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Articles tagged "writers strike"NewsBrace yourselves for the post-strike rushby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Feb.08] :. We’ve got a full-column edition of What’d They Do to My Show? today because - and here’s the good news - there’s lots of new TV episodes coming our way, with actual airdates... NewsPost-strike world of TV begins crawl from muckby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][13.Feb.08] :. Hollywood is back in business. Hollywood’s writers voted Tuesday to call off their strike, after picketing for three months, trashing the Golden Globes, diluting late night, slowing movie... NewsWith writers strike over, TV will still be on ‘pause’by Jonathan Storm [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][13.Feb.08] :. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Not. With striking Hollywood writers going back to work, after three months, TV fans may be expecting their favorite shows to return in a... NewsThe strike is over, but will TV viewers return?by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][12.Feb.08] :. The three-month strike by film and television writers is over, and viewers will see something approaching a normal schedule by April. But questions remain about whether the public will rush to... NewsWriters strike could be over by Sundayby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][7.Feb.08] :. Progress continues on the writers strike, and it’s possible - possible - the writers guild board could vote as soon as Sunday to end the picketing and send everyone back to work. The Writers... NewsDirectors’ pact could provide model for striking writersby Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][22.Jan.08] :. Thursday, the Directors Guild of America reached a tentative, three-year agreement with the major media conglomerates on a new contract. The deal—which included increases in payment formulas... Who’s making us laugh (or not) in this weird strike eraby Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][17.Jan.08] :. Strike or no strike, there’s one thing every late-night talk show host fears - the jaded star promoting a movie. You know, the preening, joyless type without much to say, whose sense of dignity... The Grammys are the next endangered awards showby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][16.Jan.08] :. I am seriously trying to produce a column with no mention of the Hollywood writers strike, but events keep unfolding (I hate events) and now, it seems, we may have problems with the Grammys. The... As strike strangles TV season, industry frets over its futureby Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][15.Jan.08] :. Like mutilated corpses on “CSI” or “Law & Order,” the victims of a television writers strike are starting to pile up: Last week’s People’s Choice Awards.... Oscars may be next on strike-casualty listby Russ Britt [MarketWatch (MCT)][9.Jan.08] :. LOS ANGELES—A drastically scaled-back Golden Globes raises the question of whether the Writers Guild of America strike will hit Hollywood’s showpiece awards event, the Oscars. And the... Sacrifice the Golden Globes, but save the Oscarsby Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][7.Jan.08] :. More than 10,000 Hollywood writers are on strike, but they’re still managing to write a pretty interesting scenario as we head into the final weeks of movie awards season. As of this writing,... Writers strike keeps late-night comedy hosts in a bindby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][7.Jan.08] :. The mess from the writers strike just keeps growing, and one place where that’s most evident is, ironically, late night TV, which gets back to the strike version of full strength tonight when... Meet TV’s second stringby Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][2.Jan.08] :. The full impact of the 7-week-old walkout by television and film writers is about to hit home for the American TV audience. Since the strike by the Writers Guild of America against the major media... Striking TV writers leave a hole in political campaignsby Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][20.Dec.07] :. Every day seems to bring a new twist to the campaign season, whether it’s Mike Huckabee’s Christmas-themed ad or Hillary Clinton’s attempts to show a softer side. And every day,... Icy NYC is the perfect metaphor for writers strike negotiationsby Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][18.Dec.07] :. NEW YORK - Hollywood seems a nice enough place to live. But if you’re looking for weather metaphors to capture the mood of the TV and movie writers’ strike, entering its seventh week, you... Writers strike continues as both sides dig in their heelsby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Dec.07] :. I’m a tad skittish about spending much time on the Hollywood writers’ strike because, although it’s in the world of entertainment, labor disputes generally tend to bore people into... TV writers’ strike is a cultural buzz killby Tom Maurstad [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][14.Dec.07] :. As the television writers’ strike winds on, you may be wondering what will happen to your favorite shows. “Heroes” just had its fall season finale with the cryptic promise of more... Striking writers put their wit to use with funny videos on YouTubeby Sam McManis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][5.Dec.07] :. The thing about writers is, they just can’t stop. Addictive personalities, one and all. And TV writers are no different. You’d think that, a month into the Writers Guild of America... Will the writers strike sound the death knell for soaps?by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][29.Nov.07] :. When Pam Powers began listening to radio soap operas with her grandmother in the late 1940s, she considered them to be “an island of emotional refuge.” And over the ensuing decades, the... Struggle for the future is at the root of writers strikeby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][19.Nov.07] :. So the writers’ strike continues in Hollywood, late night shows are in repeats, big name producers are carrying picket signs and ... yeah, I know, most people don’t really care, at least... Writers’ strike: Two weeks down and no end in sightby Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][19.Nov.07] :. As week two of the Writers Guild of America strike came to a close, spirits remained high among TV and film writers on picket lines in Hollywood and New York - even as they acknowledged that their... How to survive the TV writers strikeby Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][8.Nov.07] :. The Writers Guild of America strike started Monday, and unless you really do get all your news from Jon Stewart—whose “Daily Show” on Comedy Central was among the first to take a... For joke writers, strike is no laughing matterby Ellis Henican [Newsday (MCT)][8.Nov.07] :. “Right now, I don’t feel that funny,” Bill Scheft was saying as a light drizzle finally let up. On a normal day, funny comes easily to Scheft. A staff writer on “The Late Show... Amid strike, good shows still remainby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][8.Nov.07] :. It’s strikesville in Hollywood, and besides the instant disappearance of fresh late-night shows, there are two other things happening immediately. First, viewers already don’t want to... Hollywood writers deserve their fair shareby Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][7.Nov.07] :. On Monday, the people who write the scripts for your favorite TV shows put down their laptops and took up picket signs, going on strike against the studios and networks who employ them. Among those... |
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