astri13 | Batten down the hatches

I know it undercuts writers position but for the tiny, struggling CW I`d have wished our writers to be a bit more on the ball. We are said to have 12 completed scripts, shooting 11 will begin tomorrow.
From the looks of it now this might be the end of this Season. GoGi has 13 eppies, Smallville 15, about Reaper I don`t know. And yes, one ep give or take doesn`t seem like much but I`d rather they do the "Heroes" thing and have a mini-resolution and that they`d use as many eps for that as possible. A 15 eppie Season would still be better than a 12 eppie one.

Well, I guess every show will run out in equal time since they`ll all hold back their last horses for Feb sweeps. And our semi-serialized format has always led to decent rerun rates. Maybe we could even pick up viewers, strange as it sounds since Grey`s repeats for shit and The Office is near stopping production already.

This is all one massive bruhaha and I can`t see it ending well. Now some people posit the strike to last 9-10 months though I can`t imagine the WGA having the financial set-up to pay their members this long. Let alone that in June actors and directors would probably segue right into the strike. Even if the studios have the money to sit it out that long, then what? They have stuck it to the writers but emptied their pockets in the process? I so, so hate short-sighted business planning.