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Na początek lista seriali, któe będą miały problem ze względu na strajk WGA:
30 Rock, According to Jim, Aliens in America, American Dad, Army Wives, Back To You, Battlestar Galactica, Big Love, Bionic Woman, Bones, Boston Legal, Brothers & Sisters, Burn Notice, Canterbury's Law, Carpoolers, Cavemen , Chuck, Cold Case, Cory in the House, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: New York, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Dirt, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, ER, Eureka, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Frank TV, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl, Greek, Grey's Anatomy, Hannah Montana, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jericho, Journeyman, Just Jordan, King of the Hill, K-Ville, Kyle XY, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU, Lincoln Heights, Lost, Mad Men, Men In Trees, Miss/Guided, Monk, M.O.N.Y., Moonlight, My Boys, My Name is Earl, NCIS, New Amsterdam, Notes from the Underbelly, Out of Jimmy's Head, Private Practice, Reaper, Rules of Engagement, Samantha Who?, Shark, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Big Bang Theory, The Closer, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Oaks, The Office, The Philanthropist, The Riches, The Sarah Silverman Program, The Shield, The Simpsons, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Unit, The Wire, Smallville, South of Nowhere, Suite Life on Deck, Swingtown, 'Til Death, True Blood, Ugly Betty, Two and a Half Men, Wizards of Waverly Place, Women's Murder Club.
Parę słów po liście, nie ma Stargate Atlantis
Potwierdził to Joseph Mallozzi, mówiąc, że strajk na SGA nie będzie miał żadnego wpływu.Nie ma Prison Break i co ciekawe CSI: Miami, pozostałe 2 seriale CSI są...
Pewnie nie ma też i innych seriali, ale dla tego forum chyba najistotniejsze są te najszerzej omawiane
Teraz czas na fakty ogólne o strajku i jego wpływie na świat TV.
W 1988 roku strajk trwał 4 miesiace i kosztował 500mln $, ekonomiści jasno mówią, że jeśli teraz potrwa tyle samo to kwota bedzie conajmniej 2 razy większa.
Jeśli szybko się nie dogadają, to najbliższym sezonie nie będzie ani jednego nowego serialu, bo teraz jest czas na pisanie pilotów nowych seriali, żeby można te piloty nakręcić i pokazać jakoś na wiosnę do akceptacji. Wygląda jednak na to, że studia rezygnują z produkcji pilotów, nawet jeśli scenariusze otrzymali. Bo może się okazać, że i tak nie będzie komu pisać kolejnych odcinków.
W tym momencie studia twierdzą, że mają materiałów (czytaj scenriuszy) na jakiś miesiąc zdjęć, co przekłąda się na ogół na 4 odcinki danego serialu. Dramaty itp 40 minut trwania, kręcony jest jeden odcinek na tydzień (na ogół przez 5 dni). Komedie itp 20 minut trwania, kręcony jest jeden odcinek na tydzień (na ogół przez 1 dzień).
Teraz studia staraja się zgromadzić maksymalnie dużo scenariuszy, które mogą trafić przed kamery, bo niektóre mimo, że wstępnie stworzone nadają się tylko do kosza. Nie ma też aż tak wielkiego znaczenia, czy uda się znaleźć o jeden scenariusz więcej czy o 2 mniej, na dłuższą metę jest to nieistotne. Jeśli w jakimś scenariuszu konieczne są tylko niewielkie poprawki to studia mogą to zrobić same, w końcu są ich właścicielami. Mówi się, że jeśli dany scenariusz będzie prezentował się na poziomie około 85% tego co normalnie jest kręcone, to jeśli straj będzie trwał to taki scenariusz zostanie wstawiony w cykl produkcyjny, a jeśli będzie jeszcze gożej to już nie. Tak czy inaczej pewnien spadek jakości seriali może być widoczny.
Sprawa nowych seriali, w przypadku których stacje postanowiły z 13 odcinków przejść na cały sezon, jest jeszcze cięższa, bo wiadomo 13 odcinków zostało przygotowane i na tym koniec, no chyba, że informacja o zamówieniu reszty sezonu pojawiła się dawno i prace nad resztąjuż ruszyły, ale jeśli stacje podjęły decyzję na dniach lub dopiero ją podejmą (normalnie czas na to jest do połowy grudnia), ogólne opóźnienia mogą tylko utrudnić pracę z tymi serialami.
