For those who watch TV, here's a list of the affected shows (pulled from Wiki)
Late night comedy shows such as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Last Call with Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report and Saturday Night Live have begun airing reruns immediately.
Mid-season shows, such as 24, Dirt and The Riches, began production after most other TV shows, so they have completed fewer episodes to date. As a result, there will be fewer episodes to air for each of these shows. There is also the possibility that 24 may not even air the episodes that are finished, due to the show's long-standing practice of airing non-stop full seasons. ABC will have to make a decision regarding whether to air Lost as a non-stop full season after the strike is resolved, or air the few episodes that are finished while putting the rest of the unfinished season on an indefinite hiatus.
For shows without full-season pickups such as Moonlight and Cane, production on the first batch of shows has been completed.
Production for Heroes: Origins has been postponed as a result of the strike.
Though seven scripts are in for ABC series Cashmere Mafia, the network has delayed the show's premiere date from the original late November premiere.
Scrubs may not be able to air a series finale as only 12 of its 18 order episodes have been written.
NBC is considering airing the original British version of The Office in place of the American version.
The strike does not affect reality shows such as American Idol, whose episodes are unscripted, or news programs, whose writers belong to a different guild. However, CBS News and CBS's locally owned and operated station news operations are currently subject to a different strike action by WGA which may be authorized November 15, as CBS News writers under WGA have been without a contract with the network since April 2005.
Soap operas such as All My Children, As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, and The Young and the Restless have scripts written through January 2008. Guiding Light has an additional month of scripts, so it should air new episodes until February 2008.
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Late night comedy shows such as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Last Call with Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report and Saturday Night Live have begun airing reruns immediately.
Mid-season shows, such as 24, Dirt and The Riches, began production after most other TV shows, so they have completed fewer episodes to date. As a result, there will be fewer episodes to air for each of these shows. There is also the possibility that 24 may not even air the episodes that are finished, due to the show's long-standing practice of airing non-stop full seasons. ABC will have to make a decision regarding whether to air Lost as a non-stop full season after the strike is resolved, or air the few episodes that are finished while putting the rest of the unfinished season on an indefinite hiatus.
For shows without full-season pickups such as Moonlight and Cane, production on the first batch of shows has been completed.
Production for Heroes: Origins has been postponed as a result of the strike.
Though seven scripts are in for ABC series Cashmere Mafia, the network has delayed the show's premiere date from the original late November premiere.
Scrubs may not be able to air a series finale as only 12 of its 18 order episodes have been written.
NBC is considering airing the original British version of The Office in place of the American version.
The strike does not affect reality shows such as American Idol, whose episodes are unscripted, or news programs, whose writers belong to a different guild. However, CBS News and CBS's locally owned and operated station news operations are currently subject to a different strike action by WGA which may be authorized November 15, as CBS News writers under WGA have been without a contract with the network since April 2005.
Soap operas such as All My Children, As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, and The Young and the Restless have scripts written through January 2008. Guiding Light has an additional month of scripts, so it should air new episodes until February 2008.