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> I watch very few TV series, and most of the Discovery Channel shows I watch have hit the end of the season already, so the strike affects my TV watching very little.
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This is probably true. And besides, to fill the gaps Networks are likely to simply turn to more reality television anyway, and what else is on the Discovery Channel? At least their reality shows are good, and not crappy bizarre game-show concepts.
| > And actually, as for network TV series? The current season is usually completely filmed already. Right now they'd usually be filming next season, which would filming-wise simply be delayed a few months if the strike continues. They have plenty of time; the new shows won't air till next September.
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Actually, no. Right now they'd be filming episodes that would air in a few weeks, if that... most every scripted show on the networks would run out in January, at the latest (December is mostly a month of reruns anyway following November sweeps.) Cable shows are often filmed a season at a time, but network shows are not.
And that's not counting daytime soaps, which are filmed about a week before they air, and latenight shows which are filmed the day they air. Letterman, Colbert, Stewart, Conan... they're all done for now. Saturday Night Live is also done.
| > As for me, I'm still writing stuff. I assume Ian may be angry again because looking back there are only 8 replies to his last two stories, most of them one-liners (which is twice as many as I have and I'm still here). I'm not sure where anyone else has gone.
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Well, hopefully things will pick up soon.
