Another Heroes causality from the WGA strike could be Heroes' second season. Michael Ausiello is reporting that Heroes will be filming an alternate ending to its winter finale if the strike continues on for a few weeks.
Sources confirm that the show is going back and shooting an alternate ending to the Dec. 3 episode that, if used, would allow the episode to function as a season finale in the event of a strike. Originally, the episode was only supposed to serve as the conclusion of the current "Generations" arc. Should an 11th-hour agreement be reached and a strike averted (fingers crossed!), the alt ending would likely be scrapped.
Heroes is just one of the many shows that will be effected due to the WGA strike, but it will not be the first one that we will feel it from. The daily day of talk shows will start feeling it tomorrow, then the soaps and then scripted programming. Hopefully this strike will end quickly or we will be back in the same boat in a few months when the SAG and DGA's contracts are up.
But I do have to say something positive that came out of the Heroes news at least the Generations arc has an end date because that storyline bores me so far.
via Jimmy Kimmel Live!
To watch the thing I want you to see fast forward to 8:15 in the clip, but seriously watch the whole thing because that is one of his funniest monologues of the season so far!
Gary Greenburg probably did the same dance a few hours later when it was announced that the WGA approved the strike after Jimmy Kimmel forced him to do that song and dance. I wonder if we wear that same costume when he pickets outside the show on what looks like to be Monday. Poor Gary.
The Writers Guild of America West is planning a large demonstration Sept. 20, launch date for the seventh season of "America’s Next Top Model" as the centerpiece of the CW sked. The WGA notified members and supporters Monday that it’s planning a two-hour "unity rally" at Pan Pacific Park to support the striking writers at "Top Model" along with seeking "fair" compensation for Internet downloads and a new contract for CBS news writers. "Tell your boss you are going to a rally," a guild flyer said. "Your attendance at an action in sympathy with striking colleagues is legally protected by the National Labor Relations Act." The ongoing protests outside the "Top Model" production offices are the most active staged by the WGA since it launched its still-unsuccessful drive to organize reality show writers two years ago. It’s signed up more than 1,000 writers who want to be repped by the guild but has yet to sign a contract with a series producer. An email sent out by organizers Monday urged employed writers to take the time off to attend the rally. "If you’re worried about it for workaholic, the-show-must-go-on reasons . . . GET A GRIP! And I say this will all respect and love – GET A GRIP," it said. " The show WILL go on. We’ll all make sure it does. That’s what we do. This whole house of cards has been able to survive BECAUSE most of us have an amped-up work ethic that — by default or by design — has been used against us. It’s about to come crashing down." Despite the strike, the CW has never wavered from its plans to launch the "Top Model" season next week. Weblet has asserted that the writers and the WGA should take the issue to the Natl. Labor Relations Board so that the federal agency can conduct an election — a time-consuming step that would take many months to complete.
Sadly for the writers on strike, there will always be several writers who are willing to do the job without the WGA representation. So in other words the cause is in vain for the time being.
