ABC slashes development slate in response to strike
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ABC on Thursday became  the latest network to trim its 2008-09 program development  slate, citing the effects of the writers' strike on this year's  pilot season.
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Under pressure from former   President Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party, ABC scrambled   on Friday to make 11th-hour changes to a miniseries suggesting   he was inattentive to the Islamic militant threat that led to   the September 11 attacks.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation will slash about 2,900 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its staff, in one of the biggest shake-ups in its 82 year history.
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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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Arts & entertainment: Strike which has paralysed the entertainment industry could end as early as the weekend
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Hollywood studios said Friday that striking writers have now lost more in salary and benefits than they had hoped to gain by walking off the job.  In the message posted on its Web site and YouTube, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Produc...
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Commerce One and Manugistics cut staff, as software makers grapple with industry upheaval.
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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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Three days in, the  writers strike is hitting television hard as schedules are  juggled, producer deals suspended, productions shut down and  layoffs announced.
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By The Associated Press  ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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UPN is adding "Cuts" to its midseason schedule.
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Under the heading &quot;strange bedfellows,&quot; a staunch critic of the networks yesterday came to the defense of ABC, whose airing of last night&#39;s &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; was boycotted by a handful of affiliates.
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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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A&E Network is crossing the picket line for "Gays on Strike."
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Hollywood's television pilot season, when networks develop and test most new programs, is in a tailspin with writers on strike putting billions of advertising dollars at risk.
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Online giant Yahoo Inc. has hired a former ABC television programmer to head its media and entertainment division. Lloyd Braun, who was behind shows such as ``The Sopranos&#39;&#39; on HBO and ``Lost
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The writersâ strike has upset the natural order of television, and late-night talk shows did not set it right.