David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Strike Update No. 3,287
The New York Times reports that although writers may be content with their new deal once it’s finally negotiated, a lot fewer of them will likely be enjoying its fruits:
“(E)ven as the sides were moving toward conciliation, many of those best-versed in the writers’ business were fretting that a more complicated, and perhaps less lucrative, future lies ahead. In interviews last week, lawyers and others — some of whom were granted anonymity to avoid derailing talks — cautioned that a post-strike world appeared likely to bring more imports from foreign television, diminished spending on expensive pilot episodes and even more reality programming.”
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal notes that anticipating an impending conclusion of the strike, producers are scrambling to get TV production up and running again:
“Even as the strike dragged on, TV studio and network executives had been making plans to spring back into action. Now they face tough decisions on each series: Whether to race back on the air with as many new episodes as possible before the traditional TV season ends in May; extend the shows into summer; delay them until fall; or cancel them altogether.
“In some instances, TV studios, fearing shortages of space and talent, are already booking directors and reserving studio and office space to shoot new episodes as quickly as possible, according to people familiar with the matter.
“Meanwhile, TV executives are facing a truncated development cycle for next season's new shows that could turn into a mad dash to lock down stars and shoot even a handful of pilots for next season at the same time as completing existing series.”
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Really? This was Strike Update No. 3,287? Somehow, it only felt like 3,286.
Posted by: A Casual Observer | February 4, 2008 8:38 PM