Piggybacking on the derail in this question, and solipsophistocracy's question therein, why are the Daily Show and Colbert Report making new episodes with the writer's strike still going on? [more inside]
posted by paddingtonb on Jan 10, 2008 - 12 answers

Months ago, my wife and I got tickets for the Jan 17th episode of The Daily Show. She's unlikely to cross a picket line - is there likely to be one? Either way, should we go? [more inside]
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed on Jan 8, 2008 - 27 answers

Question about the Writer's Guild strike and comparable situations in other industries: why are the studios allowed to negotiate as a single entity, the AMPTP? How does this situation compare to the various US sports leagues and the auto and airline industries? [more inside]
posted by mullacc on Dec 28, 2007 - 9 answers

Does anyone know where my kid could interview one of the striking TV writers, today, in New York? [more inside]
posted by Divine_Wino on Nov 12, 2007 - 15 answers

How badly will the WGA strike affect a young screenwriter? [more inside]
posted by PostIronyIsNotaMyth on Oct 30, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm thinking of being the 2007 Writer's Strike for Halloween (because, you know, November 1st will be pretty scary for us WGA members living paycheck to paycheck.) Now-- how to make this snarky, intangible and in-joke-ridden costume idea a reality? [more inside]
posted by np312 on Oct 22, 2007 - 19 answers