The writer’s strike which turned tv into a barren wasteland since November 5 has finally ended. Members unanimously accepted a deal which would pay them residuals for new media.
In brief remarks to reporters before the meeting, Winship reiterated that the hard-fought contract includes landmark gains for writers in new media, and that the guild achieved its primary goal of establishing a new-media compensation formula that will pay scribes a percentage of revenue generated by exploitation of their work in the digital realm.
“We’re receiving a percentage of the distributor’s gross,” he said, “which is very real money, as opposed to what people refer to as creative or Hollywood accounting.”
However, in the short term, writer’s may be losing more than they gained. Shows that may be canceled due to the strike include:
ABC
Women’s Murder Club
Carpoolers
Big Shots
Notes from the Underbelly
CavemenNBC
Friday Night Lights
Bionic Woman
Life
Las VegasCBS
Moonlight
CaneTHE CW
Reaper
Life is Wild
The Game
Girlfriends
On the bright side, I don’t care about any of these and wished they would have disappeared a long time ago.
Good! Now get your asses back to work and salvage what’s left of the TV viewing season!
Of the entire list, I only watched Bionic Woman. I love what the same crew are doing with Battlestar Galactica, but it’s probably best if Bionic Woman just dies here and now. It has no nostalgia from the original show at all.
And Cavemen proves why the suits at the studios–who caused the writer’s strike in the first place–should just go home.