return to tranceaddict TranceAddict Forums Archive > Local Scene Info / Discussion / EDM Event Listings > Canada > Canada - Toronto & Southern Ont.

 
Writers' Strike Is Over, eh.
View this Thread in Original format
Jem_hadar
So, the three-month strike by film and television writers is over for those who care and are interested. Seems like we might see something approaching a normal schedule by April.

Just in time to go off again for the summer :cool:
afterhrsgurl
i care...and i'm glad it's over...now John Stewart can change his show's title back to "THE daily show" instead of "A daily show" lol
*~LiSa-LoO~*
Yay! Good for them. Does anyone know the details of the agreement?
EvilTree
I know i was suffering from massive withdrawal of Jon Stewart and Colbert
NuERA
can't wait for the office!
*~LiSa-LoO~*
quote:
Originally posted by NuERA
can't wait for the office!
cenik
Waiting on the return of Rescue Me and Weeds.
Jayx1
im continuing my viewer's strike until they quit the reality shows! LOL

Although they are becoming fewer and fewer which is a good thing :)

Any word on the return of 24?
tortoise
quote:
Originally posted by NuERA
can't wait for the office!


Question. dose any1 know when it will start up again.
Jem_hadar
quote:
Originally posted by tortoise
Question. dose any1 know when it will start up again.



The three-month strike by film and television writers is over, and viewers will see something approaching a normal schedule by April.



With the writers' strike over, here's a look at where your favorite TV shows currently stand:

quote:

ABC
Likely to be back with new episodes in the spring


* Desperate Housewives
* Grey's Anatomy
* Samantha Who?
* Ugly Betty
* Boston Legal
* Brothers & Sisters

Probably won't be back until next season


* Private Practice
* Pushing Daisies
* Dirty Sexy Money

On the bubble


* Women's Murder Club
* Cashmere Mafia
* Carpoolers

Dead?


* Big Shots
* Notes From the Underbelly
* Cavemen

The rest


* Lost
(six new episodes left)
* Eli Stone
(11 new episodes left)
* October Road
(five new episodes left)
* Men in Trees
(11 new episodes left)
* According to Jim
(six new episodes left)
* Miss/Guided
(seven episodes, hasn't premiered)

NBC
Back with new episodes in the spring


* Medium (will continue its current run)
* ER
* Saturday Night Live (returns Feb. 23)
* My Name Is Earl (returns April 3)
* 30 Rock (returns April 10)
* ER (returns April 10)
* Scrubs (returns April 10)
* The Office (returns April 10)
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (returns April 15)
* Law & Order (returns April 23)

Probably won't be back until next season


* Heroes
* Chuck

On the bubble


* Friday Night Lights

Dead?


* Bionic Woman

We await details on...


* Life
* Las Vegas
* Lipstick Jungle

CBS
Back with new episodes in the spring


* Two and a Half Men (March 17, 9 new episodes)
* How I Met Your Mother (March 17, 9 new episodes)
* The Big Bang Theory (March 17, 9 new episodes)
* CSI: Miami (March 24, 8 new episodes)
* Cold Case (March 30, 5 new episodes)
* Criminal Minds (April 2, 7 new episodes)
* CSI: NY (April 2, 7 new episodes)
* Without a Trace (April 3, 6 new episodes)
* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (April 3, 6 new episodes)
* Ghost Whisperer (April 4, 6 new episodes)
* Numb3rs (April 4, 6 new episodes)
* NCIS (April 8, 7 new episodes)
* Moonlight (April 11, 4 new episodes)
* Rules of Engagement (April 14, 6 new episodes)

Dead?


* Cane

We await details on...


* The New Adventures of Old Christine
* Welcome to the Captain
* The Unit
* Shark
* Jericho
(seven already shot episodes, airing now)
* Swingtown
(hasn't yet aired)

Fox
Likely to be back with new episodes in the spring


* Back to You
* 'Til Death
* Bones

Probably won't be back until next season


* 24

On the bubble


* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Dead?


* K-Ville

We await details on...


* House
* Prison Break

CW
Likely to be back with new episodes in the spring


* Gossip Girl
* Smallville
* Supernatural
* One Tree Hill
(six more episodes already shot, more possible)

On the bubble


* Reaper

Dead?


* Life Is Wild

We await details on...


* Aliens in America
* Girlfriends
* The Game
* Everybody Hates Chris

HBO
Strike proof


* In Treatment
(First season airing now; all episodes were completed before the strike)

Likely to be back in late 2008/early 2009
Writing to resume immediately after the strike ends on

* Entourage
* Big Love
* Flight of the Conchords
* Tell Me You Love Me

On the horizon


* True Blood
(Two episodes were completed before the strike; this series is expected to debut in the fall.)
* 12 Miles of Bad Road
(Five episodes shot on another new series; no air date scheduled yet.)

Showtime
Likely to be back in late spring/early summer


* Weeds
(Scheduled to go in production in April)
* Secret Diaries of a Call Girl
(Eight episodes of a new half-hour comedy series have already been shot)
* The Tudors
(Ten episodes of season 2 have been shot; season 2 is scheduled to debut March 30.)
* State of the Union
( Tracey Ullman's new show, is set to premiere March 30 with five episodes.)

We await details on...
Production schedules and debut dates unavailable.

* Dexter
* Californication
* Brotherhood

FX
On next month


* Dirt
(The strike-shortened seven-episode season begins airing in March.)
* The Riches
(The strike-shortened season begins airing in March.)

Strike proof


* 30 Days
(The documentary show was unaffected by the strike; a six-episode season airs in early summer)
* The Shield
(Production on all 13 episodes of the seventh and final season are completed, but awaiting final edit. Will air sometime after the summer.)

Back in late 2008/early 2009
Writing on all the shows is set to resume as soon as the strike ends.

* Damages
* Rescue Me
* Nip/Tuck
* It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Invasionmix
wow Entourage is sooo delayed late 2008/early 2009?!
CLICK TO RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE
 
Privacy Statement