Staking in film- en televisieland

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Op vrijdag 14 september 2007 16:12 schreef Tinuzzz_Talpa het volgende:
Kut HP 5 6 en Bond 22 vallent stil.

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Op vrijdag 14 september 2007 16:15 schreef Biancavia het volgende:

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Hollywood flips over WGA contract deadline
‘Bond 22’ among high-profile scripts ready for action
By Borys Kit

Oct 30, 2007

There is no such thing as writer's block in Hollywood this week. Given the WGA contract deadline of midnight Wednesday, scripters are feverishly putting finishing touches on their projects and having them biked or messenger-pouched over to the studios.

One sigh of relief went up over at Sony late last week: Paul Haggis delivered his draft for the 22nd Bond installment to Columbia execs.

For many other projects, scripts are pouring in, getting a quick read and notes before being rushed back to the writers -- all in the hope of having the most advanced draft possible in order to beat the witching hour deadline.

"I'm getting drafts in, and I'm flipping them around like crazy," said an exec located over the Hollywood hill.

Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which is being penned by James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac"), and "The Fast and the Furious 4" by Chris Morgan are among dozens of scripts that are being flipped, a process that actually is uniting execs and scribes in one goal: to get a script that is filmable.

"Normally, you'd give notes and they go off and they write, take their time, do some things in the notes and not others," another studio exec said. "Everyone is playing for the same team now. That way, we have our best shot at making a movie."

Brian Helgeland has been putting pen to paper for the Scott brothers, submitting "Nottingham," Universal's retelling of the Robin Hood story with Russell Crowe attached, for Ridley Scott's approval Monday; Helgeland is also under the gun to deliver Tuesday "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," with Denzel Washington and John Travolta attached, to Tony Scott and Columbia.

Some writers are turning in multiple drafts of the same script with variations in scenes and endings in order to cover a project's potential demands.

Paramount in fact has asked for three different scripts from three different writers for "G.I. Joe," and will perhaps combine the best parts from each one. Those involved in the novel tri-partite draft effort are Stuart Beattie ("30 Days of Night"), John Lee Hancock ("The Alamo") and the writing team of Brian Koppelman and David Levien ("The Winter of Frankie Machine").

Some projects may turn to their acting talent to step in and do minor touch-up jobs.

New Line's Vince Vaughn-headlined "Four Christmases," which is still being worked on, could enlist the fingers of Vaughn, who has been known to work on his scripts and is not a member of the WGA. Disney's "Bedtime Stories," which has Adam Sandler on board to star, can't rely on that actor, even though he often writes his own movies: Sandler is a member of the WGA East.

And while the writers write, many execs are hunkering down.

"I'm canceling lunches and meetings, and all I'm doing is reading scripts," said one exec. "It's kind of exciting."

As for the TV biz, the programming schedules of broadcast networks would be hugely disrupted were a strike to be called soon.

A prolonged stoppage would lead to abbreviated 10-episode seasons of scripted series, forcing the networks to fill primetime with repeats, unscripted fare and occasional acquisitions. Already, webheads are prepping their alternatives: NBC, for example, is considering running the original British production of "The Office" as strike-replacement programming.

While fall series have already started their seasons, midseason shows have the option to air a short season or not.

Indications are that both Fox and ABC are sticking to their original plan to launch "24" and "Lost" in January and February, respectively. Fox's "24," which started production late and was affected by the recent wildfires, is working on episodes seven and eight, one-third of its 24-episode season. "Lost" has almost reached the 10-episode mark, closer to the show's 16-episode season order.

A strike in November would also hurt the networks' development for fall 2008. Only 30% to 50% of all commissioned scripts -- normally due by year's end -- have been turned in to date. So in the event of a stoppage, network execs will have to make their pilot picks from a smaller pool, and hundreds of writers who couldn't finish their scripts on time won't be paid or will be paid only a fraction for their efforts.

A strike longer than six to eight weeks also would trigger the force majeure clause in TV writers' deals, giving studios free rein to drop expensive contracts.

By contrast, a writers strike called in January would have a lesser effect on the networks, triggering 18-episode seasons of the existing series instead of the usual 22 installments.

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WGA leaders call for strike
The Writers Guild of America is going on strike as early as Monday.

In a lively meeting of 3,000 guild members Thursday night, the WGA's negotiating committee announced its unanimous strike recommendation, a pronouncement that generated an enthusiastic response from the SRO crowd at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The decision also is sure to cause ripple effects within the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild as they negotiate their contracts within coming months.

A final decision on striking could come as early as today via meetings of the WGA West board and the WGA East Council. Leaders stressed throughout Thursday's meeting that they could not specify how soon a strike will start. Attendees were instructed that they should go to work today and wait for a call or email from strike captains.

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Op vrijdag 2 november 2007 13:34 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
American Idol, Amazing Race, Survivor .

