Hollywood writers and producers broke off contract talks without a new deal, allowing their pact to expire at midnight, making a strike more likely.No new talks were scheduled for Thursday as the writers will meet that night to plan their next move. A walkout has not been mentioned, and sources expect it will be a week before that action occurs.
At stake is the revenue and payment to writers from the sale of DVDs and interweb sales. They feel the current rate is too low and do not want to see the same figures applied to new media and digital enterprises...and therein lies the rub.
The crafty producers prepared for a strike by writers and stockpiled dozens of movie scripts, while TV shows have enough scripts or completed shows in hand to last until early next year. It's believed that networks would turn to reality shows, news programs and reruns to fill the prime-time airwaves, but their late-night programs wouldn't fare as well as they are more topically driven.
If a strike occurs, I will gladly cross the line and help keep Hollywood moving along. The thought of more reality shows with web-skanks like Tila Tequila or trollop-voyeurism of Kim "Fat Junk" Kardashian makes me want to drop my rate just to keep the airwaves fully programmed.
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