Television: Sidelined by the Strike, Comedy Goes Online
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While the writersâ strike dealt a devastating blow to the entertainment industry, it has also imbued the nascent medium of Web-based comedy videos with a new vitality.
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The boom in online video has started to  reduce the hours people spend watching television, a survey  said on Monday.
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During the dot-com boom, people who didn't want to miss out on the Web and e-mail craze but didn't want to buy a real computer could get WebTV, which delivered the Internet through the warm, friendly glow of their TV sets.
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The creative minds behind such TV shows as "Thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching a Web-based show, hoping to find the artistic freedom online that they say is lacking on broadcast networks.
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Media consumers have been watching the writersâ strike from the sidelines, but they might take notice if the awards season is replaced by marches and pickets.
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No more writers on picket lines. No more network TV bosses scrambling for replacement shows. But enough about them. What about us? Two simple questions prey on every viewer's mind: When will my favorite scripted programs be back with new episodes? And, WILL my favorite shows be back?
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In one of the first  major TV deals since the Hollywood writers strike ended last  Tuesday, ABC has ordered a comedy pilot from the creators of  "Will & Grace."
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Arts & entertainment: Strike which has paralysed the entertainment industry could end as early as the weekend
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Hulu, a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC, began testing the delivery of TV shows online Monday including some of the most popular programs on American television.
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The writersâ strike forced hosts like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to improvise more than most viewers probably know.
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Cyberspace just got a  little funnier with the launch of http://www.DailyComedy.com,  where professional comics can post up-to-the-minute material  poking fun at the physical world.
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See you on Monday? With a chance that the Hollywood writersâ strike could be settled soon, television producers have already started to say just that.
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NBC is mulling  broadcasting Friday night rehearsal sessions of "Saturday Night  Live" on the Internet.
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By Molly Willow, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 13--Hope you don't have plans next week: Your television needs you.
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Viewership drops, and networks aren't able to deliver on advertisers' expectations. But will the strike be settled soon?
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The Emmy-winning producers of Thirtysomething take their latest project online after TV networks fail to pick it up.
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As I said above I'm glued to the TV, but I'm also on Twitter, and blogging, and email, and IM and I'm subscribed to hundreds of RSS feeds, and I've been noticing that slowly the TV news organizations are integrating new Internet services with their TV offerings. They're all getting started, and eventually I'm pretty sure they'll be where Yahoo is now. The thing is, it works. For example, newmediajim is a cameraman for NBC News and he's on Twitter and sometimes I'm watching the other side of his camera on MSNBC and twittering with him before and after. A guy named creepsleepy is a radio guy in Manchester, interviewing presidential candidates, wouldn't it be great if I could listen to his interviews while he twitters his progress? Well, there's no doubt that soon we'll be doing that. We're finally really at the convergence so many have predicted for so long. With the help of a few members of the community Yahoo can get there first. BTW, I read on the NY Times site that Yahoo is going to open up more to developers. Hmmm. If you want to impress end-users and shareholders run it in MSM. If you want to get through to developers, use the developer blogs. Let us have the story first, otherwise you don't seem very serious about it.