Who's side are you on?
Have you been pissed off by the lack of new episodes
No.
No.
and cancellations of award shows?
No. Never had much interest in awards shows-all they are is filler during the commercial breaks on other stations.
Sadly television programs have been in a downwards spiral for several years. The writers strike has had less of an impact than it would have had some 20 years ago; in large part due to the proliferation of 'REALITY' programs and game shows- Survivor, Big Brother, Biggest Loser, Top Chef, Trading Spaces, Top Designer,Wife Swap, Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, Supernanny, Deal or No Deal, 1vs.100, etc., etc.. These shows had already whittled away at the need for writers, and the writers had been churning out puke for so long that the 'REALITY' shows were welcomed; even when, they were more putrid than Dick Cheney's tube socks.
Movies and their alleged writers lost credibility at about the time of Rambo. Their big screen version of Beverly Hillbillies essentially seeled the film reel canister for them and buried it under Hoffa's grave (in other words their creativity is long missing).
Television and movie writers rarely even have halfway original ideas- Law and Order(in all of its formats),pulls most of its storylines from the tabloids, changing only the names. The other programs aren't much better. Look at just about any drama or sitcom and the ideas are nothing more than paper thin coverings of what has already been read about in the news or seen on some television entertainment gossip show
May the writers strike go on forever- perhaps it will work to the advantage of legitimate writers everywhere as books are once more purchased and read and magazines again take their rightful place on newsstand shelves.
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