Jeśłi strajk potrwa miesiące, to w nowym sezonie od jesieni 2008 w ramówkach będzie masa programów informacyjnych i reality, kosztem seriali niestety.
UPDATE 3.11.2007
No i stało się, od poniedziałku WGA przystępuje do strajku!Writers Guild of America Votes to Call for Strike, Effective Monday, November 5
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Jeśli ktoś już o tym pisał to sorry, ale nie znalazłem...
WGA - Writers Guild of America, a raczej tak nazwya się razem Writers Guild of America East + Writers Guild of America West. Jest to związek zawodowy scenarzystów filmowych i telewizyjnych w USA (w sumie z 12.000 ludzi).
AMPTP - Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Jest to zrzeszenie producentów filmowych i telewizyjnych razem ponad 350 firm.
Gilda scenarzystów postanowiła zastrajkować od 1 listopada, co za tym idzie nowe seriale stoją pod wielkim znakiem zapytania. Zrezygnowano już na przykład z Heroes: Origins. Co gorsze jeśli ktoś z ze scenarzystów nie podporządkuje się, to wylatuje ze zwiazków, jeśli w nich nie jest i będzie pracował dalej, to nigdy nie zostanie tam przyjęty. Oczwiście scenarzyści są związani kontraktami, ale WGA nalega na zaprzestanie dostarczania jakichkolwiek materiałów po 31 października 2007. AMPTP grozi pozwami wobec związków i nie tylko... AMPTP proponuje scenarzystom też jak wywiazać się ze zobowiązań i opuścić związek (co tylko zaognia konflikt). Wprawidzie WGA zakłada, że istnieje możliwość kontynuowania pracy, ale tylko po tym jak dany scenarzysta zgłośi się do WGA i poprosi o możliwość kontynuowania pracy, jeśli nie pisania nowych sceneriuszy to chodziaż poprawinia wczesniej oddanych (to dobra akzja ptrzeba prosić o błogosławieństwo, żeby móc robić to za co ci płacą). Scenarzyści robili co mogli, żeby przed 1 listopada oddać porzliwie najwiecej gotowych pomysłów do późniejszego dopracowania (kosztem jakości), w niektórych serialach jest łatwiej planować do przodu w innych nie, na przykład komediowych...
Itd, itp (już późno nie mam siły dalej pisać)...
Afera trwa nadal!
25 października WGA odrzuciło ostatnią ofertę AMPTP
Tutaj cały artykuł o sprawie w wersji ENG z 15.10.2007:
WGA strike rules bashed
AMPTP president threatens to sue guild
Hollywood is looking more and more like a war zone.
Studios and networks blasted back Monday at the WGA's recently announced strike rules, with AMPTP prexy Nick Counter threatening to sue the guild while TV writing staffs scramble to bank as many stories as possible before a possible work stoppage.
"We are outraged by the WGA's 'strike rules' filled with threats of fines, punishment and blacklisting," Counter said in a statement. "It is troubling and irresponsible that the WGA leadership spends so much time and energy on tactics, threats and attempts to intimidate anyone who doesn't agree with them, and so little time and energy on trying to reach a reasonable labor agreement that would avert a strike."
The guild issued hardline regulations last week for its 12,000 members, including bans on writing animated features and for the Internet, even though those arenas are largely not under WGA jurisdiction. The strike rules bar any writing for struck companies, delivering any material or signing documents relating to writing assignments; they compel members to honor guild picket lines, perform assigned strike support duties and reporting strike-breaking activity. Discipline for violations can include expulsion, suspension, fines and censure; nonmembers who perform banned work during a strike will be barred from joining the WGA.
Counter said the AMPTP has been "flooded" with requests for information about the strike rules and vowed to hold WGA members to their commitments, even if that involved pursuing legal action.
"We expect that all of our employees will live up to their contractual obligations, and we will vigorously pursue legal remedies if the WGA unlawfully tries to interfere with their ability to do so," Counter said. "We will aggressively defend and protect all our employees, including guild and union members, against any unlawful action taken by the WGA."
