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• NBC might show reruns of UK Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm

  Published: October 11, 2007, 3:06 pm

  Tags: Ben Silverman, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hollywood Strike, Nbc, Reality Shows, Ricky Gervais, Slate, The Office, Tv Networks, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The OfficeNo, this isn't some programming move to get rid of reality shows (though I think it's worth exploring). It's actually a strategy in case there's a strike in Hollywood. And that strike is looking more and more like it might become a reality. It sounds like hyperbole, I know, but

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• Here's an update on the writers strike

  Published: October 23, 2007, 11:03 am

  Tags: Abc, Cbs, Fox, Nbc, The Cw, Tv Networks, Tv Shows, Tv Writers, Writers Guild Of America, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Industry, ProgrammingThis is getting serious. Both sides are still far from agreement on a new deal, and a strike by the Writers Guild of America could start in a couple of weeks (the last offer was rejected by writers). That means that scripted shows (Lost and House, for example) and late night talk shows would suffer the most. Some

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• Strike Update: Clinton, Craigslist and Quiet

  Published: November 6, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Barack Obama, Cinematical, Craigslist, Hilary Clinton, John Edwards, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, PoliticsAs we enter day two of the strike, news is scarce, hopeful presidential candidates have come out to support the writers and those on strike are turning to Craigslist for new jobs. First off, I'll need to apologize for us not churning out our usual number of posts each day as movie news

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• Actor Steve Carrell, Talk Show Host Ellen DeGeneres No Show in Support of Strike

  Published: November 6, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Actorstevecarellstrike, Ellendegeneres, Ellenshow, Stevecarell, Theofficetelevisionshow, Writersstrike

  Several cast members of the NBC hit television show, “The Office,” did not report to the studio yesterday, including actor Steve Carell, in support of the writers’ strike. Though, representatives of Carrell, who is also a writer, declined to comment. Kelly Bush, Ellen DeGeneres’ publicist confirmed that DeGeneres

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• Will the WGA strike bring an early winter Big Brother 9?

  Published: November 6, 2007, 3:42 pm

  Tags: Big Brother, Bigbrother, Casting, Cbs, Julie Chen, Juliechen, Reality Television, Realitytelevision, Strike, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Big Brother (US), CastingThe last writers strike lasted 22 weeks and played all kinds of havoc with favorite television shows. That was back in 1988, before the reality television genre really hit the big time. This time around, an extended strike may give us more reality shows (much to the chagrin of

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• The 40 Year Old Striker

  Published: November 7, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Cinematical, Judd Apatow, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand **The above video, found on YouTube, comes with the title: Writers Strike Dance. The writer in the video claims he broke into the industry a long time ago with a spec script about a female private eye that later became a series. He calls this his "dance of pain." Day 3. TV shows go dark. Actors

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• Ten ways I plan to cope with the WGA writers strike

  Published: November 7, 2007, 8:26 am

  Tags: Dvds, Entertainment, Featured, Music, Reading, Reality Tv, Realitytv, Strike, Television, Wga, Writers Strike, Writersstrike, Writing

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, TV Squad ListsI know I have a problem. I don't need anyone to tell me that I was a child of television and it's been in my life all my life. Yes, I read. Yes, I listen to music. And, obviously I write. But most of my writing these days is about television! I recall the last writers strike. It was during

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• New Celeb Hot Spot: Try the Picket Line

  Published: November 8, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Cinematical, David Chase, Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, Seth Myers, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Politics We're not going to overload you with writers strike news because it's shaping up to be a marathon, not a race. Here are some delicious new updates (including a video up top which uses colorful little pie charts to help better explain the writer's point of view): Day 4. The rebels have

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• Strike Update: The Terminator Steps in While Cody Kicks Butt

  Published: November 9, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnoldschwarzenegger, Diablo Cody, Diablocody, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, PoliticsI wasn't planning to talk about the strike today, so I zipped by most of the news to find other things to write about. That is, until I came across a certain picture that inspired me to write about a few pieces of news that have stuck out. Forget about thoughtful people giving the

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• Strike Update: Return of the Assistants

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Cinematical, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Politics Yesterday someone emailed me a letter that was -- their words -- "going around email chains throughout Los Angeles." This person claimed they did not know who wrote it, and asked if I knew. I did not. But I thought I'd post it here because it's pretty funny and the Hollywood assistants deserve to

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• Photo of the Day: Dogs Can Strike Too!

  Published: November 13, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Ben Stiller, Cinematical, Doug Savant, Minnie Driver, Seth Green, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Scripts, Newsstand Just when you thought you'd seen it all, the writers are getting creative (who would expect anything less) and they've literally brought in the hounds. Now in its second week, the 2007 writer's strike is still going strong. In fact, so many celebrities are showing up, I wouldn't be

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• WGA Strike: soap writers won't cross picket line

  Published: November 14, 2007, 11:21 am

  Tags: Strike, United Hollywood, Variety, Wga East, Wga West, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Industry, WGA StrikeYesterday, Variety reported that several writers from the Young and the Restless had crossed the WGA picket line in order to keep their jobs. After the article ran, a spokesperson for the WGA-East condemned those planning to cross the picket line and warned them that they'd "never be full members of the Writers

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• George Clooney Donates $25,000 for Strike Relief

  Published: November 17, 2007, 6:12 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Actorgeorgeclooney, Actorsfund, Georgeclooneydonates, Writersstrike

  Actor George Clooney has donated $25,000 to the “Actors Fund” charity that provides emergency relief to those affected financially due to the strike by Hollywood writers. Clooney said that he would make regular contributions, and encouraged his fellow stars to do the same.

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• As WGA strike continues, Leno goes vintage

  Published: November 23, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Jay Leno, Jayleno, Late Night, Latenight, Nbc, Talk Show, Talkshow, Tonight Show, Tonightshow, Vintage Episodes, Vintageepisodes, Wga Strike, Wgastrike, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Talk Show, WGA StrikeThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno, currently in reruns due to the Writers Guild of America strike, will dig deep to air five vintage episodes. That's rarely done with the late night talk shows as the monologue and many of the movies promoted by guests are dated. Included in

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• Conan will pay his own staff if/when NBC lays them off

  Published: November 30, 2007, 4:25 am

  Tags: Conan O Brien, Conano Brien, Late Night, Latenight, Nbc, Staff, Strike, Writers Strike, Writersstrike

  Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Talk Show, WGA StrikeAs of next week, The New York Times reports that NBC executives will have to start laying off the non-writing staff on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. The studio had been paying their salaries thus far through the strike. As such, Conan has stepped up and agreed to start paying his

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