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The rain has come as the writers’ strike is over. But the long drought has left Hollywood brittle and parched as the writers’ strike has halted many plans and events. Who would have known a bunch of off screen paper churners would bring the whole entertainment industry down to the extent that the Golden Globes was desiccated.

It seems the WGAs (writers’ association) are so fired up because the writers aren’t getting a slice of the DVD sales pie. TV show DVD’s are not a very big seller. They’re lucky that the DVD buyers haven’t discovered p2p or torrents. What they should be more scared of is the internet. (Lets hope they never get fired up about the internet. Imagine what they’ll do. Kill the internets?)

This squabble over a slice of old pie about to be rotten pie has caused havoc already. Without the writers creating the scripts for shows has been left many shows without a storyline. Many shows have had to end their season early and continue later in a new season. Show like Heroes, Pushing Daisies and Bones had to or will run until they ran out of episodes and end the season abruptly. Most of these shows are betting on the next season overcome the disturbance. Some of the more resilient names in show biz such as Desperate Housewives, The Office and Scrubs have just gone on a break or temporary gap (a nice interseason holiday for the crew). Then there are the shows who were left out to dry with their futures uncertain. The seventh season of 24 is the hardest hit as it was scheduled to begin during the writers’ strike and it was necessary for the season for the show to have 24 episodes. The dwindling franchise would have problems keeping ratings if they had to halt seasons as it is episode intensive. The writer’s strike also weeded out those shows that were not faring well. Show like Bionic Woman that had horrid ratings was put on hiatus with future episodes or seasons in limbo. Reports say that Bionic Woman has been cancelled has been raised but not confirmed.
More…With all this mayhem caused in Hollywood it has not been an all round disaster for the show biz industry. Across the drink English TV has new found audiences and opportunities. Which have been perfect conditions for BBC America with their swag of Sci-Fi and dramas to fill the drought (VIVA TORCHWOOD). The strike has also allowed smaller fishes overseas to gain viewers in US with less competition. Why maybe Bollywood should try getting some air time.

The strike though has effect viewers still. The strike has left a large gap in TV schedules which are being filled up with repeats or reality TV shows. A bad thing about the strikes it does not affect the many terrible Reality TV shows (that’s probably why they suck, no scripts). Since the writers’ strike is already over it still takes time to get show on the road again. Viewers will have to wait some time for new seasons or but shows on hold will return soon. If TV companies want there shows to survive they better not make their viewer wait too long and launch seasons earlier.

Any way: Watch this space for upcoming TV Show seasons.