Has the writers strike affected The Guiding Light yet?!
Question: It just seems like they have different writers here lately. The story lines are going way too fast
Answers: It just seems like they have different writers here lately. The story lines are going way too fast
from the NY Times:
None of the eight daytime dramas on network television have gone into reruns, and none have plans to do so. But in a genre that thrives on drawn-out cliffhangers, the most sensational mystery in daytime may be how these shows are being written at all, considering that nearly all of their writers are guild members on strike.
A handful of writers, for “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “General Hospital” on ABC and “The Young and the Restless” on CBS, have officially crossed picket lines to return to work in recent weeks. A guild designation known as “financial core” allows individuals to pay some union dues and fees and to be covered by collective bargaining agreements, but those individuals are not union members and are not compelled to go on strike, but they are the exception. The sexual shenanigans, back-from-the-grave miracles and double-dealing that are the lifeblood of such shows are being scripted by mostly uncredited, ragtag staffs variously made up of network executives, producers, secretaries and, some union members insist, scabs who are either writing sub rosa or slipping plot points to management.
Consider that “The Young and the Restless,” which before the strike carried a writing staff of more than a dozen, now lists just three writers in its closing credits, each a guild member granted financial core status.
“There’s just no way three people can be doing that job,” said Sandra Weintraub, a striking writer who has written for the show for more than three years. “With the Internet, people don’t ever have to cross a picket line. So we’ll never know.”
While many of the soap episodes shown last week were based on scripts written by guild members before the strike — each daytime drama tends to ready episodes at least two months in advance — network representatives refused to say exactly how they were preparing the shows that will be seen as those stockpiles are depleted.
“The shows are staffed, and we have people in place to continue producing original programming,” ABC said in a statement, which also noted that “producers are aiding in the process.” The actors are typically members of unions that are not on strike, and some have joined the picket lines during breaks. "
i think they have scab writers like the other soaps idk. but who is writing now is doing a brilliant job. i recently started watching again like a month ago thanx to youtube and coop and ashley. but i'm loving gl, its gotten better than most of the other shows.
No it hasn't...........they are written way in advance!!!!
But the story lines are getting better!!
I don't think so, most soaps have about 6 months of story lines in the bank so to speak.
You know things are going to be crazy now that Johnathan is back.
I hope they put the Harley, Marina, Cyrus triangle to rest soon.