Originally posted by Obveeus:
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Originally posted by bored striker:
One has nothing to do with the other. They don't have to cancel a show to not pay people. They can just choose to not order anymore episodes, or adjust a previous order down to whatever has already been shot.
You are arguing semantics. If a studio/network tells the writers of a show not to bother writing anymore episodes, the writers know that their 'job is done'. There may be a few exceptions such as if FOX told the writer's of 24 not to bother writing more episode sfor this season because this season was going to be rolled over until next year. However, for almost every show, being told not to bother coming back to work is a bad sign. Even shows that are not going to air any more episodes this season for a Fall 're-launch' should want to be cramming as many written/filmed episodes as possible into the window between the WGA strike and the potential SAG strike.
I think the original question remains valid: if the writer's decide to return to work while looking over the contract offer, will the networks/studios want to clean house immediately or will they want to wait until after that WGA contract vote is actually passed?
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