Hollywood Writers Begin Strike

While there's much more important news going on right now, I'm sure many people will start noticing their favorite shows going into reruns over the next few weeks and months as the strike continues.

Immediately affected are late night shows such as Letterman, Leno, the Daily Show and Colbert Report, as those are written the day before or the day of filming. Soon after the Soaps will run out of new episodes, as those are usually written only a week or so in advance.

Scripted series, like the Office and Heroes, might have enough episodes to run until Christmas, but if the strike goes that long it might be months after that before we get anything new.

The film industry could potentially run into trouble, should the strike go long enough, though that is unlikely as movies are planned usually years in advance.