Writers Strike a Date for Strike

Someone should tell the LA Times, before the "Jericho" fans start bitching, that Jericho is a CBS show, not an ABC show.

Otherwise, a good breakdown. Good to know "Supernatural" has quite a few more episodes in the bag, and that "Psych" will be back as scheduled.

So when do we start the Tuned In betting pool for when the strike ends?

As crazy as the idea sounds, I could see this thing lasting until the SAG and DGA contracts come up for renewal in July (i.e. finally getting resolved in early August). Lets face it, essentially the guilds want Hollywood to entirely restructure how they do business with each other, in the midst of an inevitable but still unknown technology shift. I can't forsee Hollywood caving on that anytime soon.

In my mind, the most reasonable solution is for the studios to raise the current DVD rate by 2x, apply that to all new media, and table any long term settlement until the next contract period three years down the line.
However, the more I look into it, the more I see the Guild members flat out rejecting any such agreement, because of the contractual difficulties in getting those rates raised once they are put to paper the first time. So who knows how long this will take.

I wonder who'll blink first, I do know with the disparity of numbers between both sides this has the potential for a long strike... Oh well thank god so many video games like Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Drake's Fortune etc etc will keep me occupied.

I'm very curious to see how this pans out. Much of what we know about the human mind is a result of observations of people who suffered damage to particular areas of their brain. This strike will teach us what the writers are really worth as a component of an entertainment machine.

From where I'm standing, the answer is: probably more than they're getting paid now.

At least we'll get half of the last season of BSG. Hopefully this doesn't end up killing it. It's about the only show on that list I really care about, except for Colbert/Daily show, which will survive just fine, I'll bet.

Here's my question

What happens to existing TV shows if this thing does last 18 months? After that long, is there a possibility the nets just toss their hands up and start fresh with new, cheaper scripted shows? And if it does last that long, how does that affect contracts for actors etc. Lost was scheduled to end in 2010. If the strike pushes that to 2011 or 2012 do contracts have to be renegotiated?

I had completely neglected to factor in the fact that this is Scrubs' final season, meaning the final six episodes of the entire show may not air for quite a while. Sad.

Searching for an answer.

The whisper of
a sibilant wind
imagines, feeling
the cold and when
a light fades
away, beautiful
moments of a fearless
and courageous
wonder, describing
a dream, and waiting
for a meaning; but
a weeping returns,
and that's in your
mind, like a glimmer
of hope and a
delicate sadness
recalling the past
in the light of
a wisdom.

Is this a case of the haves vs. the haves?