sciopero degli sceneggiatori: serie tv USA a rischio

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Originariamente inviato da Swisström

OHHH yeah... odio queste due serie

Extracomunitario bastardo ti piacerà smallville, come minimo

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A bunch of TV stars, including Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer, Seth Myers, Rashida Jones, Richard Belzer, Colin Quinn, Kristin Davis, and Michael Emerson from Lost are part of a video over at The Huffington Post talking about why writers are important and why the strike is important to the future of the industry. They're joined by Presidential candidate John Edwards and big screen stars Tim Robbins and Danny Glover.

Talks have resumed and parties involved say that things have been productive. Fey even says (it's a little hard to hear in the video) that she's optimistic that a deal can be reached within the next week because there's no reason why people can't go back to work.

It's funny to see Emerson talking about the strike. He still has that Ben "look" in his eye and you expect him to say something like "the writers should be paid for their work...TRUST ME, I WOULDN'T LIE TO YOU, JACK."
(LOL )


SOURCE - http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/28/ti...will-end-soon/

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/1...m_n_74394.html

Guardatelo il video che fa in effetti ridere vedere il Ben di Lost che parla

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Even if the WGA strike manages a "speedy" resolution — which is no guarantee, seeing as little progress has been reported — it could take many shows several weeks to get back on track. As detailed by the Los Angeles Times, sealing any actual deal will take a week or more of paperwork, at which point the traditional two-week holiday hiatus will hold up the biz. Though some scribes may blow off the break to get back to their keyboards, figure on three to five weeks for shows to restart production, as they wait for enough scripts to be in the hopper before firing up the machinery. "Resuming production isn't something that can happen overnight," warns CSI: NY exec producer Pam Veasey. "It doesn't take just one week to prepare 200 crew members to film a single episode."

Sitcoms that tape before a studio audience (such as Back to You) would be the first off the block, perhaps inside of a week and a half, while something like Pushing Daisies will require five weeks to bloom again.


Source: TVGuide.com

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The Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Thursday presented a "New Economic Partnership" to the WGA, which according to a statement from the AMPTP "includes groundbreaking moves in several areas of new media, including streaming, content made for new media and programming delivered over digital broadcast channels." Dollars- and cents-wise, the AMPTP says, "The entire value of the [deal] will deliver more than $130 million in additional compensation above and beyond the more than $1.3 billion writers already receive each year."

The WGA has asked for time to study the proposals, and talks are scheduled to resume on Tuesday, December 4.

Says the AMPTP, "We continue to believe that there is common ground to be found between the two sides, and that our proposal for a New Economic Partnership offers the best chance to find it."

(Source - tvguide.com - Thursday, November 29 2007)

[bjt2]

Solo un 10% di aumenti? Ma che gli fanno l'elemosina? Non vogliono aumenti, ma percentuali su tutte le vendite...

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Well, that didn't take long. The WGA has swiftly dismissed the "New Economic Partnership" put forth by the AMPTP on Thursday, saying in a statement that "for the first three days of this week, the companies presented in essence their November 4 [pre-strike] package with not an iota of movement on any of the issues that matter to writers. Thursday morning, the first new proposal was finally presented to us. It dealt only with streaming and made-for-Internet jurisdiction, and it amounts to a massive rollback."

The WGA reports that with regards to Internet streaming, they were offered "a single fixed payment of less than $250 for a year's reuse of an hour-long program (compared to over $20,000 payable for a network rerun)." For made-for-Internet material, the AMPTP "continued to refuse to grant jurisdiction," "they made absolutely no move on the download formula" and "continue to assert that they can deem any reuse 'promotional' and pay no residual (even if they replay the entire film or TV episode, and even if they make money)."

Talks are scheduled to resume on Tuesday. Says the WGA, "We must fight on, returning to the lines... in force to make it clear that we will not back down, that we will not accept a bad deal, and that we are all in this together."

(Source - tvguide.com - Friday, November 30 2007)

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Lista aggiornata al 28 novembre di TvGuide:

30 Rock: Ten episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are four left.

Aliens in America: Seventeen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are eight left.

Back to You: Nine episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two left.

