Writers strike is a party-pooper
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Forget Oscar weather  vane. The thing the Golden Globes might be best known for --  the parties -- are in jeopardy. With less than a week before  the January 13 awards show, no invitations had been sent for  any of the bashes.
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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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So what if the script writers are on strike? This Super Bowl story line had something for everybody:
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NEW YORK  Â Life without writers could be a slog for Jay Leno Â and a no-frills affair for his viewers. But his fans may not care. Oddly enough, NBC's "Tonight Show" wasn't markedly different from a typical night before the writers strike began two months ago.
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A contingency plan is drawn up for the Oscars ceremony as the writers' strike continues.
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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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The office halls are decked, so it&#39;s time for the holiday party, that sitcom land of egg nog, tipsy co-workers and family stress.
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Despite the Hollywood writers' strike, the big TV networks have more than a hundred episodes of scripted series ready to roll out over the next few months. The bad news for viewers: Few are fan favorites.
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With the office suitably perverted, and staff uninspired and bitter, Screwpole is for once pleased The Project Manager is completely unable to explain why his staff are behaving so miserably (unaware that the stifling office environment is sucking all the enjoyment and creativity out of the team) and is resorting to micromanagement to sort things out. Bad move â his team is a mixed bunch, some more capable than others and the PMâs directorial approach is making some of them resentfulâ¦â¦
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Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.
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New research from MindShare  concludes that the writers strike, which began in November, is  beginning to take a serious toll on TV viewing behavior.
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WASHINGTON  - Lawmakers are taking a more active role in the Writers Guild of America strike. A group of California Democrats led by the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee has accused two network chiefs of dragging their feet.
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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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Suppose you threw a party and no-one came? Intel has put the streamers out, the sandwiches have had the crusts cut off and the punch bowl is full.
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It's the Internet's fault that the writers had to go on strike, so surely the Internet will come through in our moment of need and satisfy our hunger for pre-crafted dialogue. That's only fair, right?
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As the Hollywood writers' strike threatens to disrupt the 50th annual Grammy telecast, some in the music industry are befuddled, frustrated and even resentful.