hollywoodreporter.com - 11/25/2008
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Already engaged in deep soul searching following a dismal fall TV season and flatlining ad market, broadcast networks are facing another blow: a potential SAG strike early next year.
variety.com - 11/24/2008
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TV News: Talks collapse between guild, AMPTP --
In a move toward Hollywood's second strike in a...
year, the Screen Actors Guild will seek a strike authorization from its 120,000 members -- prompting an angry response from the congloms.
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SAG to seek strike authorization
hollywoodreporter.com - 11/27/2008
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SAG's "educational campaign" toward strike authorization began Wednesday
with a pre-Thanksgiving Q&A e-mail to its members....
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SAG talks strike authorization
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... * That said, the possibility of an actors' strike next year threatens to deliver broadcast TV another punch in the gut. Emphasis on broadcast TV; as THR notes, cable scripted shows are largely not Screen Actors Guild-covered, and of course reality TV is not affected. Paging the American Gladiators! I still believe—without being privy to any inside information—that a strike is unlikely on the grounds of it being absolutely freaking nuts in the present economic climate. Then again, the writers' strike taught me not to trust too much in anyone's rationality, and action by the ...
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