TV Shows See Strike as a Second Chance

In what seems to be growing consensus among executives at the television networks, the strike could contain a faint glimmer of good news for one group of shows: struggling, barely surviving prime-time series. The New York Times reports.

“The strike definitely could be a good thing for some marginal shows,” said Preston Beckman, the executive in charge of scheduling for the Fox network. ... No network is going to waste bought-and-paid-for episodes. So the marginal shows will stay on until their episodes run out, which, in most cases, will mean sometime between now and the end of January."

Other groups benefiting from the strike:

-- Late.night news program 'Nightline'

-- Upstart Internet entertainment sites

-- Consumer-created media on YouTube

emily | 11:36 PM | News |
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