TV and Film Writers Threaten to Strike

If there’s a writers’ strike, this is the consensus on what would happen. Leno, Letterman, Stewart and all the other late-night talk shows would go into reruns immediately. By late November, the soap operas would run out of new episodes and be replaced by news programs. By mid-January, prime time would be filled with reality shows, game shows, news magazines and some sporting events along with re-runs of popular dramas and comedies. Talks between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of film and TV producers broke off last night and the writers’ contract expired at 12:01 this morning. Strike captains were told that members should clear out their offices by the end of the working day.