WGA strike! will this hurt tv trackers?

[IceTee]

wga strike and what it means to us

http://filmonic.com/the-wga-strike-a...t-means-to-us/

That link says it all.
Thanks

[Daniel]

Yes but here's the thing. Not all shows immediately get full season pickups, instead the networks order - lets say - 13 episodes and will extend that order if ratings warrant it or if they're in need for more episodes for another reason. That is true for probably all new shows and a good part of established ones too.

Another part of the problem are late revisions of the scripts or the whole show even. 24 is legendary for stuff like that, in the past few years their writers have been doing crazy things even when they were already in production. It's unfortunately not as simple as "look, we have a full season pickup and all scripts we need".

[misledhope]

if anything this should increase traffic on tv trackers, after the new eps that they have ready have aired and they start playing reruns constantly there will be more demand for old shows that people didnt see

[djkamikaze]

Some are filmed later than others, but scripts are written well in advance. Long before casting, location selection, and filming

they could have a whole season's worth of scripts, but most scripted US shows will still have to shut down prduction, since most or many of the other unions will NOT cross the picket lines. I even saw a report by a driver who said his union's members would not be crossing the picket lines to make deliveries to the studios. Just about every trade involved is represented by a union, so most will probably honor the writer's guild strike (unfortunately)

[Daniel]

Just found a rather complete list of shows and its current status: The TV Grid.

Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Boston Legal, Lost, Pushing Daisies, Men in Trees, Dirty Sexy Money, Brothers & Sisters, CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, Moonlight, Law & Order SVU, Medium, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, Smallville, 24, Back to You, K-Ville, Law & Order CI, Nip/Tuck, The Riches, Dirt and Rescue Me are likely to be affected if the strike will continue for some time.

That's an overwhelmingly long list and it gets even worse as there has been talk about, for example, delaying the airing of Lost until 2009 if they cannot get a full season filmed in time.