11/1/2007

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The Writer's Guild of America is set to go on a strike.

Katie Stilp

Following three and a half months of negotiations, the Writer's Guild of America is going on strike.  
  
The reasons for the strike, according to Forbes, are compensation for Web content and higher residuals for DVD sales.  
  
What does that mean for your favorite TV shows? Well, it if is anything like the last writers' strike in 1988, the industry will be severely affected. The strike delayed the TV season after the writers' stopped working for 22 weeks.  
  
So what happens now? If the strike continues, late night TV shows like "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Jon Stewart's popular "The Daily Show" will be sent into re-runs, as they all require monologue and script writing. Daytime soaps will be forced into repeats within the month. If the strike continues into 2008, prime time viewing will be affected, as the episodes already filmed run out.  
  
According to E! Online, sometime today, members of WGA will be notified of when exactly the strike will begin. The Associated Press reported that the strike will likely start Monday.