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Op vrijdag 2 november 2007 13:36 schreef Zhenar het volgende:
Zolang mijn Indy maar in mei uitkomt!

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Op vrijdag 2 november 2007 16:45 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:

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'jouw' ( ) Indy heeft eergister het allerlaatste shot gedraaid

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Op vrijdag 2 november 2007 16:54 schreef Zhenar het volgende:
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Maar er is altijd nog zoiets als reshoots, waarvoor soms ook e.e.a. hergeschreven moet worden.
Ach, dat zal wel loslopen.

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UPDATE: The Writers Guild of America has announced that its 12,000 members will go on strike Monday morning against studios and networks, but left the door open for new talks.
Guild leaders, speaking at a Friday afternoon news conference at WGA West headquarters, stressed that they want to negotiate with the companies this weekend -- as long as the companies will back off their insistence that residuals for DVDs cannot be increased.

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2007 00:36 schreef Merkie het volgende:
TVP.

Even TVP nuttig maken. Voor Heroes schijnt al een alternatief einde voor aflevering 11 gemaakt te zijn zodat deze aflevering als season finale kan fungeren.

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2007 00:47 schreef wolfrolf het volgende:
Godverrekuttiefuszooi.

Dit kan dus betekenen dat 24 seizoen 7 maar 8 afleveringen wordt, Supernatural seizoen 3 wordt afgekapt, evenals Smallville S7 en om en nabij alle andere series?
Mijn leven, wat doen ze

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2007 00:46 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Hopelijk. Kans is groot dat veel series het niet overleven omdat acteurs e.d. al andere banen (films/theater) hebben aangenomen of omdat de kijkcijfers nu okay zijn maar straks waarschijnlijk toch kijkers massaal afhaken..

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2007 12:16 schreef wolfrolf het volgende:
Dan gaan ze toch allemaal lekker zwart werken? .

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2007 13:02 schreef Symer het volgende:

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Daar hebben ze ook al aan gedacht: iedereen die tijdens de staking doorwerkt wordt geroyeerd als lid en alle niet-vakbondsleden die blijven werken mogen dan na de staking nooit meer lid worden.

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UPDATE: In a last-ditch attempt to avert a strike, the Writers Guild of America will return to the negotiating table Sunday morning to meet with studios and networks.

News of the meeting emerged late Friday afternoon, a few hours after the WGA announced that its 12,000 members will go on strike Monday against studios and networks in the first major work stoppage in two decades.

The 10 a.m. Sunday meeting was called at the behest of federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez.

The strike officially begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Monday. Members began receiving the official announcement at the same time that the WGA was holding a news conference at WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles. The missive said explicitly that all writing covered under guild agreements must cease when the strike starts.

Sunday's talks will be the first since negotiations broke down Wednesday night, a few hours before the WGA contract expired.

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De volgende shows zullen per direct stoppen:

- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- The Colbert Report (with Stephen Colbert)


Hoogst waarschijnlijk zullen er herhalingen worden uitgezonden totdat het werk weer opgepakt zal worden.

Het is nog niet duidelijk of ook The Late Show with David Letterman stopt. David Letterman geen lid is van de WGA, echter zijn enkele schrijvers van The Late Show dat wel.

Voor alle duidelijkheid mag een schrijver niet werken wanneer de WGA staakt. Doet hij/zij dit wil kan het lidmaatschap ontnomen worden.

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Op zondag 4 november 2007 21:53 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:
Ondertussen zouden er ook al bonden onderling ruzie maken .

De IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) is boos op de WGA. Er bestaat namelijk ook een Animators Guild en die is onderdeel van die IATSE.

Nu heeft de WGA zijn leden verboden om aan animatiefilms te werken, al vallen die niet onder de paraplu van die WGA. Toch wordt iedereen dit waagt uit de WGA gegooid en niet-leden die iets schrijven, kunnen nooit meer lid worden en zullen in de toekomst als worden beschouwd.

De IATSE vindt dat de WGA geen maatregelen kan treffen tegen dingen die gebeuren onder de bevoegdheid van een andere bond en is bereid naar de rechtbank te stappen.

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Op zondag 4 november 2007 17:07 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:
Een voorbeeld is trouwens Robert Rodriguez, die wilde voor Sin City graag 2 regisseurs op de credits, RR zelf en Frank Miller. De DGA (Director's Guild dus) staat echter alleen maar toe dat "vaste" duo's dit doen (Wachowski's, Coens, Farrelly's) en verbiedt dit aan gelegenheidsduo's.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 03:09 schreef MaJo het volgende:
Maar dit geldt dus alleen voor series op die lijst Dus op Grey´s Anatomy en How I met your Mother heeft het dan geen invloed? Maar wel zuigend voor Heroes en een beetje voor LOST

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Hollywood is going to all-out war, after last-minute talks gave false hope that today's strike by the Writers Guild of America could be averted -- or at least delayed for a few days.

