Word: strikeingly
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...long can late-night TV addicts live without Jon Stewart's political gibes and David Letterman's Top 10 lists? More important, how long can the hosts of these strike-silenced shows hold out against the pressure to go back on the air, with or without their writers? That's the agonizing question facing the late-night talk shows as the strike by the Writers Guild of America nears the end of its second week...
...late-night shows - from Letterman and Jay Leno to the twin terrors of Comedy Central, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert - have gone into reruns since the strike began on Nov. 5. But the ethical dilemma confronting the hosts is a keen one. As members of the Writers Guild themselves, do they support their union and refuse to do their shows until the strike is settled? Or go back on the air without their writers - and thus avoid having to lay off dozens of staff members who depend on them for a weekly paycheck and benefits...
...late-night landscape has changed a lot since 1988 - when the writers last went on strike, and both Johnny Carson and Letterman eventually went back on the air, without writers, before the five-month strike was finally settled. Then there were just two late-night comedy-talk shows. Today there are more than half a dozen, competing fiercely with each other - not to mention with a host of other cable and Internet viewing options. The longer these shows stick with reruns, the more they risk losing their audience for good. At the same time, the shows are more heavily dependent...
...hosts would like to come back, but nobody wants to be first," says one late-night producer. They cannot have been encouraged by the experience of Ellen DeGeneres, who drew sharp criticism from the Writers Guild when she resumed her daytime talk show just one day after the strike began - and this week had to cancel a scheduled taping in New York after threats that her show would be picketed...
...illustrate his point, Serbian social workers went on strike on Tuesday, a day before the report was revealed. They demand a 25% increase in their wages. The average wage is around $300 a month...