The Big Bang Theory: Eight episodes were produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.

Bionic Woman: Eight episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there is one left.

Bones: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Boston Legal: Fifteen episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are eight left.

Brothers & Sisters: Twelve episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are four left.

Carpoolers: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Cavemen: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Chuck: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Criminal Minds: Roughly twelve episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are roughly two left.

CSI: Eleven episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are three left.

CSI: NY: Fourteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Desperate Housewives: Ten episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Dirty Sexy Money: Eleven episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are three left.

ER: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Friday Night Lights: Fifteen episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are eight left.

Gossip Girl: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Greek: Eight new episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight left.

Grey's Anatomy: Eleven episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Heroes: Eleven episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there is one left.

House: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Jericho: Seven episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are seven episodes left.

Las Vegas: Nineteen episodes will be produced. Nine have aired, so there are 10 left.

Law & Order: SVU: Fourteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Life is Wild: Twelve episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Lost: Eight episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight episodes left.

Medium: Nine episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are nine episodes left.

Men in Trees: Nineteen episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are 12 left.

My Name is Earl: Thirteen episodes will be produced (that includes two one-hour eps, which count double). Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.

The New Adventures of Old Christine: Eight episodes have been produced. No episodes have aired, so there are eight left.

Numbers: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine have aired, so there are three left.

The Office: Twelve half-hour episodes will be produced. Twelve half-hour episodes have aired, so there are zero half-hour episode left.

One Tree Hill: Twelve episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are twelve episodes left.

Prison Break: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are five left. (On hiatus 'til Jan. 14)

Private Practice: Ten episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Pushing Daisies: Nine episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Reaper: Ten to 12 episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there is one to three left.

Samantha Who?: Twelve episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Scrubs: Eleven episodes will be produced. Four episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Shark: Eleven episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there is one left.

The Shield: All 13 season-seven episodes will be completed. None have aired (the final season gets underway in '08), so there are 13 left.

Smallville: Fifteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Supernatural: Ten to 12 episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are three to five left.

Ugly Betty: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are four left.

[markus_81]

Le due parti sono ancora ad un punto morto, ed hanno deciso di interrompere le trattative fino martedì prossimo, quando lo sciopero raggiungerà la quinta settimana. Al quarto giorno di trattative, nonostante la AMPTP avesse fatto quella che considera una “proposta terremoto”, la WGA ha opposto un netto rifiuto, e le due parti hanno deciso di rimandare il tutto a martedì prossimo. Secondo fonti bene informate, la proposta avrebbe stabilito un ulteriore compenso di 130 milioni per la distribuzione via cellulari/internet/nuovi media in genere, oltre a quelli già previsti: il “New Economic Partnership” è stato rigettato dalla WGA, che lo ha bollato come un “cattivo contratto”, cosa che avrebbe (il condizionale è d’obbligo, visto che le trattative si sono svolte sotto black-out mediatico) fatto infuriare i vertici della AMPTP, visto che in un primo tempo la WGA avrebbe mostrato “interesse”. Tanto era l’ottimismo che l’associazione dei produttori, dopo aver sperato in un comunicato congiunto (proposta rifiutata visto che il direttore esecutivo della WGA West, David Young, ha fatto sapere che avrebbe dovuto prima parlarne con i suoi membri) aveva emesso un comunicato in cui annunciava che il “New Economic Partnership è quello che serviva per chiudere le trattative”. A stretto giro di posta, la WGA (comunicato congiunto di Patric Verrone - Presidente della WGA West - e Michael Winship - presidente della WGA East) rispondeva che “continueremo a combarre con il supporto della Screen Actors Guild, degli altri sindacati, dei politici, e del pubblico (per non parlare della International Affiliation of Writers’ Guild - IAWG - che ha mostrato la sua solidarietà facendo sfilare i suoi membri nelle maggiori città del mondo dichiarando un “International Solidarity Day”). Non ci arrenderemo, non accetteremo un cattivo contratto, e su questo siamo tutti d’accordo. L’AMPTP, distorce le notizie, ma questo ci motiva ancora di più”. A questo punto gli studios hanno deciso per una linea più accomodante, dichiarando che “avremmo preferito continuare le trattative venerdì (oggi, ndr), ma rispettiamo e capiamo il desiderio della WGA di studiare le proposte”.
Tra tanti comunicati, un sacco di rumors: se la prossima settimana non si registreranno ulteriori progressi, l’AMPTP comincierebbe le trattative con la Directors Guild of America (il sindacato dei registi, il cui contratto scade il 30 giugno): i registi si sono detti disponibili e pronti alla trattativa, anche se la WGA non avesse raggiunto un accordo: se così fosse, la mossa diminuirebbe di molto il potere contrattuale della WGA. Dal canto suo, pare che il sindacato degli sceneggiatori potrebbe porre termine allo sciopero e far tornare al lavoro i suoi membri, lasciando però aperta la possibilità di richiamarlo in ogni momento. Per ora, in ogni caso, il sindacato continua la sua campagna con picchetti e altri eventi, che mantengano alta l’attenzione del pubblico: la WGA West ha previsto per oggi un “Hollywood Homecoming” evento presso i picchetti davanti alla Sony, cui dovrebbero partecipare l’ex presidente della WGA West, Christopher Knopf; gli sceneggiatori Millard Kaufman, Norman Borisoff, Arthur Marx, Don Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz, John Mankiewicz e Dominic Stefano, il regista Andrew McCullough e l’attrice Lelia Goldoni.