Talks collapsed after more than 10 hours of last-ditch negotiations, only a few hours before the official start of the strike by the WGA at 12:01 am PST.

Picketing will start at 9 a.m. today in more than a dozen high-profile locations in Hollywood with guild members told that they're expecting to spend at least 20 hours a week on picket lines. Targets include CBS Radford, CBS Television City, Culver Studios, Disney, Fox, Hollywood Center, NBC, Prospect, Paramount, Raleigh, Sony, Sunset Gower, Universal and Warner Bros.

The strike heightens the likelihood that the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will turn quickly to launch negotiations with the Directors Guild of America, which has a June 30 contract expiration. Should the DGA make a deal in the next few weeks, it would likely be trumpeted by studios and nets as a repudiation of the WGA's contention that the companies are not willing to engage in serious bargaining on tough issues.

Labor experts have warned that once the WGA goes on strike, a resolution is not likely to emerge any time soon -- particularly with the DGA and AMPTP expected to start negotiations later this month.

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Here's what may transpire at the networks and studios in the coming weeks, should a writer walkout drag on:
* Latenight. NBC's "Tonight Show" and "Late Night," along with CBS' "Late Show" and "Late, Late Show" are all expected to go dark today. Ditto Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report."
ABC still wasn't saying what would happen with "Jimmy Kimmel Live," though odds suggest it'll shut down, too.

* Current series: Right now, studio execs say they've got a month of production left to go on single-camera dramas and comedies -- that is, if scripts are in tip-top shape and can shoot without any changes.

* Sudsers. Most have a backlog of completed episodes and scripts that should keep viewers in a lather through year's end.
After that, it's possible network execs and producers could use existing story outlines to write scripts themselves, as happened in 1988.

* Back-nine orders. Only a handful of new fall shows have been given full-season orders, in part because webs wanted to see if a strike took place. Once a walkout begins, shows that would be likely to get back-nine orders may be forced to wait a lot longer

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Dear Fans of Brothers & Sisters,

With six hours before the writers strike, we're on Stage 6 putting the finishing touches on what may be our last script for a while. In spite of the rather quick turnaround, the episode is turning into one of the best, we think: a classic B&S blend of the funny and the emotionally true, set to more music than is common in these parts. We think you'll like it when you get to see it in January.

The last couple of weeks in these offices have been like a Hollywood version of the Cuban missile crisis -- as much as entertainment industry labor strife can be likened to the threat of nuclear extinction. All we mean is there's been a lot of anxiety about right now, a second helping of uncertainty about tomorrow, and a fog of what is rightly called existential malaise.

Anyway, enough of that. We just wanted to say to all of you, loud and clear: Thank you for loving our show AND we promise we're doing everything we can to resolve the current situation.

You probably won't be hearing too much from us around here for a little while. But please continue to talk amongst yourselves -- we'll post your comments at least once a day.

Love,
The Brothers & Sisters Writers

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 18:05 schreef Gordon_Shumway het volgende:
Het is dus begonnen.

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If the writers strike fails, it won't be on account of Jon Stewart.

In a show of solidarity with his fellow scribes, the Daily Show host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two weeks, according to a well-placed source. He has also vowed to do the same for writers on The Colbert Report. A Comedy Central spokesman referred my inquiry about this to Stewart's personal publicist, who has yet to respond.

Stewart's intention, says the source, is to ensure his writers will face no financial hardship should the strike, which kicked off at 3 a.m. local time, conclude within that timeframe.

Meanwhile, both Stewart and Stephen Colbert are reportedly working on their contingency plans in case it doesn't. "There are indications that Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert will come back in tweaked form if the strike is a long one, leaning on interviews and other writer-free approaches to keep both programs alive in a very busy political season," reports today's Times.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 18:16 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:

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Nee, dit is maar rehearsal.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 18:21 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:
Ze blijven afhankelijk van andere bonden, als die wel nieuwe deals maken, dan kunnen de schrijvers het wel vergeten.

Het is niet de eerste keer dat ze staken, de vorige keer konden ze ook in het stof bijten omdat ze alleen stonden.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 18:33 schreef -skippybal- het volgende:
Dus er is vanavond ook geen Daily Show?

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 18:51 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:
Er wordt ook overwogen om zich massaal op reality TV te storten, CBS overweegt al een speciale celebs-versie van Big Brother.

Reality shows, het kankergezwel van de moderne televisie .

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 19:20 schreef CloudStrife het volgende:
Als de strike echt lang gaat duren is de kans groot dat we dit seizoen GEEN "24" krijgen.

NEEEE!

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 19:20 schreef CloudStrife het volgende:
Als de strike echt lang gaat duren is de kans groot dat we dit seizoen GEEN "24" krijgen.