And, in a move akin to pouring gasoline on a fire, the AMPTP also posted extensive guidance Monday on its website as to how WGA members can file for "financial core" status -- under which members resign their WGA membership and withhold the dues spent by the guild on political activities but can still work on union jobs.
The AMPTP also pointed out that members who go "fi-core" can't be disciplined for working during a strike. But, given the high stakes of the conflict, it's probable the WGA would move to publicly embarrass members who take such a step.
John Bowman, chief of the WGA's negotiating committee, issued a pointed response telling the AMPTP to butt out.
"WGA members don't need management's help in determining the rules that would apply during a work stoppage," he said. "Writers will make that decision democratically and for themselves. The AMPTP should worry less about our internal processes and more about avoiding a strike by negotiating a fair agreement."
The strident tone of Monday's comments is certain to deepen the pessimism that a strike is becoming inevitable -- possibly as early as Nov. 1 -- amid increasing hostility and no progress at the bargaining table, where negotiations resume today.
The contract expires Oct. 31 at midnight. WGA strike authorization ballots are due Thursday.
The looming threat of a work stoppage, meanwhile, is hitting TV writers' rooms hard. The writing staffs of many primetime series are bunkered in this week, trying to generate as many stories and finish outlines as quickly as possible.
According to the WGA's strike rules, scribes who also have producing duties on their shows will be able to seek the guild's blessing to continue with those producing responsibilities -- hence the mad dash to get scripts into shape.
"We've gone to the mattresses," said an industry vet working on a top primetime series about the round-the-clock hours his staff has planned for the next few weeks.
It's much harder to work far ahead on comedy series, though, because so much of the writing and rewriting is done after table readings and rehearsals with actors -- a process that can't be rushed much past the regular weekly sked.
"They asked us how many scripts we could have ready, but the truth is with TV you can only go as fast as you can go," said one showrunner.
While there are many in the working scribe tribe who question the WGA leadership's aggressive stance, others say they're not inclined to turn up their output at such a sensitive moment.
"We saw little incentive to give the studios more leverage by giving additional scripts," the showrunner said. "And we're also prohibited from producing our own episodes if they are picketing in front of the studio. Even showrunners can't cross a picket line to produce previously scripted episodes."
Writers toiling on pilot scripts are facing even more pressure to get their first drafts into the network before the end of this month, rather than the more typical timetable of just before or just after Thanksgiving. Scribes want to get their scripts into network execs' hands now, because while a work stoppage would surely throw the traditional pilot season into a tailspin, projects that execs can evaluate during the down time would seem to stand a better chance of getting greenlit than scripts turned in after the turmoil of a strike, industry insiders said.
"The pressure is on," said another exec producer, who's working on a pilot. "The studios are applying pressure to backlog scripts and to deliver pilots as soon as possible."
Still, the pressure's not across the board. Another exec producer said he hasn't been asked to rush any more scripts before the end of the month and noted that many writing staffs -- already smaller than they have been in the past on many shows -- are sometimes just barely hitting their deadlines as it is.
"My gut feeling is it's really hard to do, and I don't know how you do it at this point," he added.
On the feature side, studios are imposing an Oct. 31 deadline for scripts; some scribes have been notified they won't be paid for work that had been due beyond that date. And one manager reported that dealmaking for new projects has slowed.
"You can't really close writer deals unless it's for something that's already been in the works," he added.
Tutaj cały artykuł o sprawie w wersji ENG z 25.10.2007:
WGA, producers trade barbs
Guild blasts AMPTP's latest offer
With time running out to stop a writers strike, studios and networks have tried jumpstarting stalled contract talks with a streamlined proposal -- and gotten slapped back by the WGA, whose toppers claim producers are not serious about making a deal.
"Minor adjustments to major rollbacks do not constitute forward motion," said John Bowman, chair of the Writers Guild of America's negotiating committee in a statement issued Thursday evening. "To make a deal, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers must engage with us on issues that matter in this negotiation. With that in mind, we will respond to their proposal tomorrow."
The combative tone -- typical of both sides during the three months of talks -- is certain to deepen the town's growing pessimism that a strike may come as early as next week.
AMPTP veepee Carol Lombardini admitted as much during her presentation to the WGA, in which she blistered the guild for its ongoing refusal to come off its original proposals. "It is no wonder that so many put the odds of us reaching agreement so low," she said.
