writing yourself into a corner, much?

I've been thinking a lot about the infamous hollywood writer's strike.

Bradley first mentioned the possibility of it to me about a month or so ago, and since he is my resident entertainment news guru, he's been keeping me abreast on the issue. Now that it's on our doorstep. I gotta say guys, I'm worried. Very worried.

While I do believe that the writers totally deserve their cut of DVD and online sales, and while I'm bummed about the idea of having truncated seasons of my favorite shows, I'm mostly worried about something much more long term.

In my opinion, there is unquestionably a clear divide in television programming patterns over the past five years. These are BL and AL.

Before Lost.

After Lost.

Before Lost, the reality show boom was at its pinnacle, and nobody was happy. At least, I wasn't.

After Lost, our pilot seasons were stuffed fat and all aglow with beautiful, innovative, interesting, hour-long, ensemble cast, and very, very pretty dramas. Sure, reality shows and old crime/medical staples were still there, but there was a definite shift. And one for the better, I'll argue.

Now, whether or not Lost is solely to blame credit with this phenomenon, the fact of the matter is, over these past few seasons we (the people who love scripted programming) were just starting to get our TV back! It was a good time to be a TV fan, that's for sure.

Now, with this looming writer's strike, I'm very worried that the tables might once again shift, and slide right back on over to the reality television side of things - especially once all those angelic TV execs are reminded of just how fast and cheap reality programming really is.

The very idea of it makes me one seriously grumpy fangirl.

( exerpts from that LA Times article )

*pouts*

writing yourself into a corner, much?

I've been thinking a lot about the infamous hollywood writer's strike.

Bradley first mentioned the possibility of it to me about a month or so ago, and since he is my resident entertainment news guru, he's been keeping me abreast on the issue. Now that it's on our doorstep. I gotta say guys, I'm worried. Very worried.

While I do believe that the writers totally deserve their cut of DVD and online sales, and while I'm bummed about the idea of having truncated seasons of my favorite shows, I'm mostly worried about something much more long term.

In my opinion, there is unquestionably a clear divide in television programming patterns over the past five years. These are BL and AL.

Before Lost.

After Lost.

Before Lost, the reality show boom was at its pinnacle, and nobody was happy. At least, I wasn't.

After Lost, our pilot seasons were stuffed fat and all aglow with beautiful, innovative, interesting, hour-long, ensemble cast, and very, very pretty dramas. Sure, reality shows and old crime/medical staples were still there, but there was a definite shift. And one for the better, I'll argue.

Now, whether or not Lost is solely to blame credit with this phenomenon, the fact of the matter is, over these past few seasons we (the people who love scripted programming) were just starting to get our TV back! It was a good time to be a TV fan, that's for sure.

Now, with this looming writer's strike, I'm very worried that the tables might once again shift, and slide right back on over to the reality television side of things - especially once all those angelic TV execs are reminded of just how fast and cheap reality programming really is.

The very idea of it makes me one seriously grumpy fangirl.

( exerpts from that LA Times article )

*pouts*