WGA Strike

Given how invested I am in television, it seems appropriate to comment on the current state of that particular industry at the moment.

For those that do not know, yesterday, the WGA went on strike yesterday. What does this mean? Well, there won't be much new TV until the strike ends. At least. I'm upset about not being able to see The Office wrap up this season, as well as being unable to see what potential Pushing Daisies has. (Without a full season, it has the potential to be canceled.) This is especially bad for Scrubs and Battlestar Galactica (both of which are undergoing their final seasons). All that being said, though, I am in total and complete support of this strike.

I know that in the long run, it may not matter that I'm just one person in support of this strike, but the reasons for striking are ones that I completely and utterly agree with. The writers are striking, basically, because they don't get a share of the profits from digital media, like downloads or DVDs. Considering how many of these DVDs and iTunes downloads I buy because of the excellent writing, it is particularly distressing to me that the writers got no share of the profits in the first place. I am hoping that the strike is able to come to a close in a mutually beneficial manner to both writers and producers alike, but if there's one thing that I've learned from Sociological case studies, it's that in a strike, nobody really wins.

Stay strong, WGA! You deserve more than you're getting!