While the writer's strike is still going on...?!
Question: why are there still soap operas on everyday?
Answers: why are there still soap operas on everyday?
hmmmmm those story lines are crap so im guessing they are just making it up as they go along. lol. its not too hard. 'OMG jenny is pregnant with Joe's baby but hes married to Anna who is still married to Ryan because their divorce was never finalized because she forgot to sign the divorce papers and SHOCKER! Anna and Joe are really long lost brother and sister! hahhahahha
The scripts are written months in advance, just like everything else.
HAH!
because anyone could write them.
depends what stations are you watching, and they are probably re-runs.
because everyone is stinky
they might have been already done
I think they are airing episodes that have been previously recorded, probably a few months ago.
After that, I suppose they will just air re-runs; that is, as long as the strike is going on.
some writers are not on with the strike.
because they film tv series in advance and all the tapes are already done. but by next season they'll probably be running low
some are written along time in advanced, or maybe they have spanish ppl write it lol!!
They just better not leave lost on one of those cliff hangers and not write anymore that would really frustrate me a lot. Other than that they do write them usally a while befor they start coming out or whatever
because soap operas being released on the internet probably arent as big a problem
and the wrters of soap opera's don't iniatially get paid as high as tv shows and movies so the difference wouldnt be that much anyway
I believe they knew of the strike well in advance so they were able to prepare for it by writing scripts well ahead of time. They already tape their shows a couple months in advance as it is and they spread out the scripts even more by stretching out storylines and sending characters on trips on the show and what not. Y&R's Victoria was in a coma during the actress's real life maternity leave but the coma got stretched out to 3 months due to the writer's strike and the need to save on scripts. The viewers got inpatient watching scene after scene of co-stars speaking to a sleeping Victoria, but it was better than having to watch reruns. So far so good. Hopefully they resolve the strike soon. The writers are greatly missed. Storylines are feeling way too dragged out.
from the NY Times:
"None of the eight daytime dramas on network television have gone into reruns, and none have plans to do so. But in a genre that thrives on drawn-out cliffhangers, the most sensational mystery in daytime may be how these shows are being written at all, considering that nearly all of their writers are guild members on strike.
A handful of writers, for “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “General Hospital” on ABC and “The Young and the Restless” on CBS, have officially crossed picket lines to return to work in recent weeks. A guild designation known as “financial core” allows individuals to pay some union dues and fees and to be covered by collective bargaining agreements, but those individuals are not union members and are not compelled to go on strike, but they are the exception. The sexual shenanigans, back-from-the-grave miracles and double-dealing that are the lifeblood of such shows are being scripted by mostly uncredited, ragtag staffs variously made up of network executives, producers, secretaries and, some union members insist, scabs who are either writing sub rosa or slipping plot points to management.
Consider that “The Young and the Restless,” which before the strike carried a writing staff of more than a dozen, now lists just three writers in its closing credits, each a guild member granted financial core status.
“There’s just no way three people can be doing that job,” said Sandra Weintraub, a striking writer who has written for the show for more than three years. “With the Internet, people don’t ever have to cross a picket line. So we’ll never know.”
While many of the soap episodes shown last week were based on scripts written by guild members before the strike — each daytime drama tends to ready episodes at least two months in advance — network representatives refused to say exactly how they were preparing the shows that will be seen as those stockpiles are depleted.
“The shows are staffed, and we have people in place to continue producing original programming,” ABC said in a statement, which also noted that “producers are aiding in the process.” The actors are typically members of unions that are not on strike, and some have joined the picket lines during breaks. "
They have their own union. Smart, huh?
Soaps have mountains of script being rewrote to jive with current story lines and current events. they also have scab writers who are people writing against the strike. I do not know about the channels that have Days and and GL but I know ABC has promised to keep airing new shows.
I think the producers are writing them like they did 20 years ago during the last writers strike.