Are you worried about the impending writers' strike?

I no longer watch much scripted TV since I got DSL. The last scripted show I watched on the three networks was Home improvement. After that it was Buffy and Charmed. Now it is just basic cable, like Modern Marvels etc. Now I own Buffy and Charmed on DVD. The networks for some strange reason make TV unwatchable with Black bars at the top and bottom, crappy reception on channel 12 and most of all a commercial every 5 minutes. Now they put commercials at the bottom of the screen while the show is running covering up one third of the picture. The action or attack on the characters now does not happen until 25 minutes into the show.

Its a shame the Writers Strike happened, I wish I could terminate my contract with Wild Whirled Music for None Peformance, this guy testified against me when I sued Taxi.com and its CEO Michael Laskow for my Money Back". They offer a Money Back Guarantee, but he flew in my Publisher to testify against me, nice to know how people work!! Check out by googling "Complaints against Taxi.com and see what this former member and attorney has to say!!

willWhile I really do feel badly for all the grips, set people, makeup people, costumers, editors, sound people, yada yada yada whose lives are torn asunder during these strikes, I don't feel its a reason to stop the strike.

Don't give in, writers. Studios, pay your people, from the lowliest gofer through storyboarders. There's a lot of money being made through resale and internet rights. You should compensate everyone for that and not just yourselves.

I would worry if writters came up with something worth while to watch. Like programers it has been proven that it's not that hard to write for tv or movies. Look at the crap that is being offered this year. Even with all the hype most of the shows are into cancelation. If you gave the average television watcher what they want to watch instead of junk tv (Caveman) then the public would care. Hope your union can support you into the next year.

I think they should settle the strike. It is so sad that the poor people that work in the film business that have nothing to do with the strike should be put in this position before the holidays. They have families to feed and I think all the writers, producers, directors, actors, get paid so much money in general they should all think about the rest of the world and settle this stupidity.

I couldn't care less,they can go on strike permanently for all I care.Television means nothing to me,it's mostly all garbage these days anyway.

I wish I was earning the money you writers earn and living the american Dream, listen to my TRUE story. I am a songwriter and a good one at that, a few years ago I saw an ad in a Music Magazine called MUSIC CONNECTION which consequently has an "F" rating by the BBB. I joined this company to have a platform to submit my songs to various Film & TV shows. You pay this company $300 a year for membership, and $5 a song each and every time you submit a song to them. They offer a "MONEY BACK GUARANTEE" if you are ever unhappy with their services. i joined them, and within 6 weeks they hooked me up with an Arizona Film & TV Library who signed numerous songs! The company whose name will be remitted for now, wanted to know all about my experience with this opportunity, or what I thought would be! When I saw my first BMI Royalty check it was for $12.20, my last one was for ONLY $4.11. I was so shocked and angry that I eventually sued the company who hooked me up with this company. When we went to court the CEO of this company brought in a witness you'll be shocked at this he flew in my Film & Tv Library's owner in to testify against me. I had my case prepped up by an attorney who was SHOCKED that I lost the case. The CEO of this company threatened my wife who has MS that if he heard from me again he would use ALL Legal remedies against me! I spent nearly five thousand dollars submitting to whati thought would be viable opportunities. When I got to court I had a NOTARIZED affidait from a former member who is also an attorney, it turned out that instead of working my songs as he should have done, he fought in court to help out the CEO who work together! Needless to say this has tarnished my relationship with this guy, and I would like my songs back which he refuses to do. I can't afford the services of an attorney at this time, but if there is one out there who would be willing to help me on contingency I would be very grateful. I have FULL documentation to take this matter to a higher court. So I say to the Writer's what you do in my shoes?? Be Thankful for what you have. i was hoping to put my daughter through college but now I am in debt because I got ripped off!! Please if there is anyone that can help me PLEASE het in touch with me. Thanks!

The Writers are human like any other and a distinctive yet relatively unknown element of the critical mass of TV entertainment. In an insustry where the production companies, major studios and major networks cover their asses all the time in order to secure profits, why ought the writers be cut out of opportunities to make more money. If media outfits garner more revenue from Webisodes as well as from the sales of the From TV to DVD products, then obviously some of those profits ought to triclke into the writers who keep the products alive and well.
one does not need to be a fair TV Exec to understand how to be a decent one!

The writers getting greedy, if they wrote well in the first place they would get the raise, I am sure. But here lately We Are Bored...I think the writers all need to be fired and a whole new batch of fresh young writers need to be given a chance. Now that would be cool!

My husband and I are already hanging by a thread with our daily soap, "Young & the Restless" and shottie story lines lately. so if writers won't to strike it will be to their own down-fall...I am not the only one who feels this way!