Ps: La palma dell’originalità va comunque agli sceneggiatori di film horror (oltre 70, pare), che hanno condotto un esorcismo di fronte agli studios della Warner Bros a mezzogiorno di martedì: la cerimonia (con tanto di Rituale Romano) è stata officiata da Scott Kosar (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) che ha spiegato di essere qui per “esorcizzare gli studios, far uscire i loro demoni, e riportare alla sanità gli amministratori degli studios, affinché possano negoziare con noi e darci ciò che è giusto. Via demoni, via”.

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guardate lollosi questi video, fatto dagli attori in supporto allo sciopero...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-hGZ7daMek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jodSs8L40gA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5yJklH_jA

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Ma gli attori cosa centrano?

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Originariamente inviato da Xile

Ma gli attori cosa centrano?

sono a favore degli sceneggiatori....in pratica sono in vacanze pagate

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le serie tv chiudono le produzioni ormai...

A full roundup of the effects of the WGA strike on American television scheduling and output as the strike heads into its twenty-ninth day.

NEW TODAY
- Full airdate and schedule update as the end of the year approaches
- Strike talks resumed November 26; WGA says latest AMPTP offer constitutes "rollback"
- Comedy hosts to pay workers impacted by writers' strike through end-2007

ABC
Big Shots: 13 episodes out of 13 ordered completed.
Boston Legal: 15 episodes completed out of 22 episode order. Production shut down.
Brothers and Sisters: 12 episodes out of 23 ordered completed. Production shut down.
Cashmere Mafia: Launch held back until end of strike.
Carpoolers: 13 out of 13 completed.
Cavemen: 13 episodes out of 13 ordered taped.
Desperate Housewives: Production shut down with 10 episodes recorded; episode 9 aired December 2.
Dirty Sexy Money: 11 of 13 episodes taped.
Grey's Anatomy: 11 episodes recorded; production shut down. Episode 10 to air December 6.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: On hiatus.
Lost: 8 episodes out of 16 ordered taped. In event of protracted dispute, the 8 in the can could run as a mini-season starting in the New Year with remaining shows held back for 2008-09.
Men in Trees: 19 episodes taped, some held back from last season.
Notes From the Underbelly: 5 out of 18 episodes completed.
Private Practice: 10 episodes taped. Production shut down. Episode 9 confirmed for December 5.
Samantha Who?: 12 episodes taped out of 22 episode season order.
Ugly Betty: 13 out of 24 episodes taped. Episode 10 to go out December 6.
Women's Murder Club: 10 out of 13 episodes completed.

