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    Surprised I haven't seen a thread about this, but we're on spotty internet until ours gets hooked up so I apologize if I missed it... but for those who haven't heard, they cancelled the Globes this year due to the writers' strike. They'll still be mailing the awards to the winners, they just won't have a ceremony. Sucks for the winners.

    This writers' strike is fucking up everything. Do y'all think they'll have the Oscars?

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    I just want my Heroes back, durnit!

    But i gotta admit, i support the writers.

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    ^ I feel the same way, except insert "Battlestar Galactica" and "Mad Men" and Big Love". Its been rumored that the fourth and final season of BSG may be affected, so this makes me worry for the other two, too. But yes, sticking it to the man definitely has to take priority.
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    I support their strike, but man, do I want my cartoons! Family Guy, The Simpsons, King of The Hill.

    I feel like a goober.

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    Right now I just want both sides to pull their heads out of their asses.

    The writers' demands that they made were just outrageous and nowhere near the ballpark of what any sane person would expect a compromise to be at. Sure there's the "aim higher than you think you'll get tactic", but that was just ridiculous.

    Plus they won't really sit down and talk about it. Both sides would rather make public awareness videos when in reality it doesn't matter at all what the public thinks.

    Instead of sitting down and talking it out they are running pointless ad campaigns geared towards people who have no say whatsoever in the outcome of the negotiations. Not to mention the total losses the strike has caused are already OVER the amount the Writers Guild was hoping to get out of the deal, so they are already in the negative over the whole thing.

    Not to mention that notices have already gone out at studios informing workers that there is a high probability of layoffs very soon. Its just getting out of hand and quite frankly both sides are pissing me off with how they are acting.
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    ^Agreed. As much as I love Food Network, I do crave other entertainment once I'm full. And this is throwing cogs into 2008 new shows, too! Shows that may be so awesome (Dollhouse) that our very lives are bereft, unknown to us, without them! I must know what I'm missing in the 2008 fall lineup!

    Work it out, people!


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    Aww i love the globes. I was looking forward to the best and worst dressed lists. They won't cancel the Oscars will they??



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    This news depresses me. I adore those awards shows.

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    I care not about the award shows...I just want my shows back. SO both sides better stop stonewalling and get shit done already.It isnt benifiting EITHER side for this to go on so long...no less the viewing public

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    I concur. I need new episodes of House M.D.
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    I am with Madcap when it comes to wanting Heroes back, personally. And what about all of those episodes of Lost they haven't finished yet?

    Ugh. Stupid strikes.

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    This is the ONLY good thing about being seasons behind on all US shows.
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    The world is a sad, sad place when they have to revive American Gladiators.

    Bring back the writers!



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    Quote Originally Posted by aussiebelle View Post
    This is the ONLY good thing about being seasons behind on all US shows.
    Yeah I know! I didn't even know the shows had stopped playing in America! What are they playing now? Reruns? They don't have a month or so worth of backup episodes?

    Man, this is gonna hit us in two years. :/


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    Quote Originally Posted by RoseWhite View Post
    ^ I feel the same way, except insert "Battlestar Galactica" and "Mad Men" and Big Love". Its been rumored that the fourth and final season of BSG may be affected, so this makes me worry for the other two, too. But yes, sticking it to the man definitely has to take priority.
    WHAT?!!! Not my Battlestar Galactica, I will seriously die

    This has gone on too long, they need to work something out cuz I'm gettting really bored with Reality TV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hardkandee View Post
    The world is a sad, sad place when they have to revive American Gladiators.

    Bring back the writers!
    I loved the original American Gladiators!

    The new one is pretty good so far as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    Man, this is gonna hit us in two years. :/
    I think you'll be okay. They don't have to show all the reruns. Assuming the strike ends eventually, they'll just show the new episodes as if the strike never happened.

    I don't really watch awards shows, but it does suck for the winners.
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    Im glad i missed a few weeks, when the new episodes of Greys and Ugly Betty came on tonight I wonderd why I ever watched them, they are really stupid and predictable. But i love the new Cashmere Mafia and I too am missing me some Heroes and Big Love...oh and DIRT and the Riches. I watch too much tv, thank goodness for my beloved DVR.


    I also watch Crowned: the mother of all pagents. Not b/c it's good but b/c one of the girls used to strip at my club and I like to see how she does, its a cheesy ass show though I am suprised she did it.

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    Well the Colbert Report and The Daily Show are back, right?

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    Why do they need the writers? Hell why not just say "In the category of... the winner is ..." have a few music breaks and that is it?

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    ^^^ It's not that, it's that the writers will picket and disrupt everything outside and the producers know the media will cover that. They don't want the bad publicity so they're just not going to have the ceremony. They tried to get the writers to agree to leave the ceremony alone, but the writers refused, so no Golden Globes this year.

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    Bill Maher said a little piece about the writer's strike on his show last night....He did say it's too bad for them to be striking RIGHT NOW because they'd love a crack at some of the current events.

    I'm pro-union but gahhh, I didn't think TV could get any worse. I wuz wrong!

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    The new season of Gray's Anatomy has yet to start over here is all I have to say... same with the new season of LOST... so I'm fine


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    Sadly, if the history of other public labor strikes mean anything, the longer this strike goes on (say like those pro sports leagues), or the more its seen as a means to inconvenience everyone (airline employees, ATC's), the less sympathy the viewing public is going to have with the labor side. Although I admit in this case, a lot of the labor aren't making cushy six and seven digit salaries.

    Honest to God, I wish they'd do all award shows this way. And while I miss the few shows I was watching, I've simply found this to be yet another excuse to find something more engaging to do than watch television.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    ^^^ It's not that, it's that the writers will picket and disrupt everything outside and the producers know the media will cover that. They don't want the bad publicity so they're just not going to have the ceremony. They tried to get the writers to agree to leave the ceremony alone, but the writers refused, so no Golden Globes this year.

    Ohhhhhhhhh, oh well then nevermind, ignore my comment.

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