Nice take on the upcoming tv challenges

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Here we go again. Still recovering from a three-month writers' strike that crippled the TV and movie business, Hollywood is bracing for the possibility of another walkout, this time by the Screen Actors Guild, as early as June 30.

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Now it's official. Television will never recover from last fall's writer's strike. Too many of Pandora's boxes were opened.

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An excellent, well-written summary of the how the television industry is affected by the writers' strike. The scary part: people kept watching when the writers were no longer contributing.

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The Verdict on 'Canterbury's Law'

While other networks are scrambling to get their shows back into production after the writers' strike, Fox is taking advantage of the lull to debut some new series. Last week it was New Amsterdam. This week it's Canterbury's Law.

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Over the last few days, the tone of the Democratic contest seems to have shifted, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign more buoyant and Senator Barack Obama's more defensive.

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First show back with writers.

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Here's a story that's bound to bring a smile to your face (it did mine). During the protracted, agonizing Writer's Guild strike, at least one Hollywood scribe chose not to lounge by the pool and wait it out.

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One returning Hollywood writer asked, "Can anyone remember what we were working on three months ago?"

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Variety is reporting that the strike is indeed over. I think I speak for everyone at TV Squad when I say, "Yay!" to this news. The WGA West president announced that almost 93% of the guild members have voted in favor of lifting the strike.

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After 100 days, WGA members vote overwhelmingly to go back to work.

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Thank God the Writers' Strike is Over

I don't know how much longer I would've been able to take it.

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Is it Lights Out for Friday Night Lights?

Well it looks like we might have seen the last original episode ever of Friday Night Lights last Friday. And if you've had a chance to see this fine drama, you'd agree this news is a travesty.

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The strike could be over soon. In fact, it could be over on Tuesday when the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) finishes voting on the "tentative agreement" that was reached over the weekend.

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As showrunners flip on the lights and scribes once again occupy long-abandoned writers' rooms, network and studio execs are still figuring out what lives, what dies -- and when it all comes back. ABC got the ball rolling Monday, renewing nine series for fall in a post-strike pic …

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Possibly the Most Exciting 24 Hours in Television History

Everyone expected that the end of the WGA strike on Monday would lead to news about what the television stations planned to do with their spring programming, but nobody expected quite this level of urgency and intrigue.

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A strong running count to keep up to date on your favorite shows

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Honestly, is he kidding? If he thinks shows like American Gladiators and Terminator are cheap filler, he has an unrealistic grasp on what it takes to produce television these days

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At Last, the Strike Nears its End

Finally, the end of the writers strike is upon us. After several long months filled with the pain of having to watch our favorite shows die a premature death, one by one, there is hope that we might see the second halves of the non-reality based TV season.

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WGA leaders voted unanimously Sunday to endorse the proposed deal with studios, effectively ending the three month writers' strike that has crippled the television industry.

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Strike or no, Hayden Panettiere says we won't be getting any fresh Sylar, Hiro, Claire or Noah this spring.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders voting unanimously to ask members to decide on ratifying the contract and ending the walk

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The governing boards of the unions representing movie and television writers unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal.

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The Writers Guild of America leadership recommended Saturday that striking writers approve a contract offer from television networks and movie studios, signaling a likely -- but not immediate -- resolution to the crippling labor impasse.

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