CBS
Cane: Production on 13 episodes completed successfully.
Cold Case: 13 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down.
Criminal Minds: 12 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down.
CSI: 11 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Episode 10 currently scheduled for December 13. Production shut down.
CSI: Miami: 13 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Production shut down.
CSI: New York: 14 episodes of 24 episode order taped. Production shut down.
Ghost Whisperer: 10 episodes out of 22 ordered taped.
Jericho: Production completed on 7 episode order.
NCIS: 11 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down. Episode 11 to air December 18.
Numb3rs: 12 episodes out of 24 ordered taped. Production shut down.
Rules of Engagement: Production shut down with 9 episodes completed.
Shark: 11 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down. Episode 11 to air December 9.
The Big Bang Theory: Production shut down with 9 episodes completed.
The Late Show with David Letterman: On hiatus.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: On hiatus.
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Production shut down.
Two and a Half Men: Production shut down with 10 episodes out of 24 ordered in the can. Show went on hiatus November 26.

Fox
24: Production shut down with 8 episodes taped. Show on hiatus.
American Dad: 22 episodes out of 22 ordered in the can.
Back to You: Production shut down with 9 episodes taped. On hiatus.
Bones: 12 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Episode 9 aired November 27. Production shut down.
Family Guy: Production shut down with 19 episodes completed.
House: Repeats to air after American Idol in January. 12 episodes completed of season 4 - episode 9 aired November 27.
K-Ville: 11 episodes out of 13 ordered in the can. Production shut down. Episode 10 scheduled for December 17.
Prison Break: 13 out of 22 episodes completed. On hiatus until January 14, when episode 9 will air.
'Til Death: Production shut down. On hiatus.

NBC
30 Rock: 10 episodes of a 22 episode season taped. Production shut down. Last scheduled episode, 9, airs on December 13.
Bionic Woman: 8 episodes of 13 episode order completed. On hiatus effective November 28. Production shut down.
ER: 13 episodes completed; episode 10 to air November 6.
Heroes: Heroes: Origins spinoff suspended. 11 out of 24 episodes completed; episode 11 to air tonight and will serve as finale of volume two.
Journeyman: 13 episodes of 13 ordered taped. Episode 11 scheduled for December 10.
Law and Order: SVU: 14 episodes taped. Production shut down.
Medium: 9 episodes out of a 22 episode order completed. Production shut down.
My Name Is Earl: 13 episodes of season 3 completed.
Saturday Night Live: On hiatus.
Scrubs: 12 episodes shot. NBC rumoured to have wanted 12th episode to serve as series finale; creator Bill Lawrence refused to wrap series early. Episode 6 to air December 6.
The Office: On hiatus.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: On hiatus. NBC considering plan to bring show back with guest hosts beginning November 19. Jay Leno refuses to cross picket lines.

The CW
Gossip Girl: 13 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Episode 10 scheduled to air December 5. Production shut down.
Smallville: 15 episodes of 22 episode order taped. Production shut down.
Supernatural: 12 episodes completed; production shut down.

Comedy Central
South Park: Writers not members of the WGA; production continues.
The Colbert Report: On hiatus.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: On hiatus.

HBO
Real Time with Bill Maher: On hiatus.

FX
Dirt: Second season expected to be truncated.
Nip/Tuck: 14 episodes in the can; filming on 8 more postponed.
Rescue Me: 22 episodes ordered; production had been scheduled for early 2008 start.

(Source - www.digitalspy.co.uk - Monday, December 3 2007)

[Xile]

E' un bollettino di guerra.

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non tutto il male viene per nuocere...

CBS late Monday unveiled its "revised programming schedule" for January and February, and the highlights include return dates for Jericho — the seven-episode Season 2 kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 pm/ET — and New Adventures of Old Christine (Mondays at 9:30, starting Jan. 28).

Other dates to denote:

Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 8 pm: The Power of 10 returns

Sunday, Jan. 13, Tuesday, Jan. 15 and Wednesday, Jan 16: The six-hour miniseries Commanche Moon

Monday, Jan. 28, 8:30 pm: The Captain premieres, starring Jeffrey Tambor, Chris Klein and Raquel Welch

Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8 pm: Survivor's Season 16 premieres

Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 9 pm: Big Brother returns

How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, CSI, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numbers, Cold Case and Shark will remain in their usual time slots, airing reruns as fresh fare runs out.

