Good news! The strike is over and we're ready for a clean start.
Sort of ready. It's unclear how things will unfold at work. Will we be inundated with scripts? Will they trickle in? Which shows will continue and which will fold either for the rest of the season or forever?
We are pretty certain that the CSIs will be back. I work on CSI: Miami. But rumor has it that Bionic Woman is down for the count. And shows whose episodes are not so self-contained, that have a 22 to 24-episode plot arc (like, say, Desperate Housewives) will have to decide whether they can do the same in an abbreviated number of episodes or if they will wait until fall to continue.
I think most of us at work have mixed feelings. We're glad it's over and glad that the business remained viable. But also a little sad to see the end of our days of personal freedom and low stress.
Now the goal will be to not become completely stressed out.
In honor of the passing of Roy Scheider (1932-2008), please enjoy a 30-second reenactment of Jaws performed by bunnies. [Thanks for the tip, Toronto!]
The clown lives above Braveheart's kitchen sink. I stayed over after last night's much-needed writing group meeting. We wrote together. There's little that satisfies more than delighting people you respect, and we all did that for each other with last night's timed writing.
4 comments:
Love those bunnies lol
I'm glad the strike is over. Was it worth it? I haven't read up yet on what sort of deal was struck.
Hammer... They're great, huh!
LA... I heard on NPR that there is this nasty little loophole that says that they get a percentage of New Media profits, but that they are guestimating that NM will bring in a max of $40,000 per showing, which means the writers will get a few hundred dollars. I think, just as an interested observer, that the big deal is that the WGA is supposed to get to look at the networks' books regarding profits for the next three years and that discussions will continue in three years.
That said, it's notoriously easy for entertainment companies to show no profit.
If anyone ever offers you a movie deal based on your blog, go for a percentage of the gross, NOT the net. ;)
tee hee k
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