write on?

The writer’s strike has been going on for about 2 months now. As big media watchers, you would think we would be affected but we aren’t yet. We still have between 30 and 50 hours of TV on tape. We are working away at the backlog, but it will still take a few weeks. After that is caught up, we have a bunch of movies that we haven’t got a chance to watch yet, and then all the dvd sets that we’ve picked up – Roswell, Buffy, Wonder Woman. We could probably program our own TV viewing for an entire season without having reruns. I’m sure it will be rough for the dvd sets of this season, but I’m not sure the writers are really making us feel their pain.

I am wondering how this will affect the Oscars if it runs that long. Without writers, we’ll see more celebrities without the forced dialog. It may even speed up the show so that it ends on time.