Current contract ends May 1; walkout would delay production of TV shows, movies
The viewing public may soon find themselves with a lot more time on their hands, and a lot fewer new TV shows and movies to watch.
That’s because the specter of a writers strike — which would shut Hollywood productions — is a step closer after the Writers Guild of America announced Monday that a walkout has been authorized in a vote by its members, with 96% support.
The strike may start as soon as next week; the current three-year contract expires on May 1. Contract negotiations between the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — which represents studios and networks — are scheduled to resume Tuesday. Both sides say they are hopeful a deal can be reached this week.
“I voted to authorize the leaders of my union to call a strike that I desperately don’t want,” wrote John Eisendrath, a writer and executive producer on CBS Corp.’sCBS, -1.33% “The Blacklist,” in a Los Angeles Times op-ed Monday, in which he claimed that Hollywood writers’ wages have been “stagnant for a generation.”
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ReplyDeleteGood hope they fail. Hollywood needs to cut the fat. It all about the gay agenda now anyway. Cant watch a show without some plug for some twisted liberal ideal
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy watching METV for a year or two. So much I never saw or don't remember! NORKIT!
ReplyDeleteTV? I really don't watch regular TV. Sitcoms, news, and talk shows never. Some Discovery/History/Velocity when it is on, but not very often. METV is cool, too on antenna. Lots of channels there as well.
ReplyDeleteHollywood could strike for a couple of years and I wouldn't notice.
Good. The world would be a better place without television.
ReplyDeleteQuite obvious they haven't been writing in the last few years, we got remakes of old films, and TV shows being pushed out all the time.
ReplyDelete(Terminator, Mad Max, Going in Style, The Odd Couple, MacGyver,)
Americans need to watch less television and movies anyway, so there is no way this would be a bad thing. These so-called "writers" just want to push their Liberal Agenda on all of us, anyway. You should spend more time reading the Bible and some good, serious, biographies if you want to restore America to its former glory.
ReplyDeleteGood... maybe we won't be subjected to more super-violence BS movies.
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