TVSquad

They already are.

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/11/daniels_carell_picket_office_p.php

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I look at the actor's situation like this: Many scripts have already been written and te writers have been paid for those scripts. That is why I don't have a problem with actors continuing to do their jobs. Actors should certainly not cross the picket line if the studios hire scab writers.

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I think it's fine as long as he doesn't write anything, right?

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Cody, probably not.

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SAG's position.

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oops, code doesn't work. SAG's position:

http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/application?origin=news_and_events.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=Hidden&contentUrl=/templates/newsLander.jsp&newsUrl=/Content/Public/strikemsgnov2.htm&cp=NewsAndEvents

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Why is TV Squad posting so much about the topic? One post was enough, no need to ask all day long: "Is ____ going to go to repeats because of the strike?" We get it, there is a strike. Great.

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Technically they have to continue to work as actors...

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Given Charley's link, I think Cody's right: BJ is obligated to show up to act, but also obligated not to write.

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just because the actors make more doesn't mean they can stay afloat longer. most people spend more when they make more and its very possible if not likely that the same percentage of people live from paycheck to paycheck regardless of their union. Reminds me of the time i was walking here in NYC and one of the UHO people yelled out for charity for the homeless and said we're all just 1 paycheck away from being homeless, and a guy next to me said actually I'm 522. Not a bad nest egg i guess.

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#7 - I'd think because it's timely, newsworthy - and effects different shows in different ways. Clearly this topic is a bit different from Talk Shows for example.

Frankly I'm interested in hearing about how it effects each show. However, if there's a post I don't want to read - I don't read it.

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This seems like a BIG issue for SNL, where alot of cast members are also writers...

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All for One and One for All ..

The more the actor's pitch in and strike, the sooner this thing will be over.

MCW: Being this is a TV blog, this strike is like the war in iraq for this site, so I'd say it requires multiple postings.

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Apparently the SAG update isn't answering the question clearly enough. Mark Evanier explains here why SAG and other unions don't/can't strike at the same time as the WGA.

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Sorry that link didn't work.

Try here
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_11_02.html#014288

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I JUST WANNA WATCH THE OFFICE
(cry)

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the Actors who supporting the Writers is only a testament
how greed and and elitism is a disease in America,
not only in Washington, but in Hollywood as well.

and if there are any SAG members, or members of
any other Guilds or Unions who disagree with the
Writers Strike and demands, one can assume they
dare not speak out for fear of losing their jobs
and being blacklisted ...

what would one call succumbing to the mediocrity
of a disease and support like this? ...
Orwellean, McCarthyism, Fascism, Authoritarian,
Ideologism, Collectivism, Holism, Organicism?

and btw ... are the Actors supporting the Writers
only because their contracts are coming up
pretty soon for negotiaions?

and what about the janitors? … shouldnt they get their cut too?

and how about the guy who holds the boom mike?
doesnt he deserve his cut too?

and dont forget the sound editors, set designer,
costumers, the film editors, the grips, the lab,
the cameraman, the film loader, and the script girl …

why not give them all their cuts too …
after all, they got paid for the work they did
just like the writers got paid for the work they did

yea i sure feel sorry for a writer who got paid for
writing a script, and then cries that they need
residuals forever in perpetuity, to carry them
through between assignments when they are not working

cant they get a second job like at Burger King like a
lot of people have to do, to carry them through the
slow times?

actors often get secondary jobs ...
why cant the writers?

not to mention all of the people who lost their
income and jobs, putting them into financial crisis
due to the outrageous demands and greed
by the Writers Guild …

and i dont mind adding that …
most people believe it was bad enuf
that the current administration and the federal government
have lessened and restricted freedoms in America
based on the hysteria of a climate and situation
they themselves created, and are responsible for …

the Writers Strike only perpetuates and adds more to
the lessoning of freedoms in America, thru censorship,
and by restricting the freedom of the free exchange
and sharing of information and ideas in perpetuity,
unless of course, the Writers get paid for it …

and they also demand they get a cut from the Internet?

the amount of pennies they will gain,
is not worth the price of the loss of those freedoms

the Writers and Writers Guild only demonstrate,
how they are another example of how greed, inflation,
false entitlement, blackmail, further denies freedom
of access and availability of any and all information
to all people, including those who are not as rich as others.

its really very simple … if they do not own a piece
of the show to begin with, they are not entitled to a cut of anything.

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When is the strike going to be over? I just want The Office BAck!!!!!! We are suffering here! Please end this soon. THE FANS WANT THE OFFICE BACK!

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