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Boston teachers had a long and difficult negotiation this past October, while its firefighters are in the midst of a protracted effort to hammer out a contract with the city...
...Guild members maintain that the old contract doesn?t go far enough to protect writers? income or their place in the great Hollywood hierarchy. Pair the looming writers? strike with another, even more threatening specter - a midsummer actors? strike - and you?re looking at grim times indeed in the City of Angels...
...Sorry - dramatic license. In reality, the tubes will keep chattering away, oblivious to the fact that their immediate future as entertainment fixtures could be in danger. You see, if the Writers Guild of America doesn?t reach an agreement on a new contract - and one wasn't reached by Tuesday night's deadline - the nation?s movie and TV writers could vote to walk off the job. And, sadly for America?s viewing masses, that would mean no new television shows...
...Right now there?s a lot of optimism they?ll reach an agreement before the contract expires at midnight Tuesday, but you never know with these things. A writers? strike would affect television the most, rather than movies, because movies that are already written can be finished without writers. If television writers go on strike, you won?t see the effects right away. This season is in the can; studios have long since wrapped the finales of shows like "Friends," "Will and Grace" and "NYPD Blue." But if a strike drags on, next fall you?re going...
...movie industry is much more concerned about an actors? strike, which could happen if a contract doesn?t come through by June 30. And if there?s an actors? strike, movies will, in essence, just shut down. An actors? strike would be far worse for the industry as a whole - you can?t shoot movies or television without actors, but you can shoot some television (and movies that have already been written) without writers...