Anyone who watches primetime television either has already been or will be affected by the writers' strike. The strike means that no new scripts are being written or rewritten, so the production companies only have what scripts were completed before the strike started.
Someone on one of the discussion boards I participate in posted
this link to a TV Guide article that details how many episodes there are left of various network television shows, as of November 30, 2007. It's not yet a comprehensive list - he's still trying to track some information down. Have a look, and you can see what to expect from the shows you watch.
I had already heard that "The Big Bang Theory" had exhausted all of their shows, so I wasn't expecting any more. However, I had also heard that "Back To You" was out of episodes, but according to this chart, there are two left. That depends on whether the two episodes have already been shot or if they still need to be shot. Sitcoms were being hit the hardest initially because they tend to need more rewrites, which obviously wouldn't be going on now. If the shows were already shot, we'll likely see them. If they weren't actually shot yet, we might not, if they need any kind of significant work on the script.
"Survivor" is obviously going to be completed, as would "Kitchen Nightmares", for whatever they can produce, since those shows aren't governed by the WGA.
"Desperate Housewives" should have one left, since an episode aired last night. However, after last night's episode, there was no preview of the next episode, and there's no new show this coming Sunday, so not sure when the final available episode will air.
"Heroes" is airing their last show tonight.
"Law and Order: SVU" has five episodes left, plenty for the rest of the year.
"24" - It's already been announced that while they have completed something like 8 episodes, they're not going to run any of them until they know they can run them all consecutively. This is the show that I'm going to miss the most because of the strike.
"Lost" - I know a lot of people watch this show. I haven't heard what they're going to do, whether they're going the "Heroes" route and showing what they have or if they're going the "24" route and holding them until more can be made. I don't personally care. I've already given up on the show. Last year was the final straw for me.
I'm waiting for the return of "Law and Order" itself. Not sure if episodes were already shot before the strike started, so we'll see if it comes back in January. I'm also looking forward to seeing "The Sarah Connor Chronicles", so the same story with those new episodes.
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Variety put up an article today outlining a lot of the networks' plans for the spring. Specific to the ones you mentioned, the article said that "Law & Order" returns to the Wednesday night time slot starting on January 2. NBC will also start airing "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (which has been airing new episodes on cable this year) in the 9pm slot on Wednesdays starting in January.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976929.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Thanks for the link. I had remembered hearing that "Law and Order" was moving to Sundays, but it looks like I'll get a double dose of "Law and Order" with the "Criminal Intent" episodes on Wednesdays instead. I had heard they'd do second runs of the new episodes which already ran on cable, but I didn't know what night they'd do that.
And they've finally confirmed that they are proceeding with "Big Brother" after all, so I guess my weekly schedule will be three hours of "Big Brother" and three hours of "Law and Order"!
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