Full list of writers strike affected shows

[BlackLantern]

Scrubs doesn't make NBC much money anyway, its production company is owned by Disney. There was alway talk of ABC picking up the final season if NBC didn't.
Scrubs is one of NBC's lowest rated shows so its not going go do something special on something that draws low, and Disney makes a profit on for airing in June.

Dead on....

 

[Downhere]

Glad to see Scrubs won't go out without the finale.

And here's to hoping it's closer to 10 episodes for The Office, and that it will air in April.

Ditto on the first part and double ditto on the second bolded part. Either way I'm pretty happy that we will at least be getting more episodes of our favorite shows before the summer. Although, I don't see why networks won't play new episodes in June, I'm sure viewers would watch them.

 

[imdaly]

Although, I don't see why networks won't play new episodes in June, I'm sure viewers would watch them.

Summertime, especially June, is generally a bad time for TV viewership, since people are on break from school, on vacation, watching Summer blockbuster movies at the theaters, etc. So the TV stations, knowing this, tend to just use that downtime to air dumb reality shows and other throwaway shows. They prefer to save their higher-rated shows for the Fall-Spring when TV Viewership is higher, especially during the sweeps months (February, May, August, and November) when ratings determine how much the TV stations can charge for commercial-time during particular shows.

The return of our beloved shows like "Heroes", "24", "Chuck", etc will be considered big events, so they'll want to use that excitement towards pulling in big viewership during those Sweeps months.



That's my take on it, anyway.

 

[BlackLantern]

^^^ agreed

 

[Downhere]

Well, I understand June isn't the best month for TV but considering the strikes got in the way it would be cool if networks would allow it just to give the fans who make their shows a hit some extra episodes. lol. I can dream.

 

[BlackLantern]

Well, I understand June isn't the best month for TV but considering the strikes got in the way it would be cool if networks would allow it just to give the fans who make their shows a hit some extra episodes. lol. I can dream.

Nein...you will not dream, you will take what the networks give you and you shall like it.....reality tv and dating shows for everyone.....hahahahhaha.....seriously its good to see that things are getting fixed

 

[imdaly]

Well, I understand June isn't the best month for TV but considering the strikes got in the way it would be cool if networks would allow it just to give the fans who make their shows a hit some extra episodes. lol. I can dream.

And dream you will, unfortunately.

But hey, there are some good quality shows that air their normal seasons during the Summer that you should check out.

The bad news is that 2 of my 3 favorite Summer-running shows of last summer have been cancelled. R.I.P. - "The 4400" and "Traveler"

But alas, at least ONE show still survives and should be back this fall: "Burn Notice"!

 

[Manic]

They canned the 4400? Granted, I haven't watched since half-way through the second season, but still.

 

[BlackLantern]

Burn Notice is awesome....Life will be back as well. both 4400 and the Dead Zone were cancelled

 

[Downhere]

And dream you will, unfortunately.

But hey, there are some good quality shows that air their normal seasons during the Summer that you should check out.

The bad news is that 2 of my 3 favorite Summer-running shows of last summer have been cancelled. R.I.P. - "The 4400" and "Traveler"

But alas, at least ONE show still survives and should be back this fall: "Burn Notice"!

Yeah, I'm pissed at the canceling of The 4400. But, I do love Psych and Monk, Burn Notice isn't too bad either but I've only seen one episode.

 

[xisaacx]

this writers strike is really ****ing annoying

 

[Dr Lee]

I thought the 4400 was canned cuz whichever channel that makes it wanted to show other progammes, but didn't have enough room. So they canned a couple of their shows to make room.regardless of how popular they were.

At least thats what i read.... i could be wrong.

 

[Bastila]

I hate it that 4400 was cancelled, it was so good and they didn't even finish it, so many questions unanswered! So at least 2hr film would be great.

 

[Shifty]

God I hope it is really over and there is time to salvage some of The Office and 24. I know The Office has unproduced scripts but the actors walked out in support of the writers, so they can get started filming again right off the bat. So so so many shows that I miss. I really really really hope 24 can get something done this season.

The episode they were in the middle of shooting is when Pam and Jim visit Michael at his house for dinner. Its an episode they've wanted to do since the first season. I think The Office will be the first comedy back at NBC.

