St. Lucy & the Writers Strike
... maybe folks would still wanna watch
Posted on 02/13/2008 12:25:03 PM PST by abb
Am I the only one to have noticed their strike?
I know - the only shows I ever really watched were Heroes, Lost (which I sort of gave up on after last season), and House. When the strike started, my friends and I switched to watching DVD’s of TV shows like Firefly, Doctor Who, Buffy, and Netflix movies for our entertainment. Eventually I discovered that the only TV show (in America at least) that I really care about watching now is Heroes, and maybe Terminator but that’s one of the shows you only really watch for the action scenes.
It’s not mutually exclusive you know. People can be TV watchers AND book readers. And I’ve got the square footage of DVDs and books to prove it.
I know of two foreclosures, and now probably a divorce caused by “the strike”
Of course, the writers lost (although it is being spun differently)....they only received one item on their long list of demands.
I don’t believe all is right with the world. And I sympathize with those who are reaping the consequences of decisions made farther up the union food chain. My comment was directed more toward the pundits who claimed that hollywood and the studios would come to a screeching halt and come crawling on their knees, begging for resolution. Or that there would be viewers rioting in the streets, demanding their weekly fix of their favorite programs. It didn’t happen.
Having said that, allow me to paraphrase. It seems strange that so many Freepers believe all is wrong with the world if their little corner gets disturbed. Cuts both ways.
Related.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02132008/business/down_upfront_97344.htm
DOWN UPFRONT
By HOLLY M. SANDERS
February 13, 2008 — With the writers’ strike nearing a resolution, NBC has started reaching out to advertisers about alternatives to the annual dog-and-pony show known as the “upfront.”
Among the options NBC has discussed with ad buyers is holding one-on-one meetings with big advertisers instead of the glitzy group presentations the broadcast networks stage every year.
NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker has already signaled he would use the strike as an opportunity to change some aspects of the upfront, including scrapping the big presentation, but he hasn’t spelled out what would replace it.
An NBC spokeswoman told The Post that “changes will be made to this year’s upfront,” adding that “plans are underway and we will have an announcement shortly.”
Aside from individual meetings with big upfront buyers, NBC is also said to be considering a more “creative approach,” although network executives are staying mum on the details.
Until now, the majority of primetime advertising has been purchased each spring during the upfront - a term that refers to both the ad-sales marketplace as well as the star-studded programming presentations.
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The strike is over, now they can go back to creating depraved, anti-family, anti-value pro-gay trash.
Well, the strike affected BSG and Smallville which probably needed to end anyway.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I like doing that too. I've been getting good prices on DVD's at Amazon, along with free shipping. I just bought two octagonal windows at Amazon, and I got my mother a wheelchair there. Plus I bought a scatmat to keep my cat off counters, etc. Who would have thought Amazon had so much stuff...
I don’t even watch network television but I don’t buy into this article.
I’m reminded of the long baseball strikes and how people said they would NEVER go back to baseball. Today baseball is more popular than it has been in decades.
... maybe folks would still wanna watch
I never went back to baseball since the strike and I quit watching tv years ago. I still watch DVD’s and VHS, but I never turn on the tv and watch what they program at that moment.
Big Tuna is a super ambitious guy, you know? Cut-your-throat-to-get-ahead type of guy. But, I mean, I'm not threatened by him. I went to Cornell. Ever heard of it? I graduated in four years, I never studied once, I was drunk the whole time, and I sang in the a capella group, 'Here Comes Treble'.
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