Question Regarding Impact Of Writer's Strike

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

Will this Immediately cease all the late-night show tapings, like Letterman, The Tonight Show, Daily Show, Colbert?

If they strike on Monday, is this going to stop those shows effective after tonight's airings?

No Daily Show or Letterman on Monday? That's what I'm wondering, or will they go for a few more days? Al Gore is supposed to be on Leno Thursday.

[babylonsister]

1. No clue here, but I'll give you a kick! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. The Daily Show and Colbert

are on repeats

[shaniqua6392]

3. I will be disappointed if they have to put on reruns.

However, I will not complain because I stand firmly behind the Writer's Union and I hope they are successful. I can live without the television shows to make sure that the networks are paying the writers fairly. Without them, there is nothing. Good luck to the writers!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Exactly

[Robbins]

7. Answer

Late night shows,and shows like the Daily Show yes.Networks should be able to air scripted shows
through Feburary.Writers deserve more than they get.Even Actors and some Directors don't think
Writers are very Important(Inless they are the writers) I support them,and If those with neilson boxes want the strike over quickly stop watching reality shows.

[Whisp]

5. write on!

best of luck to the strikers.

[DS1]

6. If the hosts can't write their own material, they shouldn't be hosting

IMO

[riverdeep]

8. On the Jon Stewart show last night,

Thursday night, at the end, he addressed this. He said the writers were probably going on strike (I think it tapes at 5p), and that they would probably not be on next week. He, in his own sarcastic way, stood up for the writers and explained that the main problem was royalties, or whatever the technical term is, for material posted to the net. I can stand to miss Stewart, the first eight minutes is all I really care about, but missing Colbert-that's gonna hurt.

[babylonsister]

9. Here's your answer:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071102/ts_alt_afp/entertainmentfilmtelevisionlaborstrike_071102213524

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The effects of a strike will be felt most severely by television, with late-night chat shows hosted by David Letterman and Jay Leno -- which both lean heavily on teams of union writers -- expected to go off the air.

Other nightly shows such as Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" and Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" are also tipped to shut down, according to reports.

Another US television institution, comedy show "Saturday Night Live" would also be sent reeling.

"Boom -- our show just shuts down," Amy Poehler, a member of the cast, told Daily Variety this week. "It's just done. There is no backlog of scripts."