Sunday, January 06, 2008

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA STRIKE

These are just my thoughts:

Gradually, writer groups are settling with the WGA. The brunt of the strike has been borne by the late night TV shows because they're written daily. I'm not surprised that Jay Leno, Conan O'Brian, Carson Daly and David Letterman are on the air again after two months off. Letterman probably lost $6 mil in income and Leno $4 mil. On top of this, they each paid their people something to keep them afloat during this time. If I'm quoting him correctly, Leno said his first night back, "Nineteen people are keeping 160 people out of work."

The strike needs to end. Now. People need to earn credit to continue their health insurance, for one thing. They need to buy food, pay rent and property taxes. As much as I believe the writers are asking for the right things in regard to digital rights, I know they'll never recoup what they're losing in this strike.

Someone, who insists they know, says SAG (Screen Actors Guild) will strike in June.

I hope not. This is disastrous enough for too many for too long already.

Here's hoping for a normal and prosperous New Year!

Dee Ann
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