Strike Not Over Yet

It was exactly three months ago today, on November 5 of last year, when the Writers Guild of America went on strike. With the strike came thousands of movie and television writers leaving their jobs. The strike glided through Thanksgiving and Christmas and every other holiday since. The first few weeks of the strike had the media’s attention, but like everything else in Hollywood, interest in it soon fizzled out. Now, with the Oscars coming up on February 24, many are wondering if another big awards show will be affected. Many of our favorite television shows are already running reruns and I’ve never seen so many game and reality shows on TV as I have since the strike. News from this weekend claimed that the studio execs and the striking writers are very close to a new agreement. Very close, but there is still no agreement. You may not see them picketing anymore, but the writers are still on strike. The update is that, unfortunately, there really is no new update - yet. I’ll keep you posted.