Current Events > The children don't remember how bad TV got during the 2007 writers strike

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SupermanLost
05/02/23 7:46:00 AM
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https://twitter.com/theashleyray/status/1653167329482788865

This was fun though: https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1653188776267595783
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averagejoel
05/02/23 7:47:11 AM
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this is why they need to give in to the writers' demands

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Were_Wyrm
05/02/23 7:55:50 AM
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To be honest I liked the twist in season 4 of BSG, which only happened due to the last strike. Granted it killed or ruined a lot of shows, but there was one that was better for it.

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voldothegr8
05/02/23 8:00:55 AM
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I just remember some of the best shows being delayed which was annoying.

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pegusus123456
05/02/23 8:01:25 AM
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Shame about Joss Whedon being a piece of shit, we could finally get that Dr. Horrible sequel.

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Flauros
05/02/23 8:02:51 AM
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Guess we will have to go back and watch the literal decades worth of old content that is available to us like a bunch of cavemen. :(

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Jiek_Fafn
05/02/23 8:03:13 AM
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Strike beards everywhere

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K181
05/02/23 8:03:41 AM
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Movies, too. The Craig Bond series got that pretty shitty Quantum of Solace due to Eon moving forward with some scrab writers helming it, which sidelined the series for a few years.

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squall567
05/02/23 8:04:40 AM
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Oh wow, who knew that if you want talent, you have to pay them what they are worth?
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Bass
05/02/23 8:07:29 AM
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Don't care. Give the writers what they want.

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LeCh0nk
05/02/23 8:07:57 AM
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RIP Heroes

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cousinvini
05/02/23 8:08:08 AM
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"NBC was lucky that Conan is the GOAT, but it's impossible to explain to Gen Z how bad the content will get if there's another one."

He knows Gen Z was already old enough to remember 2007, right?
(Well, at least me, a '97 zoomer)

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TomClark
05/02/23 8:27:31 AM
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My favourite bit of Writer's Strike madness was Friday Night Lights coming back for its third season afterwards and just straight up pretending that there'd been a full season the year before, with supposed end-of-season cliffhangers like Smash's injury being "continued" from the back half of the previous season that never got made.

The mystery of what happened to Santiago during the unwritten episodes and why he disappeared without so much of a mention by his family still haunts me.

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Ratchetrockon
05/02/23 8:31:27 AM
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Gen z has kai cenat, ishowspeed, xqc, tiktok, etc.. so writer strike not really a big deal for us/them

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ZevLoveDOOM
05/02/23 8:32:25 AM
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i didnt watch much TV at the time so ofc i wouldnt know...
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apocalyptic_4
05/02/23 8:32:45 AM
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Heroes suffered the worst drop in quality I've ever seen.

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Compsognathus
05/02/23 8:35:12 AM
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The children don't watch stuff that will be immediately impacted by the writer's strike. TV as a whole isn't their preferred form of content and the kind of TV they do watch, the stuff on streaming services, won't see the impact for probably a year.

I genuinely wish the writers good luck and I hope they get what they are asking for. The leverage situation changed so much over the last 15 years that this could be a rough one.

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lilORANG
05/02/23 8:39:12 AM
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Meh. Reality shows and tik tok are where it's at. Zoomers aren't watching anything they can't binge.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax
05/02/23 8:40:51 AM
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I was in my sophomore year of college. Can't say I watched much TV back then to know "how bad TV got". Hell, I don't really watch much of it now to know if it gets bad again

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Kim_Seong-a
05/02/23 8:44:00 AM
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House had its fourth season cut short, but that was probably for the best ironically. Really helped condense a lot of character arcs and keep pacing brisk.

Pushing Daisies...RIP. I think the last two or three episodes aired months after its cancellation in some random ass time slot. Though it was a Bryan Fuller show so it was probably doomed even without the Writers Strike.


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darkbuster
05/02/23 8:51:45 AM
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Streaming really changes the game there. If Hollywood strikes again, it'll be far easier to pull international content.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax
05/02/23 8:53:45 AM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
House had its fourth season cut short, but that was probably for the best ironically
In my opinion, most shows would benefit from having shorter seasons

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Starks
05/02/23 8:59:09 AM
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I remember A Daily Show

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TechnoTerminato
05/02/23 9:00:20 AM
#24:


My Name Is Earl ended on an unresolved cliffhanger due to the writers strike. I was well disappointed!
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theAteam
05/02/23 9:01:07 AM
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I for one cant wait for the first completely ai generated show.

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VeggetaX
05/02/23 9:02:38 AM
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lmao having no writers to own the zoomers. I love it

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_MorningStar
05/02/23 9:08:39 AM
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What I remember most about the writers strike was CBS airing a toned down version of the first season of Dexter in prime time and introducing me to one of my favorite shows

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SonicZack
05/02/23 9:12:33 AM
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I remember Chuck's first season being shortened to 13 episodes due to the strike.

