how you can support the wga (and strike updates)

Here’s how I suggest you can show support (and please spread this idea around):

Boycott any studio produced content on new media. Don’t buy movies or shows off of iTunes or Amazon. Don’t watch streaming episodes or movies off network sites or Netflix or any other service.

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John Rogers, as always, has one of the best posts explaining the whole strike situation. It’s lengthy, but well worth a full read.

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Poor, poor Steve Carrell. Due to a bad case of enlarged balls, he is unable to do any filming for The Office.

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While eight episodes of the new Terminator series have been shot, only the pilot has been completed and show runner Josh Friedman is not crossing the picket line to do any work on it.

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Show runners Shonda Rhimes of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice along with Shawn Ryan of The Shield and The Unit are also not doing any work on their shows either. For Shawn Ryan that means missing out on the filming of the series finale of The Shield and, if the strike lasts long enough (which certainly looks to be the case), missing out on the wrap party.

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For regular updates, I suggest keeping up with United Hollywood, Ken Levine, and Mark Evanier.

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Oh, and it turns out I was wrong the other day. The average WGA writer does not make as much as a teacher. Average yearly pay is actually only $5,000.