As Writersâ Strike Looms, Stakes Are Higher for TV Than Film
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Television writers wield considerable power over a television show, so much so that it often is not clear where their writing duties end and their producing duties begin.
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The Hollywood writer's strike has ended, but that leaves the question of when favorite shows will return to television
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Certain networks â some cable, some not â stepped in to fill the gap that âThe Sopranosâ left behind. And the writersâ strike enhances what was so good about the best-scripted shows of the year.
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The strike remains in effect until the governing boards of the two writersâ guilds gauge the sense of their membership on both coasts.
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As television and movie writers entered the third day of their strike against Hollywood producers, the walkout continued to complicate matters for the networks.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
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TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike
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LOS ANGELES  Â When the union representing Hollywood directors begins contract talks Saturday, striking TV and film writers will likely be calculating how a deal might affect them.
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As Hollywood's striking scribes ventured out to their picket lines over the last two months, it's been plain to see Â female writers are outnumbered by their male colleagues.
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With "American Idol" and Jay Leno back on the air in January, it may seem that all is right with television. But the industry is facing its worst labor crisis in two decades, a crippling writers strike that's reshaping the business of TV and threatening to permanently shift the viewing habits of millions of Americans.
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Talks resume in Hollywood to try to head off possible strike action by film and TV screenwriters.
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Hollywood writers finally returned  to work on Wednesday with a brighter future in new media but  facing uncertainty about whether their 14-week strike will cost  them lucrative TV work.
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Hollywood screenwriters went on strike Monday for the first time in 20 years, threatening the production of TV shows and films in the world capital of the entertainment industry.
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With a deal taking shape to end a  three-month walkout by Hollywood writers, the strike-hobbled  television industry is scrambling to get back on its feet and  salvage what remains of the broadcast season.
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As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.
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LOS ANGELES  - A day before Writers Guild of America members vote on whether to end their three-month strike, the broadcast networks on Monday began firming up their production plans.
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The Golden Globes could  become a forum for celebrities to speak out against the TV  networks and studios if the Hollywood writers strike is not  settled by the January 13 ceremony.