(Source - tvguide.com - Monday, December 3 2007)

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Venerdì si sono purtroppo nuovamente interrotte le trattative per il rinnovo del contratto tra gli sceneggiatori statunitensi e i rappresentanti degli studios. L’Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers biasima gli autori per l’ultima sospensione, colpevoli a dire loro di non voler scendere a compromessi; se non faranno un passo indietro e non proporranno un progetto più ragionevole non ci sarà nulla da fare. Ovviamente di vedute opposte l’associazione degli sceneggiatori, che respinge l’ultimatum e fa sapere di non avere mai ricevuto una equa proposta per quanto riguarda i proventi dei new-media.

E’ la seconda volta che i negoziati si interrompono da quando WGA e AMPTP hanno iniziato la trattativa il 16 luglio scorso; come ricordiamo il primo fu lo scorso 4 novembre che sfociò il giorno successivo nel grande sciopero degli sceneggiatori.

Nessuno si aspettava una simile notizia, soprattutto dopo i progressi comunicati nei giorni scorsi; le nostre serie tv hanno davvero i giorni contati!

certo è che se lo sciopero non si risolve entro gennaio tutte le serie saltano di sicuro fino ad anno nuovo ( -> settembre)

[Hire]

Spero vivamente di no, non posso aspettare settembre

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Talks between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America have broken down, it has been confirmed.

In a statement, the AMPTP said: "We’re disappointed to report that talks between the AMPTP and WGA have broken down yet again. Quite frankly, we’re puzzled and disheartened by an ongoing WGA negotiating strategy that seems designed to delay or derail talks rather than facilitate an end to this strike."

The AMPTP cited six "unreasonable demands" made by the WGA in the most recent round of talks as "roadblocks to real progress". According to the AMPTP, the WGA has demanded that membership in their union be mandatory in the reality TV and animation industries; that networks should be prevented from airing reality TV material that was not produced in accordance with WGA rules; that a "no strike" provision should be ignored, thus enabling the WGA to participate in other disputes; that writers receive a slice of ad revenues; that a third party should determine transaction and therefore residual values, instead of the market; and that the WGA's proposal for new media residuals "could actually cost producers more than they receive in revenues".

The AMPTP added: "These are the terms the WGA organizers demand for ending the strike – money that doesn’t exist, restrictions that are legally dubious, and control over people who have refused to join their union."

In response, the WGA's negotiating committee chairman John Bowman said of the AMPTP: "They are holding to their offer of a $250 fixed residual for unlimited one year streaming after a six-week window of free use. They still insist on the DVD rate for Internet downloads.

"They refuse to cover original material made for new media.

"This offer was accompanied by an ultimatum: the AMPTP demands we give up several of our proposals, including Fair Market Value (our protection against vertical integration and self-dealing), animation, reality, and, most crucially, any proposal that uses distributor’s gross as a basis for residuals. This would require us to concede most of our Internet proposal as a precondition for continued bargaining. The AMPTP insists we let them do to the Internet what they did to home video."

He added: "We remain ready and willing to negotiate, no matter how intransigent our bargaining partners are, because the stakes are simply too high. We were prepared to counter their proposal tonight, and when any of them are ready to return to the table, we’re here, ready to make a fair deal."

(Source - www.digitalspy.co.uk - Saturday, December 8 2007)

La vedo grigia...

[CARVASIN]

House: Repeats to air after American Idol in January. 12 episodes completed of season 4 - episode 9 aired November 27.

Scusate ma questo vuol dire che a Gennaio riprenderanno dall'inizio o che continueranno dalla nona puntata?
Grazie.

Ciao!

[Dark Jack]

Originariamente inviato da CARVASIN

House: Repeats to air after American Idol in January. 12 episodes completed of season 4 - episode 9 aired November 27.

Scusate ma questo vuol dire che a Gennaio riprenderanno dall'inizio o che continueranno dalla nona puntata?
Grazie.

Ciao!

Da quel che mi par di capire ricomincia dall' inizio