As of Monday the Writers Guild Association went on strike. Not only does this affect the writers themselves, it affects networks, actors, comedians, advertisers and viewers. But the question is does main stream middle America give a crap? Do we really care if the writers, who already pull in close to 6 figures, sometimes more, receive more money for DVD and online residuals? Does it really mean anything to us?
And here it is folks: TV programming sucks! There is no innovation, there is nothing that catches the imagination anymore. What do we talk about over the water cooler? Dancing with the Stars?! I mean come on, this is total rubbish.
Don't get me wrong I am an avid TV watcher, I will watch bad TV all day long, but if the writers go on strike and I am watching reruns, is there really a difference? Everything is a rerun of shows past, nothing is original anymore, even the "reality TV" seems copied. Every show seems familiar and poorly written anyways, so why do we care?
Maybe this will force the networks to take a long hard look at their programming, advertisers will back out, everyone will lose money and they will have to start from scratch. Maybe this will start a sort of grass roots TV movement, going back to innovative writing again.
I mean if the writers strike long enough there may be no shows to go back to, then they will really have to put on their "thinking caps" and give us something good to pay for, instead of the mindless drivel we've had to put up with for the last few years.
So I ask you again fine readers, do we really care if there is a strike? Will reruns be any different from the "grade A television" we've been forced to watch thus far?
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Your analysis was good. However, I have to say I love to watch reruns and if that is something that is going to happen since the writes are on strike than I say good for me. With the writes on strike we viewers are going to have to sit back and brace ourselves for some other type of entertainment. If produces and writes don’t come to some type of agreement, this can mean bad business for a lot of businesses. For now, we loyal fans are going to have to sit back and just wait for this strike to end before we get to watch our favorite shows.
I enjoyed your analysis of the writers strike. I do not think we fall behind during the strike, we are only put on hold as the story lines can't possibly jump while the reruns are aired. This is a good time to get caught up on some good books and possibly a play or two.
I like your analysis. I am a fan of the old television shows like I Love Lucy so I'm already watching re-runs. If I get tired of the re-runs I will listen to music. This good be a good thing maybe without new television shows to watch more people will start having more family time.
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