The Writers Guild strike is history!
It’s finally over, and about time! Writers are going back to work today, and according to the chart on TV Guide’s Ausiello report, that means we’ll get four or five more episodes of Brothers & Sisters, in April or May. That’s on top of the one pre-strike episode set to air this Sunday.
Let’s hope that good, long rest the writers got gave them lots of good ideas for the Walkers, and that without a strike hanging over their heads, they’ll be able to take a little time with it. If they keep the pace they’ve been on this season, four or five episodes is enough for at least a couple of the characters to get married and divorced. But it doesn’t have to be that way, writers, it doesn’t have to be.
The photo above is of a T-shirt I purchased after the last Writers Guild strike, when I was living in Los Angeles and affected by the strike in a very small way (had an article I wrote on spec get cancelled when the fall TV season was). On the paper is typed, “Let’s do lunch again!”
Happy lunching to everyone in Hollywood today, and good luck getting back to business.
Brothers and Sisters, ABC, writers strike
February 13th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Count me as relieved that the WGA strike has been lifted. They didn’t get everything they deserved, but I think the writers made important strides and should be proud of their dediction to the cause.
Like you Terri, I’m hoping the “break” provided by the strike will enable the writers to streamline the storylines for the final 4-5 episodes and give them renewed focus on what’s working, and what isn’t. I’d really love the season to end on a strong, confident note.