In news you very well may consider the most boring, yeah-no-shit, we knew this was coming, update. The long-standing Hollywood writers’ strike is no officially over, so it back to your regularly scheduled program. Members of the Writers Guild of America voted to end their strike on its 100th day, thus allowing Hollywood to rush-write kick-start halted production of numerous useless TV sitcoms and dramas (we thought we might die without “Battlestar Galactica.”)
Everyone goes back to work today. Oscar producer Gil Cates admitted, “Our writers are going to be writing very fast.” Yeah, no shit. The show airs February 24; a mere eleven days from now. Don’t be surprised if the jokes and pap writing is shittier than usual this year.
Just count your lucky stars that Bruce Villanch is still alive.
“The strike is over,” WGA West President Patric Verrone declared. “Our members have voted, and writers can go back to work.” The impact of the strike is an estimated $2 billion in lost wages and earnings in the Los Angeles area alone.
