I originally told myself that the Writer's Guild strike wouldn't be that bad.  It would give me a chance to catch up on  shows that I am behind on or are just being told I should watch like The Shield and Weeds.  I forgot all about Jack, Chloe, and the promise return from the dead of Tony Almeida.

Well now Fox has announced that they are putting the premiere of 24 on hold "indefinitely" until the strike is resolved.  The reasoning is they want to air season 7 uninterrupted.  Makes sense, but now who knows how long I'll have to wait to find out how they plan to bring back a dead guy.

I don't think that the writer's are really getting a lot of sympathy from television watchers.  Most people don't belong to unions and can't strike.  Most people consider themselves lucky to even have a job. If I wanted more money and decided to stop working to negotiate a contract, there'd be a thousand people waiting to take my job, and my employer would hire one in a  heartbeat.

On the other hand, the TV production companies do make a ton of cash off these shows, even more so with DVD sales.  They should share the wealth, but greedy corporations are like two year olds who haven't learned the word share yet. 

I can see both sides of this, but until these two parties hammer it out, I'll be catching up on TV I've missed and watching some good video podcasts.

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