleclass industries.


22 posted on 11/06/2007 7:59:00 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Numb3rs lol.

I thought it was a horrible attempt to jump on the CSI bandwagon, with all the other follow-on wannabes.

A bunch of University eggheads crunching mathematical calculations to solve a serial murderer case.

The concept and story-lines feel so contrived to me.

Glad you like it. We all have our favorites I guess.


23 posted on 11/06/2007 8:06:08 PM PST by bluefish (I'm Hillaryphobing...)
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To: Always A Marine
I’m searching really hard to find the downside to this development...

I don't know what you're talking about. I rarely watch tv except for old movies. I used to watch the news, but can't even stomach Fox News anymore.

24 posted on 11/06/2007 8:06:49 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: durasell
Maybe now they’ll buy my sitcom written entirely in haiku! Yeah, my proposal must be looking pretty sweet to them around now...

LOL!

25 posted on 11/06/2007 8:06:57 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Morgana
One can only hope that all the CSIs go off the air.

What is wrong with CSI? That is one of the few good shows on TV!! That and Law & Order! If it were not for those two shows, I would have nothing to watch!

Why did you make a statement, ask a question, and then answer your question?

26 posted on 11/06/2007 8:08:45 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Libloather

What’s a TV?


27 posted on 11/06/2007 8:09:26 PM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: durasell

Civilization would be so much better off if these writers stay on strike permanently. What crap they turn out and moronic followers mimic!


28 posted on 11/06/2007 8:12:30 PM PST by balls
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To: Libloather
"The question is, how will people feel if this strike drags on as long as the last one strike went on for in 1988?

Personally, I couldn't really care less. They could go on strike forever. I do think Two and a Half Men is pretty witty, though.

29 posted on 11/06/2007 8:14:23 PM PST by FoxInSocks
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To: Libloather
These are the best shows on television:


30 posted on 11/06/2007 8:15:48 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Nonstatist

Something which both amuses and irritates me is how they are always making fun of shows like “Leave it to Beaver” or “Father Knows Best” as being so unrealistic.

Has anyone ever actually thought about the typical modern family sitcoms where all the kids are wisecracking cretins and Fathers are all idiots, while Mothers are incredibly strong and understanding.

“Leave it to Beaver” was far, far, closer to my actual family than anything out within the last 20 years.


31 posted on 11/06/2007 8:23:03 PM PST by yarddog (`)
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To: yarddog

The majority of jokes about Leave it to Beaver have very little to do with the content.


32 posted on 11/06/2007 8:27:24 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: Libloather

It seems to me if the networks play re-runs, the most likely result will be that their rating will go up.

Another prediction: with the strike, there will be a lot of new, poorly written attack ads on Republicans.


33 posted on 11/06/2007 8:35:57 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: durasell

Actually I wasn’t referring to all the “Beaver” jokes. BTW, June really did say to Ward, “You were a little hard on the beaver last night”. I always thought that was just a joke but I did see it in one episode.

What I mean is all the common bias which is portrayed constantly, about how incredibly unrealistic those old 1950’s sitcoms were, (and the subtle insinuation that they were actually evil) when the exact opposite is true.

Of course the modern ones with every sort of depravity are considered true to life. In a way they are right in that so many kids see these shows and assume that is proper behavior that they immitate it. In other words life is immitating art.


34 posted on 11/06/2007 8:41:35 PM PST by yarddog (`)
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To: Rembrandt
Another prediction: with the strike, there will be a lot of new, poorly written attack ads on Republicans.

Eww. Nice take. I like it.

35 posted on 11/06/2007 8:50:14 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary donors find their way to the cover of Time. And the very next day they're doing it...)
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To: Libloather
The only network TV I’ve watched over the last 15+ years is sports so this strike won’t affect me in the least.
36 posted on 11/06/2007 8:54:08 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: Libloather

They are worried about scripts?

I thought they just recycled everything from 10 years ago.


37 posted on 11/06/2007 8:59:46 PM PST by Hawk1976 (747 superliners crashed into the WTC on 9/11, Steny Hoyer told me so on 8/7/07.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
The only network TV I’ve watched over the last 15+ years is sports so this strike won’t affect me in the least.

Didja see the Cowboys beat the Eaglets? Someone wrote that little candle ploy.

I predict that NBC will be knocked off the air - for a week - just to save the planet.

38 posted on 11/06/2007 9:00:45 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary donors find their way to the cover of Time. And the very next day they're doing it...)
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To: Libloather

Greedy communists. Looks like TV may become watchable if they stay out.

Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops


39 posted on 11/06/2007 9:01:40 PM PST by bray (Think "Betray U.S." Think Democrat)
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To: yarddog

At some point the producers realized that women make the vast majority of purchases in a household. Hence, they tend to cater to women.

Though I don’t know what you mean by “depravity.”


40 posted on 11/06/2007 9:09:47 PM PST by durasell (!)
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