 

[Shifty]

This year’s WGA East Awards, held Saturday night at Manhattan’s Hudson Theatre, seemed more like “WGA at the Improv,” especially when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hit the stage. The profane dog puppet of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” had the room in stitches as he roasted the writers and their cause. A sampling, edited to meet the standards of this newspaper’s website, follows below.

-- Matea Gold

Today we had a great victory! My name is Michael Moore! C’mon folks, we did have a good day today. I think there’s good reason to Comiccelebrate. We have an agreement that we can pretend we’re happy with.

No, we have an excellent agreement. And what better way to celebrate than with the most scaled-down [expletive] award ceremony ever? Who needs Rita Moreno? Who needs to sit? Who needs food? You can drink free Sierra Mist at the bar.

That’s right, those are the perks of being in the WGA –- this is why you didn’t go fi-core, ladies and gentlemen! John Ridley is shaking right now. No Sierra Mist for John Ridley!

I’m told the agreement was met with some controversy, but I believe that the overwhelming majority of the guild is relieved to stop striking and getting back to being out of work.

We had to get an agreement today. We had to. There was too much public outcry. At the end of the day, we had to end the strike to get all the ugly writers off of YouTube.

By the way, if you don’t like any of these jokes, I didn’t write them because of the strike. But fortunately Jay Leno was nice enough to give me some. How does he do it? He runs them by Mavis at 3 in the morning!

How about our negotiating committee? Where’s their award? It couldn’t have been easy for them, representing this freak show. Patric Verrone, John Bowman -- you know what people don’t know about these people? That they’re great comedy writers. They are tremendous comedy writers. They’ve written hilarious material like "Futurama" and "In Living Color" and -- the Writers Guild strike rules! The strike rules, ha, prohibit all the writing, ho ho, by any guild member that would be performed on-air by that member, ah ha ha ha, including monologues! Oh ho ho! I can’t take it! It’s too funny! Oh ho ho ho! The strike rules!

By the way, I want to say, you know, Jay Leno wasn’t the only one to make a mockery of these rules. All the talk show hosts did, except my man, Conan O’Brien! Conan O’Brien went out there with no material and sucked harder than ever before!

Actually, he was pretty good, but if I say that Jeff Zucker will fire half the writing staff.

Jimmy Kimmel also didn’t write. But Jimmy took it a step further: He didn’t write before the strike. That’s how loyal he is!

I want to say to the hyphenates, I hope you did the right thing. I hope you sat out this strike. You’re not special. I hope you did what the rest of us did: stayed home and wrote your spec screenplay. Pencils down! Ha ha ha! Another gem from Bowman and Verrone! Pencils down! Oh ho ho! You’re killing me!

Seriously, I spent time on the picket line. I learned a lot. Not until you hang out with these writers do you realize how much [expletive] there is on TV. “You write for 'Reba'? That’s terrific!” Ladies and gentlemen, what a powerful statement: No “According to Jim” until this strike is over! Now I know why the public was in favor of this strike.

It’s been a great experience, though. I think what I’ll miss most are the e-mails from the WGA. The themes, e-mails with the themes! Hey, it’s Wednesday and we’re picketing Sony, it’s Hawaiian Day! Take your uncle to the picket day! Take your dignity to the sewer day! Let’s dress up in prom outfits! I know a few wardrobe people from my show who don’t despise us yet.

I think the hardest part for all of us being out of work has been Tom Fontana’s updates. Tom, I love you. He’s a great man. But seriously, I’m going to start charging you rent for the space you’ve taken up in my spam folder. “Hey everybody, it’s Tom! It’s Tuesday! Let’s take a photo of us posing with our awards!” That’ll send a message to those arrogant [expletive] that we’re … arrogant nerds.

Did I mention that I keed?

I think tonight we’re making a powerful statement by renting the same theater as before but not having chairs. Standing up and milling around sends a message that we’re not afraid to network indoors, as well as outdoors! And we will keep networking until we have a deal we can be proud of!

Thank you!

 

[Sebastos]

I hate it that 4400 was cancelled, it was so good and they didn't even finish it, so many questions unanswered! So at least 2hr film would be great.

I had no idea it was cancelled.

 

[Matt]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, the strike is over...you can now discuss your favorite shows in their respective threads. Its time for this one, like the strike, to go the way of the dinosaur. Congrats on surviving it