Welcome to Strike Watch!

With all the confusion around the writer's strike and what it's doing to popular television shows, I decided to create a site for fans of all shows to come and find out important information regarding their favorite programs.

First off, as an aspiring screenwriter and avid television fan, let me say I am behind the writers 100%. If you wish to find out ways to support the writers, check out Fans for Writers.

Secondly, I encourage anyone to send me any news regarding the strike to will.ohargan@gmail.com or leave a comment on this post. I will do my best to update this as often as I can.

Ari Gold--er--Emanuel talks on the strike

You can't help but feel sorry for Ari. He seems to be one of the few people addressing this from a neutrel point of view and understands that people need to be at the table.

DGA to begin talks with AMPTP

If the AMPTP treats directors like it did writers, at least the directors will have time before they go on strike. The director's contract ends in June, but the WGA strike may have some effect on how the DGA conducts itself in the upcoming talks. While the DGA talks won't have a direct effect on the outcome of the WGA strike, the writers could show just how much the AMPTP is willing to budge, hopefully avoiding a DGA strike.

However, if the DGA gets a deal before the WGA, what does that mean for the writers? Well, it depends on what the producers get.

Spoilers may slow down

Spoilers from your favorite television program may slow down, according to those closest to the rumor mill biz. TVSquad is saying that shows will only have "exclusive" spoilers for as long as the show is in production. So those of you who have to hear what's going to happen next on LOST may have to wait a little while.

Note that you're talking about long term spoilers here. The spoilers that come a few days before the episode airs are from post-production people, as well as shows that are airing in the spring such as LOST, Monk, Psych and The Shield. Otherwise, the spoiler well will be drying up soon.

WGA strike may effect award shows

This article takes the position that this is a bad thing. Honestly, most of the prewritten stuff for the award shows is trash anyway. Think of the last Oscars. Of all the prewritten segments, only the best director introduction where Lucas was made to feel bad and the musical number with Will Ferrell and Jack Black were worth the time. Jon Stewart isn't commenting on how it will effect him. And Bruce Vilanch is, well, however you feel about Bruce Vilanch won't be changed here.

Sorry for the vacation

As a student who also works and is very sick, it sometimes is hard to keep up with everything. On top of that, I can not effectively blog from home because my laptop is, at best, slow. So, for the rest of the day I will be providing all the updates I can.

CONFIRMED: LOST to be split in half.

It seems that, unless the strike ends quickly and abruptly, Season 4 of LOST will be eight episodes, half of the original order, and 24 episodes will air in 2008 in a fashion not unlike, say, '24', according to Kristin on E! Online.

Damon Lindelof had this to say:

"It's as much of a conclusion as, say, Ana-Lucia and Libby getting shot. An eight-episode season is an incomplete season, and I am not going to try to spin it any other way."

So there you have it, it seems pretty much certain that LOST will be broken up and the more days pass the less likely it is '24' will be on before September.