WGA strike
Number of episodes left for your favorite shows
The Ausiello Report is keeping an updated list of what episode are still left to be shown of your favorite television series. It totally makes me sad that 30 Rock is now at zero, but there are many others as well. Enjoy the list, or don’t enjoy it…but either way, here is your update on [...] Continue →
Will Scrubs never have a proper finale?
It’s been tossed around a lot during the Writer’s Strike, but it seems like the longer it gets, the more real the thought becomes. If the strike doesn’t conclude soon, there wont be any more writing done on shows this season and they’ll end up coming back sometime in the fall starting fresh. Except for [...] Continue →
David Letterman shaves off his beard
The David Letterman beard fiasco didn’t last too long, as he had two people come on the show last night to shave off that monstrous thing. Conan O’Brien however still has his beard and there is no word on if he’ll be shaving it or not. Likely he’d still keep it since his writer’s are [...] Continue →
Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel to appear on each other’s shows
In the wake of David Letterman and Craig Ferguson returning to late night with an agreement already in place with the Writer’s Guild, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel are desperate for ratings, so they are going to appear on each other’s shows as guests. This late night stuff has been so fascinating to me. First [...] Continue →
Sunday Bites for January 6th
Every week there are a ton of links I find no time to write about, so here they all are in a brief, bulleted format. WGA signs deal with United Artists The strike is starting to really make headway as first Dave Letterman and now United Artists have made direct agreements with the WGA. The [...] Continue →
The Golden Globes to go on without actors or writing
There was a lot of speculation that the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards would be canceled this year because A) they have no writers and B) they may not get Hollywood stars who are supporting the writers. Yahoo however is reporting that NBC says “the show MUST go on!” and that it will air as [...] Continue →
Help the WGA writers by purchasing cool stuff on auction
Fans4Writers.com has a pretty cool thing going on over there to help raise money for the writers out there who are on strike and not making any cash. They have an auction going on right now of a bunch of cool stuff, with all the proceeds going to the writers. You can see the thermometer [...] Continue →
Mike Huckabee crosses picket lines for Jay Leno
Talk about a slight blunder on the part of Mike Huckabee, a GOP hopeful, he apparently has a staff that doesn’t read this blog, or any blog or any news site to actually keep their candidate informed on what is going on in the world. Huckabee crossed WGA picket lines Wednesday afternoon to be on [...] Continue →
The Conan O’Brien beard is a hot topic
So back in November I posted a little blog about Conan O’Brien and linked to a video that was pretty hilarious and showed that him and his staff were all growing “strike” beards in solidarity with the Writer’s Guild. Conan O’Brien’s beard has become a hot topic this week, maybe it’s because he’s returning to [...] Continue →
David Letterman’s first guest in 2008: Robin Williams
Ah, good old David Letterman. He’s my favorite late night guy on right now and he finally returns with new episodes tonight. His company, World Wide Pants, made a direct agreement with the Writer’s Guild of America that gives them their own writers back. Update: If you are interested in Letterman’s strike beard, check out [...] Continue →