Of course, Fox viewers won't see it, but in the WGA's continuing attempts to organize reality giant FremantleMedia North America, there will be pickets outside of the CBS Television City studio for tonight's first results show:
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/02/wga-to-protest-american-idol-.html As most of you know, Seacrest is still reading intros off of cue cards which are scripted by showrunner Ken Warwick or written by someone credited a "segment producer" or "creative consultant"--reality shows use "story editors" to mold tape into storylines, which is something the WGA says is script writing and "editorial consultants" on Fremantle's "The Price is Right" write copy for prizes not received in exchange for plugs and connecting copy for the Showcases. (In decades of work for Fremantle predecessor Goodson-Todman Productions, WGA member Dick DeBartolo was credited everything but a "writer," which was what he did for them, most notably "Match Game" questions.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