The companies, hoping to head off a work stoppage, had presented a detailed package at Thursday morning's negotiating session at WGA West headquarters with the goal of brushing aside the less-than-vital issues and beginning the give-and-take of bargaining on nitty-gritty contract points.
But it was not all hearts and flowers as the AMPTP also flatly told the WGA to forget about any gain in the key area of DVD residuals -- or any other residuals, for that matter.
"We will not accept increases in the DVD residual formula, in residual payments due for programs run on the CW or MyNetworkTV or in residual payments for programs made for the pay television market," said Lombardini.
AMPTP prexy Nick Counter said the goal is to lay the groundwork and provide a framework for an agreement.
"The comprehensive proposal establishes the boundaries for a possible agreement, but it is flexible enough to allow both parties to come up with solutions as to the remaining issues," he added. "The goal is to reach an agreement by Oct. 31."
But Bowman blasted the revised package as bogus, contending that the moves are minimal.
"Our employers are growing and dominate the global entertainment industry," he said. "Yet their opening offer would have rolled back our compensation by 50%. Now they decrease the rollbacks to 45% and proclaim that they are truly bargaining."
Earlier in the day, Lombardini had taken the WGA to task for stubbornness in refusing to believe the companies' explanations.
"Even when we have brought forward facts to demonstrate that a number of these proposals are not 'rollbacks' but are instead initiatives to remove obstacles that impede or preclude our ability to engage in commerce, when we have shown that the removal of those obstacles would result in revenues to us -- and, therefore, a corresponding benefit to you by way of additional payments -- you have turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to our initiatives," she said.
The new proposal doesn't address WGA demands such as expansion of jurisdiction on new media, animation or reality, and it retains a key AMPTP proposal seeking to lift restrictions on promotional use of programming. In addition, the AMPTP is still asking for a four-year deal even though the WGA's recent deals have been for three-year terms.
But it does grant the writers the right to consult on product-integration issues and removes part of the "separated rights" proposal that the WGA had asserted would limit the ability of writers to exploit their work on TV.
And it proposed that both sides take several proposals off the table as a quid pro quo -- for example, the AMPTP would agree to the WGA's increased pension and health contributions in exchange for imposing new AMPTP ceilings in those areas, and the guild would remove a demand that ringtones be covered by the merchandising language in exchange for the AMPTP dropping a proposal for eliminating payments for new characters in some limited circumstances.
The presentation of the new AMPTP proposal came after two days of huddling by execs to hammer out a strategy to avert a strike, which could start as early as next Thursday. Counter has repeatedly expressed frustration with the WGA over its refusal to budge from its initial package of 26 proposals, first presented three months ago when negotiations began.
Move is the AMPTP's second in the past two weeks to salvage the negotiations. Counter took the companies' controversial residuals revamp proposal -- which would have tied payouts to writers to the studios' recoupment of basic costs -- off the table on Oct. 16, but WGA leaders were unimpressed and asserted that the AMPTP should never have made the proposal in the first place.
The guild has insisted previously that it would not discuss the other AMPTP proposals until they're modified to take so-called rollbacks off the table -- including the lack of coverage for new-media distribution such as Internet streaming of movies and TV segs and cell-phone mobisodes; the right to credit any amounts due a writer against other payments; elimination of the requirement that writing credits appear in publicity and advertising; and restrictions in the ability of writers to exploit TV rights and reacquire screenplays.
Thursday's meeting was only the second since the WGA received 90% approval from members on its strike authorization vote. In the wake of that endorsement, WGA West president Patric Verrone declared that studios and nets need to take a serious look at the guild proposals -- which seek to double DVD residuals, establish clear terms for new-media work and broaden WGA jurisdiction over new media, reality and animation production.
The WGA does not have to strike if a deal's not reached by the end of the day Wednesday, when its contract expires. It can instruct its members to continue working under terms and conditions of the expired contract. That's a tack the WGA followed three years ago, when it needed five months to reach a deal with the AMPTP following the expiration of its last minimum basic agreement.
However, the combination of combative rhetoric, the strike authorization vote and the recent issuance of hardline WGA strike rules has convinced much of Hollywood that the guild is going out as soon as possible.
