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This is set to be even bigger than the 2007 WGA strike, which was ~12k people for 100 days. WGA had some precedent-setting wins with that, hopefully the same wi

This is set to be even bigger than the 2007 WGA strike, which was ~12k people for 100 days. WGA had some precedent-setting wins with that, hopefully the same will happen with IATSE.

Waterluvian 5y ago
That strike produced some of my favourite TV ever. Conan was a riot.
thrill 5y ago
Yeah, a lot of television shows really suffered due to it.
- tonyarkles 5y ago
  Although, if legend serves correctly, the entire last half-season of Battlestar Galactica was rewritten during the strike and the writers were much happier with the second version.
  - scrumbledober 5y ago
    and we got dr. horrible
tehjoker 5y ago
The WGA strike was really significant world historically. My recollection is that that strike created the impetus to do more reality television, which in turn created The Apprentice, which in turn gave us the 2016 election. America is a completely TV addled nation lmao At the time, the only thing I noticed was one of my favorite actresses from House MD participated in the strike and that the quality of the writing declined shortly after it started. That said, I completely support the strike! The workers need it badly and the stronger the strikes, the more control the workers will have. The more control they have, the less of a disaster America will be and leave less room for those kinds of consequences! My only criticism of the earlier strike is that it wasn't strong enough to include Reality TV in its coalition. EDIT: Welp, I was wrong! Sorry about that. EDIT2: Some people seem to think the show took off after the strike even though it started before: https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/writers-strike https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/writers-strike http://revolutionaryoldidea.squarespace.com/roi-blogi/2020/10/10/trumpism-is-reality-tvs-fault-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think http://revolutionaryoldidea.squarespace.com/roi-blogi/2020/1...
- CrazedGeek 5y ago
  The Apprentice actually started in 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_se...
- itsdrewmiller 5y ago
  The Apprentice started in 2004, 3 years before the WGA strike.
  - tehjoker 5y ago
    I never watched it, sorry I got the timeline wrong. I thought it was popular after the strike. (EDIT: Looks like it ran 2004-2017) That was one of my favorite alt-history theories. Sad.
cush 5y ago
This is why we have reality TV

This is set to be even bigger than the 2007 WGA strike, which was ~12k people for 100 days. WGA had some precedent-setting wins with that, hopefully the same will happen with IATSE.

Waterluvian 5y ago

That strike produced some of my favourite TV ever. Conan was a riot.

thrill 5y ago

Yeah, a lot of television shows really suffered due to it.

tonyarkles 5y ago
Although, if legend serves correctly, the entire last half-season of Battlestar Galactica was rewritten during the strike and the writers were much happier with the second version.
- scrumbledober 5y ago
  and we got dr. horrible

tehjoker 5y ago

The WGA strike was really significant world historically. My recollection is that that strike created the impetus to do more reality television, which in turn created The Apprentice, which in turn gave us the 2016 election. America is a completely TV addled nation lmao At the time, the only thing I noticed was one of my favorite actresses from House MD participated in the strike and that the quality of the writing declined shortly after it started. That said, I completely support the strike! The workers need it badly and the stronger the strikes, the more control the workers will have. The more control they have, the less of a disaster America will be and leave less room for those kinds of consequences! My only criticism of the earlier strike is that it wasn't strong enough to include Reality TV in its coalition. EDIT: Welp, I was wrong! Sorry about that. EDIT2: Some people seem to think the show took off after the strike even though it started before: https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/writers-strike https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/writers-strike http://revolutionaryoldidea.squarespace.com/roi-blogi/2020/10/10/trumpism-is-reality-tvs-fault-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think http://revolutionaryoldidea.squarespace.com/roi-blogi/2020/1...

CrazedGeek 5y ago
The Apprentice actually started in 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_se...
itsdrewmiller 5y ago
The Apprentice started in 2004, 3 years before the WGA strike.
- tehjoker 5y ago
  I never watched it, sorry I got the timeline wrong. I thought it was popular after the strike. (EDIT: Looks like it ran 2004-2017) That was one of my favorite alt-history theories. Sad.

cush 5y ago

This is why we have reality TV