No Joke: Letterman Forced into Reruns

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Published: Mon, November 05, 2007 - 6:09 pm
Last Updated: Mon, November 05, 2007 - 6:15 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood writers on both coasts are now
pounding the pavement instead of their keyboards.
About 40 people hoisted signs and applauded, as picketing by
striking TV and movie writers began this morning at the CBS lot in
Studio City. One writer said he's as ready as he can be for a
strike -- but that with the cost of living in Los Angeles, "your
bank account can never really be ready for this." Across town at
the Paramount Pictures lot, about 50 strikers carried signs, as
passing drivers honked their horns.
America's late night talk show fare will feature a lot of reruns
starting tonight. Hours after the writers made good on the strike
threat, the networks announced "The Tonight Show" and "The Late
Show with David Letterman" would be shown in repeat.
Tonight Show host Jay Leno visited this morning with strikers
picketing outside the NBC studios in Burbank, California.
Comedy Central had previously said "The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" would likely go into repeats as well.
The first writers strike in nearly 20 years began after daylong
talks yesterday failed to produce an agreement on payment to
writers from shows offered on the Internet.
The strike will not immediately affect production of movies or
prime-time TV programs. Most studios have stockpiled dozens of
movie scripts, and TV shows have enough scripts or completed shows
in hand to last until early next year.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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