Is A Possible Writers Strike Looming?

Members of Hollywood's film and television writers union have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike anytime after their contract expires at the end of the month.
More than 5,000 members of the Writers Guild of America cast ballots, with 90 percent voting in favor of authorizing the strike, the union said Friday evening. Members voted Thursday.
"Writers do not want to strike, but they are resolute and prepared to take strong, united action to defend our interests," guild President Patric Verrone said in a news release. "What we must have is a contract that gives us the ability to keep up with the financial success of this ever-expanding global industry."

What would a strike mean for the shows that haven't been picked up for the season yet?

Was "VIVA LAUGHLIN" a FLOP?

The Hugh Jackman-Lloyd Owen musical drama, which follows a fictional Nevada casino, had the best lead-in on television in "CSI." But "Viva Laughlin" (8.8 million) came in third place at 10 p.m. against a veteran "ER" (10 million) as well as ABC's freshman "Big Shots" (8.3 million), neither heavy hitters by any measure."Grey's Anatomy" (17.7 million) won in adults 18-49 against "CSI" (20.8 million) at 9 p.m. "Grey's" was down 10% week-to-week while "CSI" rose 5%. "The Office" (8.5 million) dropped 6% from last week. The 8 p.m. hour was won by "Survivor: China" (13.4 million), which was down 6%, while "Ugly Betty" (9.7 million) declining fell 11% and both "My Name Is Earl" (7.2 million) and "30 Rock" (6.3 million) were down.

Good News TV Fans!

Private Practice on ABC has been picked up for the rest of the season with 9 additional episodes coming.

CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory and CBS drama The Unit have been picked up with an additional 9 episodes as well.

ABC Wins Primetime Wednesday

ABC won primetime Wednesday as freshman series "Pushing Daisies" and "Private Practice" won their time slots though both were down from last week."Private Practice" remained the night's top show in adults with 11.8 million viewers according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by Nielsen Media Research. But "Private Practice" was down more than a half-million viewers, though it saw a slight improvement in its second half hour.

Star Wars TV Series Coming Soon!

George Lucas said Tuesday he is planning a live-action television series spinoff of the "Star Wars" film franchise. Lucas told The Los Angeles Times he has "just begun work" on the series, which will not include the films' major characters Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader.

I'm pretty excited to see what this series will be like, although I must say I'm a little apprehensive on what it will be like without Luke and Vader. What are your thoughts?

Prime-time ratings from Oct.8 thru. Oct.14

1. (1) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 19.79 million viewers.
2. (2) "Dancing with the Stars" (Monday), ABC, 19.62 million viewers.
3. (3) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 19.04 million viewers
4. (4) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 18.89 million viewers.
5. (5) "House," Fox, 18.03 million viewers.
6. (17) "60 Minutes," CBS, 17.23 million viewers.
7. (7) "Dancing with the Stars" (Tuesday), ABC, 16.36 million viewers.
8. (7) "NCIS," CBS, 16.36 million viewers.
9. (12) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 14.55 million viewers.
10. (9) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 14.45 million viewers.
11. (11) "Survivor: China," CBS, 14.22 million viewers.
12. (14) "Cold Case," CBS, 13.88 million viewers.
13. (9) "Without a Trace," CBS, 13.62 million viewers.
14. (17) "CSI: NY," CBS, 13.43 million viewers.
15. (14) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 13.02 million viewers.
16. (31) "Deal Or No Deal" (Wednesday), NBC, 12.58 million viewers.
17. (20) "Brothers & Sisters," ABC, 12.51 million viewers.
18. (14) "Private Practice," ABC, 12.42 million viewers.
19. (21) "Law And Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC, 12.30 million viewers.
20. (19) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 12.23 million viewers.

Poll Results!!

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