Preparation for Rerun Hell

I'm sure the message boards are overloaded right now with network viewers lamenting the loss of current seasons of Ugly Betty, Men in Trees, Lost, Battlestar etc. I feel for them I really do. I support the wobblies right to strike but it also makes me have to decide what I'm going to do to entertain myself as the dark days of November creep onward into Christmas reruns of Charlie Brown and A Christmas Story - which is totally cool.

Will Reality shows stay on? Will more planned for later this year get moved in early and bump out strongholds such as House, Chuck and CSI? Do we care?

At the mention of the writers strike et al, I didn't really pay too much concern. I wasn't going to be attending a broadway show but then it hit this morning when checking my hotmail, Greys Anatomy and Lost aren't producing anymore shows until the strike is over... oh no! What will people do.

Families might actually have to buy more boardgames to have family game night more often - what a tragedy... Video rentals will shoot through the roof, TIVO will get stocked up, downloading shows from across the pond or across the border (bless the CBC) may pick up. Books might get opened. Chaos will ensue. Spouses might realize they like each other afterall.

Could the writers be taking a chance? Remember the NHL lockout? Did anyone care except for the owners and the players. An entire season went by and people survived and found other things to do. I quite enjoyed the Movie Night in Canada over Hockey Night in Canada. Maybe the networks will dig out some good old shows out of the vault to play other than Seinfeld and Law and Order. With the variety of things to do online will the writers have some leverage? I support them, really I do. Sometimes when you are getting the shaft collectively you just have to stand up and say "I'm pissed off and I'm not taking it anymore...." um cudos to the writer who came up with that amazing line. Support your writers. Even if you don't care because you are a reality junkie or knee deep in naked elves in Warcraft (I have no idea if there are elves in Warcraft - just a guess) give the networks a nudge. Without public pressure for networks to get back to the bargaining table - we could be stuck with Gilligan.

For now:

Dust off your boardgames
Renew your library membership (they have seasons of shows you haven't watched in dvd)
or omg... go outside and play.

Or better write a blog or an email instead of pressing FW: all the time.

Cheers for now.