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    The Writers' Strike: Bad News for Network TV

    The writers' strike will effect everyone in Hollywood, but it's broadcast television that has the most to fear. We get strike analysis from executives who lived through the last one.

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Dean Valentine

      former CEO, UPN Network

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      Jordan Levin

      Co-Founder, Generate

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