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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 c
by 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 agoThe 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 agoThe Apprentice started in 2004, 3 years before the WGA strike.
- tehjoker 5y agoI 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.