Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Next Season's New TV Shows, Grammys Likely Dead

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four major studios have canceled dozens of writer contracts in a possible concession that the current television season cannot be saved, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The move means the 2-month-old writers strike may also endanger next season's new shows, the newspaper said.

January is usually the beginning of pilot season, when networks order new scripted shows. But the strike leaves networks without a pool of comedy and drama scripts from which to choose.

CBS Paramount Network Television, 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Universal and Warner Bros. Television told the Times they have terminated development and production agreements.

Seperately, Gregg Mitchell, a spokesman for the Writers Guild of America, said Grammy organizers have not asked for a waiver allowing writers to work on the show - and that a waiver is unlikely to be granted if requested.

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