Give the Writers What They Want
December 3, 2007 |
An open letter to the AMPTP:
This writers strike has gone on long enough. The networks may think they can get by on reality TV and game shows until the strike ends, but when TV viewership is already down across the board, how could worse programing possibly help? Give the writers the fractional percentage raise they’re asking for and let’s get Hollywood back up and running before real damage is done — like the entire support staff on every scripted television show being fired. With over a hundred people per show, that’s tens of thousands of people who could loose their jobs just in time for Christmas. So take a small cut in your already enormous profit margin from the $50 you’re charging for a season on DVD and give it to the writers, because without them there wouldn’t be television worth watching.