NEEEE!

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 19:20 schreef CloudStrife het volgende:
Als de strike echt lang gaat duren is de kans groot dat we dit seizoen GEEN "24" krijgen.

NEEEE!

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 19:01 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:

Ik vind "WGA on strike" trouwens nogal ongeïnspireerd voor iemand die betaald wordt om creatieve dingen te schrijven, maar dit geheel terzijde.

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Just minutes into the strike, the labor unrest has turned violent at one picket line: A writer for "Talkshow With Spike Feresten" was struck by a sedan trying to cross the picket line at Sunset-Gower Studios early this morning, witnesses said.

The writer, identified as Tom Johnson, suffered a leg injury and was taken away in a wheelchair by paramedics. The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m. at the studios off Sunset Boulevard when a driver in a Black Honda Element drove up to the employee parking lot on Gower Street, where pickets were marching. According to witnesses, the driver got out of the vehicle and began threatening to run over anyone who didn't get out of his way. Witnesses said he then got back in the car and drove forward, hitting Johnson.

The striking writers descended on the vehicle and took away the driver's keys. Johnson's black tennis shoe was still lodged under the front passenger tire as he was taken away.
The driver, who witnesses said worked for Raleigh, was escorted from the scene by studio employees. Police had been notified, according to those at the scene.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 19:01 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:

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Ik vind "WGA on strike" trouwens nogal ongeïnspireerd voor iemand die betaald wordt om creatieve dingen te schrijven, maar dit geheel terzijde.

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 23:07 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:

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Op maandag 5 november 2007 23:09 schreef Zhenar het volgende:
Deze hele staking is nu al een serie op zich... Ze zouden alles op film moeten leggen en gewoon dát moeten uitzenden!

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“The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels is picketing his own Van Nuys set. Cast members – including Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski as well as WGA members Steve Carell, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Leiberstein – are not crossing the picket line.

Losing its cast shuts down NBC’s highest-rated sitcom a lot faster than a lot of other series, which are trying to put into production the last few scripts written before the strike.

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Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is standing strong on the side of the writers during the Writers Guild of America’s current strike.

“I stand with the writers,” the senator said in a statement. “The guild’s demand is a test of whether media corporations are going to give writers a fair share of the wealth their work creates or continue concentrating profits in the hands of their executives. I urge the producers to work with the writers so that everyone can get back to work.”

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Marg Helgenberger, actress on CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” is currently walking the WGA picket lines at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif.

Mrs. Helgenberger is married to Alan Rosenberg, current president of the Screen Actors’ Guild.

of lees ik nu verkeerd?

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Op zondag 4 november 2007 16:44 schreef Herald het volgende:
zeg SoK kun je misschien een beetje uitleggen waar de WGA/DGA/SAG voor staan? Het zijn een soort vakbonden toch? Aangezien ze dreigen met royeren of nooit meer lid mogen worden lijken ze best machtig, maar wat houden ze nou precies in? Wat is het verschil tussen wel en niet aangesloten zijn?

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Scripted comedies and dramas are created and covered under guild agreements. If you are hired to write on one of these shows, you must already be a WGA member or must become one if you were not previously (because you were a writer's assistant, or what have you).

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that didn't take long: Less than 24 hours after the strike began, TV studios have sent letters to all producers with overall deals, informing them that their pacts are suspended, effective immediately. That means no more paychecks, effective immediately

Big caveat: Writers who have projects actively in production -- and who are still rendering services -- will still get paid.

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Op dinsdag 6 november 2007 10:55 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:
Niet zo slim van Obama, die heeft een hoop fundraisers bij de grote studio's zitten.

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 10:15 schreef Zhenar het volgende:
Pfffft... wat een gezeik allemaal zeg

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 11:14 schreef Tweek het volgende:
John August blog vaste schrijver van Tim Burton zo'n beetje en weet ook te melden dat Heroes: Origins dankzij de staking voorlopig gecanceled is. Wist ik nog niet.

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Also in the can: New episodes of vet drama "One Tree Hill."

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 13:24 schreef Breuls het volgende:

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Dan volg jij de Heroes topics niet.

(Daar stond August al gequote namelijk.)

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 13:44 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Overzicht van alle series
Waarin heel duidelijk staat hoeveel episodes er al zijn

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 13:48 schreef neggix het volgende:

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Niets over OTH

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 13:49 schreef Treveo het volgende:

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En nix over Heroes... ik weet alleen dat ze de aflevering 11 opnieuw hebben opgenomen als alternatief voor een seizoensfinale..

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 13:49 schreef Treveo het volgende:

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En nix over Heroes... ik weet alleen dat ze de aflevering 11 opnieuw hebben opgenomen als alternatief voor een seizoensfinale..

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Op woensdag 7 november 2007 14:04 schreef MaJo het volgende:

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Aflevering 13 toch?