Sam expresses my sentiments. I lived in L.A. a long time and know writers and actors. As a consumer, I can’t be upset about any of this — IMHO (and with apologies to Roger who is a writer and blogger I greatly respect) the product has become virtually worthless. It is nigh impossible to find a well-written story on TV or in a film, so I have zero sympathy for the writers. Fortunately we don’t have to suffer their political views usually, unlike with actors for whom I have active animosity. May the strike go on a very long time.
We are reading more, we already surf while the TV is on, we Tivo everything so we skip all commercials, and we soon won’t miss TV at all. We already skip most movies. We can’t be the only ones.
This is a lot like the newspaper industry. Buggy whips, folks. TV and film writers should not think they supply an indispensable product. I suspect customer satisfaction has been extremely low for a very long time. No pity here.
