Staking in film- en televisieland #2

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Op maandag 10 december 2007 16:42 schreef Breuls het volgende:
Heroes is vorige week afgelopen. Dat was de laatste aflevering (nr 11) van Volume 2 en dus met een redelijk afgerond verhaal.

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According to an article in Mediaweek, “NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers for fourth-quarter prime-time ratings shortfalls, averaging about $500,000 per advertiser, according to media buyers, marking the first time in years a network has taken such a step to compensate marketers for ratings deficiencies.”
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The latest message from the head of the Writers Guild of America, East to his members is starkly confrontational and defiant.

In a letter Monday morning, Michael Winship wrote about the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios: “They lie. And then they lie again. And then they lie some more.”
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Op woensdag 12 december 2007 19:44 schreef Breuls het volgende:
Samenvatting, voor de geinteresseerden: http://breuls.org/2007/12/12#a3039

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The AMPTP and each of its member companies have a legal obligation to bargain in good faith with the WGA. Their unilateral walkout from negotiations last Friday and their on-going refusal to bargain is illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. Therefore the WGA today filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against the AMPTP with the National Labor Relations Board.

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The WGA's filing of a complaint with the NLRB reminds us of the old lawyers' adage: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When the law is on your side, argue the law. And when you don't have either the law or the facts on your side, you pound the table. The WGA has now been reduced to pounding the table, and this baseless, desperate NLRB complaint is just the latest indication that the WGA's negotiating strategy has achieved nothing for working writers.

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That said, the latest AMPTP news release, issued in response to the WGA filing unfair labor practice charges against the media companies, misquotes that "old lawyers' adage: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When the law is on your side, argue the law. And when you don't have either the law or the facts on your side, you pound the table." The actual saying is “When the law is against you, pound the facts, when the facts are against you, pound the law, and when they’re both against you, pound the table”. For a bunch of Democrats, the flackery of Fabiani & Lehane sure are committing a heck of a lot of Bushisms.

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2007 17:35 schreef Breuls het volgende:

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Bron: United Hollywood

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Sources tell me the Writers Guild Of America is intending to grant David Letterman's independent production company Worldwide Pants an "interim agreement" that allows the Late Show host and his writers to return to the airwaves during the strike because it doesn't involve CBS.

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Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central has also been urging an interim agreement and would begin working toward getting one in place on Monday morning, according to a representative.

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Op zondag 16 december 2007 09:26 schreef Caesu het volgende:

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http://www.deadlinehollyw(...)roughs-and-breaches/

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Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien plan return to air in January

They'll start with fresh shows Jan. 2.

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Talkshows keren terug

NBC heeft officieel bekend gemaakt dat The Tonight Show with Jay Leno en Late Night with Conan O'Brien zullen terugkeren op 2 januari 2008, ook als de staking nog niet voorbij is.
Beide shows zullen het echter zonder schrijvers moeten doen, zij moeten alsnog deelnemen aan de staking.

Jay Leno gaf de volgende verklaring: “I remained positive during the talks and while they were still at the table discussing a solution. ‘The Tonight Show’ remained dark in support of our writing staff. Now that the talks have broken down and there are no further negotiations scheduled I feel it’s my responsibility to get my 100 nonwriting staff, which were laid off, back to work. We fully support our writers, and I think they understand my decision.”

Conan O'Brien had het volgende te melden: “With the New Year upon us, I am left with a difficult decision. Either go back to work and keep my staff employed or stay dark and allow 80 people, many of whom have worked for me for 14 years, to lose their jobs. If my show were entirely scripted I would have no choice. But the truth is that shows like mine are hybrids, with both written and nonwritten content. An unwritten version of ‘Late Night,’ though not desirable, is possible and no one has to be fired. So, it is only after a great deal of thought that I have decided to go back on the air on Jan. 2. I will make clear, on the program, my support for the writers, and I’ll do the best version of ‘Late Night’ I can under the circumstances.”

Jay Leno en Conan O'Brien hebben de afgelopen twee maanden hun schrijvers bijgestaan en zullen dat blijven doen.
In 1988 keerde de Tonight Show met Johnny Carson ook na twee maanden terug zonder schrijvers. In de laatste jaren is de focus van de talkshows echter steeds meer op (geschreven) comedy gaan liggen. Het is daarom nog onduidelijk in welke vorm en kwaliteit bovengenoemde nieuwe afleveringen zullen komen, mogelijk dat de nadruk meer gaat liggen op gast interviews en minder op comedy. Conan heeft al aangegeven dat het op tijden "best wel vreselijk" kan zijn.

David Letterman zal binnenkort ook terugkeren, misschien zelfs voor Leno en O'Brien. Het productiebedrijf van Dave, welke eigenaar is van de Late Show, bevindt zich in een unieke positie en probeert een tussentijdse overeenkomst te sluiten met de WGA waardoor hij mag terugkeren met schrijvers. Door het toelaten van individuele overeenkomsten met productiebedrijven hoeft de WGA niet te onderhandelen met grote media conglomeraten zoals CBS.

De status van andere shows zoals The Daily Show and The Colbert Report blijven onbekend, hoewel deze laatste ontwikkelingen ook positief kunnen uitpakken voor deze shows.

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Stewart and Colbert Returning to the Air

Dec 20, 5:48 PM (ET)

NEW YORK (AP) - "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday.

Both late-night shows were shuttered after the Hollywood writers strike began seven weeks ago.

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Op zondag 23 december 2007 17:14 schreef Caesu het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 28 december 2007 16:15 schreef Breuls het volgende:
And that is gay, how exaclty?