Writer's Strike???!
Question: Has the writers strike affected such shows as Heroes, prison break, my name is earl with the plot? and how?
Answers: Has the writers strike affected such shows as Heroes, prison break, my name is earl with the plot? and how?
Yes. I will give the list of shows affected by the strike, copied and pasted from digitalspy.co.uk:
ABC
Big Shots: 13 episodes out of 13 ordered completed. Latest scheduled episode is episode 10 on December 20.
Boston Legal: 15 episodes completed out of 22 episode order. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 10 on December 18.
Brothers and Sisters: 12 episodes out of 23 ordered completed. Production shut down. Episode 9 went out December 2; no further first-runs scheduled at present.
Cashmere Mafia: Launch held back until end of strike.
Carpoolers: 13 out of 13 completed. Show went off air at episode 6 on November 13.
Cavemen: 13 episodes out of 13 ordered taped. Show went off air at episode 6 on November 13.
Desperate Housewives: Production shut down with 10 episodes recorded. Show went off air at episode 9 on December 2.
Dirty Sexy Money: 11 of 13 episodes taped. One first-run episode remains but not scheduled.
Grey's Anatomy: 11 episodes recorded; production shut down. Episode 10 to air tonight.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: On hiatus.
Lost: 8 episodes out of 16 ordered taped. In event of protracted dispute, the 8 in the can could run as a mini-season starting in the New Year with remaining shows held back for 2008-09.
Men in Trees: 19 episodes taped, some held back from last season. Latest scheduled episode is episode 9 on December 14.
Notes From the Underbelly: 5 out of 18 episodes completed. Latest scheduled episode is episode 4 on December 17.
October Road: 13 out of 13 episodes completed. Currently on air.
Private Practice: 10 episodes taped. Production shut down. Episode 9 went out December 5; no further episodes scheduled.
Pushing Daisies: 9 episodes completed; show goes off air December 12.
Samantha Who?: 12 episodes taped out of 22 episode season order. Episode 10 scheduled for December 17.
Ugly Betty: 13 out of 24 episodes taped. Episode 10 to go out tonight.
Women's Murder Club: 10 out of 13 episodes completed.
CBS
Cane: Production on 13 episodes completed successfully. Final episode scheduled for December 18.
Cold Case: 13 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 11 on December 9.
Criminal Minds: 12 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 11 on December 19.
CSI: 11 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Episode 10 currently scheduled for December 13. Production shut down.
CSI: Miami: 13 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 12 on December 17.
CSI: New York: 14 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 12 on December 19.
Ghost Whisperer: 10 episodes out of 22 ordered taped. Show expected to go off air December 14.
Jericho: Production completed on 7 episode order. Show to go on air February 12, 2008.
Moonlight: 11 out of 13 episodes completed. Latest scheduled episode is episode 10 on December 14.
NCIS: 11 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down. Show to go off air December 18.
Numb3rs: 12 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down. Latest scheduled episode is episode 10 on December 14.
Rules of Engagement: Production shut down with 9 episodes completed. Show went off air November 19.
Shark: 11 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down. Show to go off air December 9.
The Big Bang Theory: Production shut down with 9 episodes completed.
The Late Show with David Letterman: On hiatus.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: On hiatus.
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Production shut down.
The Unit: 11 out of 22 episodes completed. Episode 10 aired November 27; show off air.
Two and a Half Men: Production shut down with 10 episodes out of 24 ordered in the can. Show went on hiatus November 26.
Fox
24: Production shut down with 8 episodes taped. Show on hiatus.
American Dad: 22 episodes out of 22 ordered in the can. Show on air.
Back to You: Production shut down with 9 episodes taped. On hiatus effective November 14 with 2 first-run episodes remaining.
Bones: 12 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Episode 9 aired November 27. Production shut down.
Family Guy: Production shut down with 19 episodes completed. Show off air.
House: Repeats to air after American Idol in January. 12 episodes completed of season 4 - episode 9 aired November 27.
King of the Hill: 21 out of 22 episodes completed. Show on air.
K-Ville: 11 episodes out of 13 ordered in the can. Production shut down. Episode 10 scheduled for December 17.
Prison Break: 13 out of 22 episodes completed. On hiatus until January 14, when episode 9 will air.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: 9 out of 13 episodes completed. Show to go on air January 13, 2008.
The Simpsons: 22 out of 22 episodes completed; show on air.
'Til Death: Production shut down. On hiatus.
NBC
30 Rock: 10 episodes of a 22 episode season taped. Production shut down. Last scheduled episode, 9, airs on December 13.
Bionic Woman: 8 episodes of 13 episode order completed. On hiatus effective November 28. Production shut down.
Chuck: 13 out of 22 episodes completed. Latest scheduled episode, episode 11, aired December 3.
ER: 13 episodes completed; episode 10 to air tonight.
Heroes: Heroes: Origins spinoff suspended. 11 out of 24 episodes completed; episode 11 to air tonight and will serve as finale of volume two.
Journeyman: 13 episodes of 13 ordered taped. Last episode airs December 19.
Law and Order: SVU: 14 episodes taped. Production shut down.
Life: 11 out of 22 episodes completed. Last episode aired December 5.
Medium: 9 episodes out of a 22 episode order completed. Production shut down.
My Name Is Earl: 13 episodes of season 3 completed. Episode 12 airs tonight.
Saturday Night Live: On hiatus.
Scrubs: 12 episodes shot. NBC rumoured to have wanted 12th episode to serve as series finale; creator Bill Lawrence refused to wrap series early. Episode 6 to air tonight.
The Office: On hiatus.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: On hiatus. NBC considering plan to bring show back with guest hosts beginning November 19. Jay Leno refuses to cross picket lines.
The CW
Everybody Hates Chris: 22 out of 22 episodes completed. Show on air.
Gossip Girl: 13 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Episode 11 scheduled to air December 19. Production shut down.
One Tree Hill 12 out of 13 episodes completed. Show to air as normal.
Smallville: 15 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down. Show on air.
Supernatural: 12 episodes completed; production shut down. Show on air.
Comedy Central
South Park: Writers not members of the WGA; production continues.
The Colbert Report: On hiatus.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: On hiatus.
HBO
Real Time with Bill Maher: On hiatus.
FX
Dirt: Second season expected to be truncated.
Nip/Tuck: 14 episodes in the can; filming on 8 more postponed. Latest scheduled episode, episode 9, goes out December 18.
Rescue Me: 22 episodes ordered; production had been scheduled for early 2008 start.
Sci Fi
Battlestar Galactica: 13 out of 20 season four episodes completed. Two-hour TV movie, Razor, has already aired. Season four expected to go on air March-April 2008.
yes many of the shows only shot a few episodes when the strike happened. they may show reruns or xmas movies in the time slot. i know desperate housewives ended 2 sundays ago and im going nuts bc there wasnt a follow up episode.
yes they have ran out of the shows that were written for this season so now they have no new shows and have switched to reruns
It's affected all scripted series, in that they are all out of scripts or will be within a week or two. Also, many actors have refused to cross the picket lines. For example, the cast, creator, and directors of Heroes have joined the writers on the picket lines to show their support.
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