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Will Hollywood Writers Go on Strike? The Tricky Economics of "Peak TV"
Hollywood Reporter ^
| March 21, 2017
| Jonathan Handel
Posted on 03/26/2017 11:58:33 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
If they go on strike, send in the scabs. ;)
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:36:46 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: mowowie
Plenty of good old stuff to watch...
I cut cable, and already had DVDs of shows and some movies I like. I continued to buy more here and there and built up a modest little library. Add to that the fact that I don't watch more than a few hours of tv a week, and the result is I have no need for their new shows. If more of America discovers there is life outside of that box, then their hurt will begin in earnest.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:36:55 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: EdnaMode
Youtube alone has thousands of replacements waiting for a chance.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:39:46 PM PDT
by
buwaya
To: EdnaMode
Who watches network TV dramas or comedies anymore?
All the action is on Amazon and Netflix and the like producing their own series ... plus lots of series produced in the UK etc. Not to mention all the documentaries available.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:41:54 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Paladin2
Agree. Criminal Mind: Beyond Borders is good and we enjoy Blue Bloods, too. Too many good shows have gone PC and are now unwatchable. If you can find it, Hot In Cleveland (in reruns) is pretty hysterical for the older crowd, women AND men.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:42:13 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Try the reruns of Hot In Cleveland and then let me know what you think.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:43:17 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:51:42 PM PDT
by
yuleeyahoo
(Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
To: Lorianne
That’s where I get my shows. Dont know if they’re old or original but I pick the ones I like
Watching WhiteChapel right now and love it.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:53:34 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: originalbuckeye
Burn Notice worked well for me also.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:54:02 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:55:16 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: wally_bert
"JMS did really well with Babylon 5"
RIP Jerry Doyle...
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:55:57 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:56:37 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: cherry
I watched old shoes for a while.
Got sick of looking at them especially the loafers, plus they started to stink up the house so I threw them out.
YES, that’s how boring my life is that I actually posted this :)
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:58:49 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: SkyPilot
The show bombed in the ratings.
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posted on
03/26/2017 12:59:26 PM PDT
by
Moose47
To: EdnaMode
Te Weekend (AKA Abel something or other) made a gazillion dollars posting tunes he made with Garage Band software onto YouTube.
There are hundreds of thousands of hungry would be writers, producers, musicians, actors bypassing Hollywood and crowdfunding their own projects as we speak. Hollywood is a zombie, it just has no self awareness that it has died, and many of its fans still look to it out of habit, but all the movement does nothing to conceal the stink of putrefaction.
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posted on
03/26/2017 1:00:28 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
To: EdnaMode
Actors can make a tremendous amount per episode yet cannot speak if not for the writer who is paid a pittance in comparison.
To: EdnaMode
Will Hollywood Writers Go on Strike?Will anyone care if they do?
I assure you, it will affect me not one whit.
The crap they churn out is not worthy of the label "writing", it is more properly compared to a bodily function.
I really do not care.
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posted on
03/26/2017 1:12:23 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
To: EdnaMode
With scripted television booming 455 series this season, more than double the number six years ago it ought to be a great time to be a TV writer.
The big networks are showing a lot of unscripted reality TV.
They'd show even more if they could get away with it. It's cheaper.
I'm guessing some basic cable outlets don't pay as much as a broadcast network or premium cable channel could.
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posted on
03/26/2017 1:19:50 PM PDT
by
x
To: EdnaMode
Thanks for the update, I may not have noticed otherwise.
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posted on
03/26/2017 1:20:50 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Paladin2
Love re-watching Burn Notice and Psyche on Netflicks! Person Of Interest was great in the beginning but the girls took over and there were way too many super-computers and bad guy mobs after a while. And Elementary also started strong but Watson quickly got smarter than Holmes. Like NCIS, they cannot seem to keep up the quality.
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