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My statement about all the strikes was a failed attempt at humor, though I do remember plenty of talk about an actor's strike for '09 long before I ever heard about the writer's strike. I figured most people would have read the context of my statement and realized I was joking and not stating facts, but none-the-less, I apologize for your confusion.



Zara, spot on! Writer's are often treated as the red-headed step child when by and large it's their ideas that we enjoy (though sometimes they are paid to translate other people's ideas). I can understand the frustration with the strike lasting as long as it did, but I can not abide the ignorance of people thinking that because a large handful of very successful writers cash checks ending in a trail of zeros, that that must mean ALL writers are making serious bank. Some are comfortable, some struggle to get by day-to-day, some of us just do it for the love of it. As in any field, each writer is different, is appreciated differently, and gets paid differently.



Now, ABC, get back to work on LOST! And NBC? Is there ANY chance of us getting Volume 3 of Heroes THIS season?

Gogo LOST! Let's cross fingers that it isn't too late to add to season 4's puny 8 episodes.

HELL YAH, thats what im saying "Get Lost back in development" Thats the only show/movie that I care about when it come to the writers strike. It would kill me to only see 8 episodes and then get shot down for another 6 months. Its time to save season 4!! Since it may very well be the greatest piece of Telvision...in history!!...if you dont understand where im coming from...then you need to watch the show...because you are obvisiously missing out.

Olboj... writers were overpaid to begin with? How? Without a script the movie can't be shot. You make it sound as though a writer isn't important by saying, "They only write." Well duh! they're writers! That's their job. And without them, Hollywood would have nothing. Producers wouldn't have anything to produce, Directors wouldn't have anything to direct, Actors wouldn't have anything to act, etc..... point is, the script is teh building block of the whole movie and without one no one else has a job.



And you think writers are overpaid? LOL. Maybe you need a dose of reality. When is the last time you saw a screenwriter get 30 million for a screenplay? If you think writers are overpaid surely you must think that about actors, producers and directors seeing as how they all get more (most of the time) than the writer. If anything, writers deserve more because they are paid the least out of the major positions in most cases.



And do you also not realize Directors, Producers and Actors ALL already get residuals for their work? Why do they deserve it and not the writer since it was *THE WRITERS IDEA* they shot, acted and produced?



You're hopeless.

After getting a chance to interview a writer who worked on "Everybody Loves Raymond," I earned a new level of respect for those in the WGA.



If you're interested, Olboj, listen up:



Most of the people who work on the series will be what are referred to as "low level" writers. These are the people who might put just as much effort and energy into making sure that an episode makes people laugh as anyone else involved in the production.



HOWEVER.... lower lever writers do not always receive writing credits for their work. When a team works together on an episode, it is banged out what should be in the episode and then assigned to a team who will then get credit for writing it. Which means that even if some other guy had better ideas that most of the audience loved, it will never be known that he was involved in that because he's staff and not the on the team who was assigned to the final draft. Does that mean that they do less work? Hell to the No.



But it also starts to get the undereducated masses to believe that "writers" are supposedly paid too much. Because all we focus on are those whose names actually appear as having worked on episodes or scripts. Judd Apatow is a great writer, but surprisingly enough he's working WITH A TEAM OF WRITERS to be the man that he's considered to be in his field.



The writers DO deserve more. Not just a couple of figurehead writers who have gotten more name play, but EVERY writer who has been involved in the entertainment and enjoyment that fanboys and girls take for granted.



THAT is what the strike was about to me. That in the end, if they weren't properly protected, all of the lower level writers would be completely getting the shaft.



I applaud the big name writers for standing with the people that they know have MADE them. I applaud that everyone stood together as a collective. It's nice to know that there are some people who can be loyal to one another, especially in an industry where people are designed to eat one another apart rather than show a "weakness" such as compassion and appreciation.



And in that regard, my compassion and greatest of appreciation goes out the the PAs of this entertainment world. You want to talk about some people who take an anal assault sans Astroglide and still get up to go to work every morning, it's PAs. Thanks for all your hard work guys.

Unbelieveable that some people here thoroughly believe that the writers deserve more.



They get paid to do a job. They write the script and that is it. They do not produce it, they do not make the sets, they don't do the make-up, they don't direct, they don't film, they don't act, etc, etc... The list could go on forever. All they do is put an idea on paper.



Again, they do a job and get paid for it. What makes them so special that they deserve residuals for work they already got paid for? That thought process is lame and just bad for business. The the trash man should get paid more money now because waste management companies are making MILLIONS fron recycling the trash they pick up, right?



Writers were overpaid to begin with.

I am a professional writer... and i agree that the Writers deserved everything they were fighting for... i do not agree with some of the things they did. I felt that not allowing the Golden Globes to go on was the WGA Heads just trying to Flex Their muscles, rather then show a little good faith. The fact that the Oscars may not have happened, again, flexing their muscle.



I do agree with whoever said that Conan has never been better than he currently is without his writers!

The only people who would suggest that writers don't deserve every penny that they currently get (and more) are the people who have no writing talent whatsoever.



