Entertainment Web sites want writers and audiences alike to know that the Internet isn’t just for TV reruns and film downloads. And with the writers strike forcing many productions to shut down, many sites see opportunity. Here’s a sampling of sites that relate to the strike or offer alternatives to now-in-reruns TV. (Some of these sites use strong language.)
“The Office is Closed” features actors and writers from the hit NBC comedy “The Office,” on which production has shut down. You can find it on YouTube by searching for the title.
MyDamnChannel features work from performers such as comedian Harry Shearer, the voice of several characters on the “The Simpsons,” and David Wain, a founder of the comedy show “The State” on MTV.
Some A-list actors have even joined the effort and appeared in the strike-related Web series “Speechless,” where Sean Penn, Ed Asner and others demonstrate the helplessness of actors without a script.
Even the strike itself has gone virtual. MySpace members can join a virtual picket line.
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