Alright. It's been awhile since I've posted anything. So here we go. I'm sure you know that a couple weeks ago the Writers Guild of America began they're strike and since then a sleu of popular (and not so popular) television shows have been put on hold leaving the tv grid packed full of their reruns. Initally this only affected late night shows like The Colbert Report, Late Show with David Letterman, and Saturday Night Live. Primetime shows like 24 and Kid Nation continue to air because production for the season is complete or partially completed.
I wasn't too bothered by this because I'm not really a big tv viewer and only watch (Tivo) a handful of shows (Dexter, Weeds, The Office, Heroes, and Scrubs; okay there's more but let's not get too personal). I wasn't bothered until now. Today an L.A. Times article was sent out at work that shows what the writers' strike holds for television programming in the coming months and new year. Production for several prime time shows have been or will be shut down leaving their seasons incomplete and fans hanging. This includes The Office (only 9 or 10 of 30 will be complete and and the finale season of Scrubs (12 of 18 will be complete). Get the full list here.
So now I'm a little dissappointed. But in a way this was also good news. Why? I work at a search engine marketing company and one of our clients is an american television network (guess which one). So while most seasons for shows are in limbo this may (hopefully) drive traffic to the(ir) websites. Why? Some people like reruns. Well on most tv network websites you can view past episodes of current seasons as well as extra video content such as interviews and unaired clips.
According to MSNBC, the networks will be out of new episodes by January 1 and will implement Plan B: reality tv shows. All that we can do now is patiently wait and watch (funny?). But remember, football season's not over yet.
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