The Latest Strike News: It’s Not Looking Good

A report emerged last week that makes me feel a little ill…

Because progress has been “relatively minimal,” the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers—and more specifically, the studio CEOs it’s representing—could decide they’ve given as much as they can and put a “take-it-or-leave-it package” on the table.

The problem with that is that the Writers Guild of America would almost certainly reject such an offer.

And here’s another interesting note on the strike…

December 17th, something called force majeure clauses will go into effect. I’m not completely sure what those are, but I do know they allow studios to terminate deals with producers and writers they find unfavorable (i.e. too expensive). So, expect some heads to roll—especially those of writers who have signed hefty studio deals and not produced any hits…

Meanwhile, CBS is prepping “Dexter” for air on the network. CBS is also looking at “The Tudors” and “Weeds,” but both would need a lot of editing.

Similarly, NBC is looking at airing USA’s “Burn Notice”…