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Dec 12 '07 by unparalleled

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WGA, writers strike, Scrubs and the Office

most of you know by now (countless facebook groups and whatnot), but basically, Scrubs and The Office got heavily screwed over after the writers strike (from what I heard) and have had their seasons cut in half.

a lot of ppl don't know this, but seasons aren't shot inbetween seasons, too shoot each episode, they need money, and in the case of most shows on the air, they're shot one after hte other as they're broadcasted, Scrubs and The Office typically stayed 3 or 4 episodes ahead of the one that was being shown that thursday.

and hte series finale of Scrubs has been cut down to 12 episodes, what was supposed to be an original 20 episode season or something. IT SUCKS. I'm genuinly upset by this, since when I first heard it. I JUST HAD TO WRITE A BLOG ABOUT IT.

seriously, scrubs and the office is awesome, and I haven't seen em in ages (aside from the reruns), and this strike has for what it's worth, ended a lot of my favorite tv shows. :(

iPear on Dec 12 '07 at 8:07pm

scrubs already finished filming it's final season, didn't it? I'm pretty annoyed by the halt, because of the impending fear of .... reality TV taking up my thursday night laughathons. Also, I'm pretty bummed by the lack of Colbert Report/DAily Showness too.

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:08pm

i work in the industry. and scrubs' last season, from what i heard, wasn't really affected but i could be wrong.
you think this sucks? wait until Feb when the new shows are supposed to start up and there's NOTHING NEW. or, with most bigger shows like LOST, we get a wopping HALF SEASON.

canceromega on Dec 12 '07 at 8:09pm

Also, I'm pretty bummed by the lack of Colbert Report/DAily Showness too.

I feel ya. :(

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 8:11pm

this brings me back to something else.

think of if Colbert actually got the presidency!!

seriously, just imagine the state of the union addresses.

I have this insanely awesome vivid fantasy of my mind, of having the most awesome, but official, state-of-the-union addresses if colbert was president.

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:11pm

you realize hes a COMEDIAN, right?

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 8:12pm

but yea, until the strike, thursday was my TV day, The Office, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, all on the same day, it was awesome. Occasionally I would watch ER again like I used to..

you work in the industry?

iPear on Dec 12 '07 at 8:12pm

he works in the industry.

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 8:12pm

exactly, hilarity would ensue if a comedian were president.

it'd be just like that movie with Robin Williams, I can only assume, i havne't actually watched it.

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:13pm

howard stern was actually cast for that movie, unparalleled.

yes, ipear's right.

Audiovore on Dec 12 '07 at 8:14pm

You do know most shows have been cut in half, not just Office and scrubs? Like Heroes and every other network show are probably not coming back. Hell even BSG might loose 7 episodes of its 20 for its final season!

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 8:14pm

I mean, what do you do in the industry? is what I'm asking.

but yeah, Colbert actually was running for presidency a while ago, he had a lot of supporters ( think mainly over facebook tho)

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:15pm

well, technically, heroes hadn't started shooting volume 3 yet, but with every other show, audiovores right.

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:15pm

post production/editing.

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 8:15pm

yea I know Audiovore, I was just singling out Office and Scrubs b/c those are the two shows I care the most about. Pretty much all shows have been affected by the strike.

Audiovore on Dec 12 '07 at 8:19pm

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:15pm
well, technically, heroes hadn't started shooting volume 3 yet, but with every other show, audiovores right.

Volume three won't start until next network year(sept), there was suppose to be a second half to Volume 2 that would have started after the holidays like normal, but now we have to wait.

shirtflirt on Dec 12 '07 at 8:25pm

oh wow. that seemed like a natural finale the other week.
that doesn't really jive though. shows, as noted earlier, are shot weeks in advance and then sent to post where it could take any amount of time to finish.

sounds like they were one of hte shows staying just ahead of the curve. bummer.

Audiovore on Dec 12 '07 at 10:12pm

Yeah it was merely coincidence that what was suppose to be a mid-season cliffhanger could work as a season ender. I had heard Tim Kring I believe say that if the strike kept going long enough they would just end the season with it, but preferred not to. I wasn't sure what they decided till I saw the episode with end of chapter two and everything.

unparalleled on Dec 12 '07 at 10:20pm

i guess while the talk is on season endings, does anyone know exactly why Arrested Development ended so abruptly?

Rambunkcious on Dec 12 '07 at 10:22pm

all shows are effected by this i dunno why you are focusing on just those two

unparalleled on Dec 13 '07 at 10:13pm

obviously I know that, I already said I focused on those two cause those are the two I care about the most.

I also care about family guy, and seth macfarlene has been a pretty big figure in the strike so far.

unparalleled on Dec 13 '07 at 10:25pm

strike obviously wouldn't be a big deal if it just affected 2 shoes.

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