Hey, everyone hear about the writers' strike? From what I gather, Grey's is stopping production after the 11th episode this season!

Have you heard any more about the strike? I try to follow it when I can, but I have limited access to computer and newspapers. I hope the Union can get what they want. Writers are underrated and underappreciated, in my opinion.

I seriously can't hear the word strike anymore (I'm probably going on a strike pretty soon, it's the only thing they talk about at school because students all over the country are on a strike) and I hate it when the writers are on one, hope they solve it soon!

“As the WGA strike begins its fourth week, I’ve been told some positive news about today’s resumption of contract talks between the writers and the producers. So positive, in fact, that I’m almost fearful to post it. But here goes: a very reliable source tells me that there appears to be a deal seemingly in place between both sides.”

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I'm afraid I'm jinxing it...but I have hope!

I hope they get things straightened out. SOON.

Nope. No deal :( They negotiated and all that jazz, but there hasn't been anything worked out YET.

maybe this is just some horrible joke they're playing on us! :rolleyes:

I WISH it was! There are only TWO new episodes left! :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob:

I thought there was only 1?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?Isnt the last epi supposed to air on dec.6th?

Nope. Entertainment Weekly had a thing a couple weeks ago that said only 3 more, and last week was a repeat, so now there's only 2 :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob:

*cries*

How can we go from 27 epis to just 11?! HOW WILL WE SURVIVE?!?

*cries more*

*is sobbing* I DON'T KNOW! NO NEW ONES! But, that's what DVDs are for! Learning all the dialogue before the writers come back :P

:sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! EPISODE 11 ISN'T GONNA AIR TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!! THIS WEEK IS THE LAST NEW ONE TILL '08!!!!!!!!! :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob:

CBS won a repeat-laden Thursday night ratings battle amid the ongoing writers strike, with Survivor: China rising to the top in total viewers and adults 18-49.

Both 9 p.m. heavyweights - Grey’s Anatomy (which aired the Season 4 premiere, “A Change is Gonna Come“) and CSI, were in repeats, as was NBC’s The Office.

So it was Survivor: China (13.8 million, 4.5 rating/12 share in adults 18-49) that was the most-watched program of the night, according to Nielsen Media Research.

CBS therefore won 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., thanks to a repeat CSI (12.3 million, 3.4/8) as NBC’s ER (8.6 million, 3.4/9) split 10 p.m. with Without a Trace (9.9, 2.5/7).



Meanwhile, it appears that the brief hope that the Writers Guild of America strike may be nearing its conclusion has been dashed for now, as the writers were both swift and vehement in rejecting the latest proposal from the studios.

As a result of the ongoing strike, numerous sources are reporting that Episode 11 of Season Four of Grey’s Anatomy (the next new episode, “Crash Into Me, Part II” is #10) will not air until early next year, rather than in two weeks, December 13, its originally scheduled air date. We apologize for our reporting error.

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That from greysanatomyinsider.com?

yea

they better figure things out soon!

THEY BETTER OR I'LL FLIP! Reruns? What are we gonna DOOOO?

They should just let US write the new episodes...they would be so awesome.

UH…YEAH! On-call room, here we come!

i haven't seen any new plans....

Eight months ago, Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America West, sketched out what could have been a script for the collision that wrecked talks between Hollywood’s producers and striking writers on Friday.

Verrone described the looming negotiations with employers as a confrontation much grander than a fight over pay formulas. This would be about respect.

Writers, he said, were looking to restore a sense of leverage and status that had been lost many years ago as ever-larger corporations began taking control of the entertainment business. He described Hollywood as teetering on the brink of a dark age, as far as creative types were concerned.

“I think if they could do this business without us, they would, and so making our task as mechanical and simple and low-paying and unartistic as possible,” Verrone said.

The solution, he added, was to squeeze the corporations that own the studios, in an effort to represent the legion of writers on reality and animated shows that the guild had not organized through sign-up drives.

“There are things we can ask for in bargaining that will allow you to reach up to the mother ship and then back down into the nonunion company,” he said.

On Friday night, five weeks into the writers’ strike that now promises to drag on well into the new year, seriously complicating plans for this TV season and the next, and opening the door to a tube filled with reality TV shows and other substitutes, it became clear that Verrone & Co. were serious when they talked about a revolution.


Advocates of a strike settlement stage their own protest.

After days of haggling over complicated formulas for Internet pay, the latest round of talks blew up over the deeper issues that had until now been buried.

Accusing the guild of pursuing “an ideological mission far removed from the interests of its members,” the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expressed outrage over continuing demands of the writers not strictly related to pay.

These points include requests for jurisdiction over the individuals who write for reality TV shows and animated movies; for oversight of the fair-market value of company transactions that may affect writer pay; and ending a no-strike clause that prevents members from honoring picket lines of other unions once a contract is reached.

Continue reading in the New York Times

Grey’s Anatomy Cast Joins Picketing Writers Again

Even without a script to guide, the Grey’s Anatomy cast generated plenty of drama Wednesday when they showed up once again to support striking writers picketing outside the fabled Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles.

Stars Katherine Heigl, who plays Dr. Izzie Stevens, T.R. Knight, who plays her on-screen love interest Dr. George O’Malley, and Sara Ramirez, who plays George’s estranged wife Dr. Callie Torres, posed for pictures and gave interviews.



Sara Ramirez, T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl on the picket line.