A lot of the upcoming Star Wars content (Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, Tales of the Jedi Season 2, The Acolyte, The Bad Batch Season 3, Andor Season 2, and Mando Season 4) has all been written already so production won't be affected.

As for the MCU, that is a bit different potentially since things have been moved around a bit.

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littlebro07
05/02/23 9:12:41 AM
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Heroes dropped so hard it could never recover.

Still love rewatching season one as it's own story and just pretend that the rest never happened though.

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Irony
05/02/23 9:12:45 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
lmao having no writers to own the zoomers. I love it
Until they replace them with AI

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Ivynn
05/02/23 9:22:43 AM
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It killed Heroes. Season 2 was bad and it never recovered.

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PiOverlord
05/02/23 9:24:26 AM
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Tbh, most of you guys won't like it, but I hope the WGA's proposal for A.I. is 100% struck down.

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DipDipDiver
05/02/23 9:29:11 AM
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I remember it being pretty overblown tbh

I also remember South Park pretty brilliantly skewering the whole thing with that episode about Canada going on strike, getting nothing, and then acting like they won lol
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VeggetaX
05/02/23 9:33:20 AM
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So what's this all about? The writers not getting their deserved raises?

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ZevLoveDOOM
05/02/23 9:35:03 AM
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given that we're in the streaming era where lots of shows are being made like it's nobody's business, i assume there's lots of work yet little pay which leaves these writers frustrated...
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Raikuro
05/02/23 9:44:58 AM
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So what ongoing shows could be affected by this. After COVID a lot of shows seem to have no problem just delaying the next season a few months or year as needed.
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Hayame_Zero
05/02/23 9:47:41 AM
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The Daily Show was so bad. Pretty much all the jokes relied on the graphics team, so every punchline was a shooped image.

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Alteres
05/02/23 9:54:23 AM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
Gen z has kai cenat, ishowspeed, xqc, tiktok, etc.. so writer strike not really a big deal for us/them
I dont know what any of these are.

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Starks
05/02/23 9:55:58 AM
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PiOverlord posted...
Tbh, most of you guys won't like it, but I hope the WGA's proposal for A.I. is 100% struck down.
It's weird how they want to use AI yet have no fear that it might take their jobs. If a writer just turns into a glorified prompt engineer, what's the point? Do you still deserve writing credit?

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Master_Kazuya
05/02/23 9:56:20 AM
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What's with the satisfaction of "kids today just don't remember X"? There's shit we don't remember, and there's shit that our kids kids are not going to remember too. Such a dumb vague superiority complex. You're not special just because you're older

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bigblu89
05/02/23 10:21:15 AM
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cousinvini posted...
He knows Gen Z was already old enough to remember 2007, right?
(Well, at least me, a '97 zoomer)

There wasn't really a lot of 9 and 10 year old's lamenting over how bad Late Night TV got in 2007-08.

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Bestoffuture
05/02/23 10:22:45 AM
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All I remember is that hilarious feud with Conan, Stewart, and Colbert.

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divot1338
05/02/23 10:24:28 AM
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lilORANG posted...
Meh. Reality shows and tik tok are where it's at. Zoomers aren't watching anything they can't binge.
Christ now I remember how it was during the writers strike when those things multiplied everywhere.

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bigblu89
05/02/23 10:25:40 AM
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Master_Kazuya posted...
What's with the satisfaction of "kids today just don't remember X"? There's shit we don't remember, and there's shit that our kids kids are not going to remember too. Such a dumb vague superiority complex. You're not special just because you're older

It's something that's been done for generations.

"Back in MY day..."

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yusiko
05/02/23 10:27:18 AM
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The writers strike shortened supernatural third season and was the cause of what happened in the finale which I liked

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Blue_Target
05/02/23 10:28:38 AM
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It ruined two of my favorite shows. Heroes (like everyone said) and The Office (shorten Season 4 but kinda recovered)

Good things that happened was the Colbert, Stewart, and Conan fighting over Mike Huckabee and the South Park episode where Canada goes on Strike

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theAteam
05/02/23 10:29:53 AM
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Master_Kazuya posted...
What's with the satisfaction of "kids today just don't remember X"? There's shit we don't remember, and there's shit that our kids kids are not going to remember too. Such a dumb vague superiority complex. You're not special just because you're older

The only relief against the endless dread of getting old is portraying a smug sense of superiority about it to young people.

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yusiko
05/02/23 10:30:11 AM
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Heroes kept dropping the ball with the character Niki
The writers strike didn't help as again any interesting idea they had for her went to waste

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legendary_zell
05/02/23 10:30:28 AM
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Pay them people. Problem solved.

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MrToothHasYou
05/02/23 10:33:01 AM
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legendary_zell posted...
Pay them people. Problem solved.


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