Just because you can type out words or Awesome-forbid in this day and age, write them on a piece of paper, does not make you a writer. Writers are very much artists. In fact, they're the canvases on which the art is built upon. Take away that and you've got nothing.



Those who can, do.



Those who can't, try to convince the other can'ts that the cans are insignificant.



I understand Foxgate's pain, as I watched the first season of Heroes on DVD, got excited to watch the second season while it was being aired (a huge thing for a non-TV viewer like myself) and then got the rug pulled out from under me prematurely.



But Olboj (creative name, btw, *msacras*), those other people wouldn't have the jobs that they were out of if the writers didn't exist. Unless you prefer a world of "reality" television and documentaries.

Yea!!! Now we can all look forward to the Actor's Strike!!! Then, why not, the directors and producers might as well go on one, too!!! I was onboard with the strike, but it really carried out a lot longer than it should, and that's just me being selfish because I like to watch the two shows a year I actually watch on television (as opposed to just buying them on DVD): LOST and HEROES.

Add to that the fact that the ideal world Olboj describes (one without the WGA and with all new unselfish writers) is impossible. Those new writers will eventually want more money, and they will need a union, and this will start all over again. The problem, though, is the new writer's would need to be adjusted, which would take a while. Sooner than later, however, the inexperienced will want those residuals that the WGA members requested. In the meantime, we would have some horrible movies and TV shows.



Then, of course, there is that generalization that, since there are so many bad movies, the majority of Hollywood writers are all hacks. Find, let's disband the WGA and forget about the great movies and writers. Oh, and while we are firing these writers for desiring a deal that rewards their importance to Hollywood, let's cancel every show on TV: the good ones and the bad. Seriously, you don't expect new writers to take over the shows that previous writers invested so much time in creating and developing? Sorry, but this plan is worthless.



The writer's are going to get what they deserved and the studios were reminded of how valuable writer's are to Hollywood. If the studios weren't so greedy, this would have ended long ago, but I hope that the selfishness of the studios caused them to lose some money, if only to punish them. I am glad OlBoj was not one of the negotiators. Then kind of mentality would have marked the end of Hollywood for more than just 4 months.

I'm glad it's over but the writers don't deserve a penny more then what they were getting.



Hollywood should have blackballed the entire WGA and hired new, non-unionized writers. Sure the writing would have been crap for a few years but we would never have this problem again after they weeded out the crap writers.



Fucking selfish writers putting other hard-working folks out of jobs. And NO, I'm not talking about the actors.

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.. the damage is done. Lost will be finished but Heroes, My Name Is Earl and Prison Break .... I don't think so. Hope to see them next season.

Battlestar Galactica will finally be finished!!!



Thank You Jebus!!!

wow, you all were very worried about Lost, apparently. not that i wasn't. i'm just as thankful. it's interesting though to see all this relief for Lost, but not very much for who knows how many other TV shows and films that were languishing under the strike's grim cloud.

From articles I've read at Lost fan sites, the writers said it would take 4-6 weeks to get the entire cast and crew together to start shooting again.



They also mentioned that there will DEFINITELY be at least 3-6 more episodes added to the 8 already shot. That would make the entire season 11-14 episodes out of the 16 they planned.



As far as the schedule goes, ABC is planning on extending the Lost season into late June. Granted, there may be one or two weeks we have to go without new episodes, but I think we can all agree it's a hell of a lot better than no Lost at all.



Lost fans should be especially thankful, considering most shows won't be airing new episodes until next season!

This news has made my day. And MovieManiac, if your words are true, then you've made my day even better.



Finally! strikes suck.

From articles I've read at Lost fan sites, the writers said it would take 4-6 weeks to get the entire cast and crew together to start shooting again.



They also mentioned that there will DEFINITELY be at least 3-6 more episodes added to the 8 already shot. That would make the entire season 11-14 episodes out of the 16 they planned.



As far as the schedule goes, ABC is planning on extending the Lost season into late June. Granted, there may be one or two weeks we have to go without new episodes, but I think we can all agree it's a hell of a lot better than no Lost at all.



Lost fans should be especially thankful, considering most shows won't be airing new episodes until next season!

Finally! I thought we'd never see the end of the strike. Anyway I agree with you 100%! I wanna 'get LOST' (corny, I know, but the line works)! C'mon and get us back on that island already!!

While I generally agree that Lost is the prime concern.



I also think 30 Rock and the Office are a close second, at least to me.

Who cares about movies? Finish up LOST Month 4, bitches! Now!



Oh, and Transformers 2, I guess. And any and all stalled Marvel movies. And maybe Heroes Volume 3 and 24 day 7.

I agree Mike, LOST should be their prime concern right now. :)

It's good to see this finally resolved. Thankfully, none of the films that really interested me for the coming years (08-09) were affected by this, save for Ridley Scott's NOTTINGHAM. Now, with the strike wrapping up, that project can get rolling again and give us at least one other summer film to anticipate besides WOLVERINE.