To Our Fellow Members, While fully mindful of the continuing media blackout, we write you to address the rumors and reports that undoubtedly you have been hearing. The facts: we are still in talks and do not yet have a contract. When and if a tentative agreement is reached, the first thing we will do [...]

Breaking News: Hollywood’s striking writers and the AMPTP have resolved key issues, moving them closer to a final agreement that would finally end the seemingly never-ending WGA strike. According to the LA Times: “After two weeks of talks, the parties Friday bridged the gap on the central issues surrounding how much writers should be paid [...]

Good News: ONE TREE HILL got some serious media exposure in today’s NY Times. Bad News: For glamorizing teen pregnancy and being wildly unrealistic. Ugly News: Thanks to a never-ending WGA Strike, we’re still watching! [see link] Good News: CBS has teamed up with Canada’s CTV to shoot 13 episodes of a cop show titled [...]

Question: Who needs new episodes of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER when we’ve got Josh Radnor starring in a video short written by Seth MacFarlane? Answer: I do! Three months ago, these creative pot shots at the AMPTP were Legen… [wait for it]…dary…. Now they’re so November 2007. WGA/AMPTP. Let’s make a deal. Thanks to [...]

Reason #5: New episodes of most of our favorite television shows are becoming as scarce as laughter in an ACCORDING TO JIM studio audience. [For a handy guide to how many episodes are left of your favorite shows, click here] Reason #4: It’s one thing to help shut-down the Golden Globes, but the Writer’s Guild [...]

The TV Addict here with a glimmer of hope. WGAw president, Patric Verrone and WGAe president, Michael Winship just sent out this letter to the members of the WGA. Is the TV season about to be saved? Stay Tuned… To Our Fellow Members, We have responded favorably to the invitation from the AMPTP to enter [...]

Perhaps motivated by the successful negotiations between the Directors Guild and the AMPTP, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) and various studio executives have agreed to meet and attempt to get negotiations underway in hopes of settling the now 4 month long strike. Negotiations broke off between the WGA and AMPTP on December 7th. Award [...]

The unthinkable has happened. Not only has theTVaddict.com scooped Deadline Hollywood Daily (Hey Nikki, there’s no such thing as vacation in Hollywood!), the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) has tentatively reached a deal with the AMPTP following a mere six (no really, six!) days of negotiating. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the DGA announced [...]

Yesterday, theTVaddict.com reader ‘scsc’ took this TV Addict to task for not focusing on the “great shows that CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] has introduced” during the current Writer’s Guild of America Strike. To wit, here’s this TV Addict’s take on one of the CBC’s newest offering. Far from great, MVP: THE SECRET LIVES OF HOCKEY [...]

Just in case Sunday’s train-wreck of a Golden Globes ceremony wasn’t enough of a wake-up call, this TV Addict thought he’d take this opportunity to remind the powers that be as to what he won’t be watching tonight. [Update 1:36PM] This TV Addict just realized how he’s going to occupy his evening. I’m going to [...]