Even former cast member Isaiah Washington showed up. Washington, who played Dr. Preston Burke, was not asked back to the show in June amid tension that began and quickly escalated when he allegedly used a slur in reference to T.R. Knight and then used the word again during a Golden Globes appearance.

Isaiah Washington has since apologized, met with gay leaders and checked into rehab, and the actor appeared on NBC’s Bionic Woman earlier this fall.

His presence underscored the symbolism of “Diversity Day” in which writers and actors who are gay or minorities were specifically asked to appear on the picket line.

Grey’s Anatomy creator and writer Shonda Rhimes, considered one of the most powerful black women in Hollywood, was among those picketing at Paramount.

Isaiah Washington denied there were problems with his former co-workers. He later posed for a photo with another Grey’s Anatomy star, Justin Chambers.

“They’re former castmates. I’ve been in over 25 movies, I have lots of former castmates,” the actor said.



Justin Chambers and Isaiah Washington on the picket line.

The Grey’s Anatomy cast members joined fellow actors Rex Lee from Entourage, Amy Brenneman of Private Practice, Motorcycle Diaries screenwriter Jose Rivera, and other cast and crew from CSI Miami, Cold Case, The Shield and Bionic Woman to support the television and screenwriters in their six-week strike.

The writers are negotiating their payments for work shown on the Internet. Talks broke off last week when the writers walked away from the bargaining table.

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Wooowww... Burke's there....

Rehab? That's like, the solution for ANYTHING if you're a celebrity!

they will end season four early but will there still be season five?

This isn't directly about the WGA but I thought it was interesting. and good to hear!!!

"This isn’t a direct Grey’s Anatomy news bit, but it does have a very direct impact on our favorite show so I thought I’d let you guys know that the DGA (Directors Guild of America) seems to have reached a “tentative agreement on the terms of its new contract” which means that if the deal goes through it’s very likely that the WGA will drop the picketing signs and agree to something along the same lines.

So far negotiations with the writers have been pretty stagnant ever since the studios walked out of the December 7th sitdown.

Looks like the DGA worked out a deal under which members would receive monetary compensation for TV episodes online, which is mainly what the WGA has been fighting for anyway.

Let’s hope that this DGA deal goes through and that it means good things for the WGA as well. It’d be nice to get our writers back to writing our favorite shows. I’m sure they’d also like to go back to receiving some paychecks, too."

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Lets hope that the WGA negotiates well too!!! :) :)

O, Please let's!

I hope it's over soon!

Oh please let them figure something out like NOW-ish!

I say we all go picket the picketing writerrs!

I'll make up the signs!!! Meet you there in LA!

At dawn, we PICKET! :)

Informal Talks Set For Writers Guild, Studio Executives
By PETER SANDERS
January 21, 2008 3:28 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- In the latest effort to end the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike, the leadership of the Writers Guild of America's West Coast branch will meet informally Tuesday with two top studio executives to discuss the framework of a return to the bargaining table, according to people familiar with the matter.

The meeting between WGA West President Patric Verrone, Executive Director David Young and Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Co. and Peter Chernin, president of News Corp., comes less than a week after the Directors Guild of America agreed to a tentative three-year contract with the major movie studios and broadcast networks. The DGA deal was struck after less than a week of formal negotiations. As a precursor to that contract, Messrs. Iger and Chernin spent a few months with DGA leaders to iron out the ground rules of the negotiations.

For the nearly 12,500 striking members of the WGA, Tuesday's scheduled meeting could be the first sign of a thaw between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the major studios. The WGA went on strike Nov. 5 after talks broke down between the union and the AMPTP largely over issues surrounding how to compensate writers for use of their work on the Internet and via other forms of New Media. The two sides met again briefly in early December, but talks again collapsed on Dec. 7. No talks have been held since. The WGA contract expired Oct. 31.

Spokesmen for the WGA and the AMPTP had no comment.

As it has in the past, the directors negotiated a new contract months before their current deal expired on June 30. That, in turn, has put tremendous pressure on the WGA to closely examine the directors' deal and decide whether it's a deal that could be acceptable to its members. If the writers do not reach a new deal with the major studios in the coming weeks, it's possible that they could remain on strike through June, when the Screen Actors Guild contract also expires.

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cross my fingers.....

Wishin' and Hopin'!

Writer's Strike Update

Finally, in the third month of a bitter strike by TV and screen writers, there's something in the air.

"I think that there's a cautious optimism out there right now," one writer told CBS News correspondent Sandra Hughes. "The general mood is pretty hopeful," said another.

The Writers Guild and the studios have started talking again, the ice broken after the Directors Guild reached a deal first.

At the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, industry observers say time is running out, because the actor's contract is expiring soon. And if they strike, too?

"That would really bring the industry into a state of full-on civil war, entertainment attorney Jonathan Handel tells CBS News, "if the strike doesn't settle by the Oscars, we're facing a potential nightmare scenario."

There has been softening on both sides. The writers have given up demanding jurisdiction over reality shows and animation. The studios, in talks with directors, gave in on new media, doubling the fee when movies and shows are bought online - a good sign to many writers.

"I think this is the time when the deal will be made," said Matt Weiner, executive producer of the drama "Mad Men". "I think everyone feels that."

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AHHHHH! I hope something gets settled *looks hopeful*

Please let it be over soon......

What a wonderful smiley!