Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that weren't trauma enough, the networks are struggling through their worst autumn ever. Because of the five-month writers' strike, which shut down production on most shows during the spring and summer, the fall season is a shambles. The first of the new series premiered on NBC last week, but others will take months to dribble in. The disruption could give viewers one more excuse to flip the dial and sample the competition -- just what the networks don't need...
When even big stars do not ensure big audiences, what's a network to do? Strike out in bold new directions, some would say. Play it conservatively, network programmers seem to be responding this fall. By late November, when the strike-impaired season finally musters a quorum of new shows, viewers will find little that is adventurous or likely to lure them back from the increasingly aggressive competition...
Once they were the Big Three: rich, powerful broadcasters that determined what America would watch each night. Now ABC, CBS and NBC are struggling against cable, VCRs, independent stations and other aggressive competitors. What' s more, the writers' strike has left the fall season in shambles, and the bland batch of new shows will hardly provide any miracle cures...
Brown also had a touchdown called back on a holding call after Danny Clark threw a 6-yard strike to tight end Steve Harrison...
...Brown, the strike would affect the dining halls and libraries. The council requested that students who choose not to eat in the University dining halls be reimbursed and that reserved reading materials be available outside of the libraries so that students do not have to cross picket lines unwillingly...