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derry667
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The concessions that the WGA writers are asking for are not that much -- a slightly higher percentage of DVD receipts, and minor royalties off new media like Internet downloads. I don't want to downplay the contributions of all the other people involved in the production of a TV show, and perhaps this is just my inner writer talking, but I really see the writing staff as the backbone of TV and movies; without them, there are no stories.
If the networks can whip up a bunch of unscripted reality TV to replace the scripted shows, and if the fans are willing to accept that and watch the cheaply produced reality shows in place of well-written, carefully plotted shows like SPN, everyone loses -- the TV writers and the fans.
A lot of people don't watch reality TV anyway (and I'm one of them). But for those on the fence, the very least we can do to encourage a quick end to the strike and to get our favorite shows back into production is to show the networks that we aren't willing to accept cheap substitutes. We want our shows back and we shouldn't settle for anything less.
derry667Details at the link (click on banner).
The concessions that the WGA writers are asking for are not that much -- a slightly higher percentage of DVD receipts, and minor royalties off new media like Internet downloads. I don't want to downplay the contributions of all the other people involved in the production of a TV show, and perhaps this is just my inner writer talking, but I really see the writing staff as the backbone of TV and movies; without them, there are no stories.
If the networks can whip up a bunch of unscripted reality TV to replace the scripted shows, and if the fans are willing to accept that and watch the cheaply produced reality shows in place of well-written, carefully plotted shows like SPN, everyone loses -- the TV writers and the fans.
A lot of people don't watch reality TV anyway (and I'm one of them). But for those on the fence, the very least we can do to encourage a quick end to the strike and to get our favorite shows back into production is to show the networks that we aren't willing to accept cheap substitutes. We want our shows back and we shouldn't settle for anything less.