I don't care where the show comes from or who's in it, as long as it's a good show and they're good actors. But I would like to see a network give regular folks who have an idea or have written a teleplay a chance to possibly get their work produced. Maybe they could have a sort of "open casting call" for scripts. I haven't got one, but I think it would be interesting to watch a show that's not so soaked with Hollywood. Maybe that's impossible, but giving aspiring writers a chance would be a great thing to come out of this strike. Professionals aren't the only ones who can write a TV show.

The fact that the show will be simultaneously shown in Canada and the US doesn't refer to when American shows are shown in Canada, but to the fact most Canadian shows that are picked up by the US have aired for several seasons in Canada first (eg. Corner Gas, Trailer Park Boys).

A ton of TV shows are filmed in Canada and feature Canadian guest stars, if not leads. I think all of the shows filmed in Canada have to use a majority of Canadian labor, by law.

What I think is unique about this venture is that it sounds like it is not a show specifically created for the American market. I think it is often the case that Canadian tv stations don't air "American" shows at the same time as American stations, whether they were filmed in Canada or the US. It sounds like this show is going to be different in that it will air in both countries at the same time.

It's far from the first time this has happened or indeed is happening now. As you mentioned, quite a number of BBC productions with predominantly (if not entirely) written, acted, directed and staffed by Brits are co-productions with US companies, not just Extras but Rome, Hustle and Spooks (MI-5 over here) to name but a few. Stargate: Atlantis I believe contains a significant number of canadians in the cast and is written, produced and filmed in Canada by Canadians, despite technically being a US production.

Can the Writers & Producers, Networks, & Studios please come to a compromise and end this strike. It's too everyones benefit that the strike ends soon.

Ah...now let's just wait a minute here......Canada is a great country.....a perfect country!.....Grace Park lives there! Lucky Canada.

Are we so selfish - we want what we want when we want it that we don't care about other people's jobs? That's what started all the out-sourcing of American jobs - we want things cheaper, so jobs started leaving the USA and going to Mexico, China, etc. So I guess we should just continue that - and what kind of jobs will we have left in the US? I don't know but we'll be able to watch television... when we get home from our minimum wage jobs... if we can afford cable! Just a thought. (And don't get me wrong, I'm a huge TV junkie and I miss my television, too - but sometimes the best things take time...)

I say everyone network should do what CBS is doing! I am tired of the strike, and I know everyone else is too, including the actors themselves. So I say bring on Canada and other countries too!

Yes there are Canadians among us. Beware. The Great White Terror is beginning.
At least for those wussy writers. Outsource it all and let the twits get real jobs!

I can't imagine that the Writers Guild of Canada (which supports the WGA) is entirely happy with this.