The Writers Guild will go on strike on Monday, November 5th, causing Hollywood's wheels to grind to a halt. The Screen Actors Guild is supporting the WGA in its strike, as well. So what does this mean to the average TV viewer? It means sad times are ahead, that's what it means. The first shows to go off the air will be the talk shows: The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, David Letterman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show -- all those will go into reruns. If the strike drags on, the soap operas will then go off the air.
All dramas and sitcoms will go off the air as soon as they use up the episodes they have already filmed. That means no more Ugly Betty, Chuck, 24 or Grey's Anatomy. So what will there be to watch? News shows and reality tv shows will be unaffected. That's about it. If only Top Chef hadn't already ended. Still there's America's Top Model, The Amazing Race and the upcoming Project Runway.
There hasn't been a writers' strike in almost twenty years. The last time it happened, it got really ugly for television viewers and film goers. We heard that people actually had to read books and talk to their significant others in the evenings.
You can keep updated as to the status of the strike on WritersWrite.com's Writers' Strike section.
