SyFriday: The Missing Piece Of The WGA Strike

Yes, I know it's almost impossible to boil down the entire Writers Guild of America strike in two sentences, but that's basically how the people who are paying attention to all of this are seeing it. And don't misread what I am writing here ... I'm not talking about everyone, or even general television audiences. I'm talking about select audiences -- people like you -- who are even paying half a mind to what's going on with the strike.

Believe it or not, most television viewers are going about their day, and maybe had heard some rumblings about a strike somewhere, but they really haven't thought about how (or even if) it will affect them, or anything that they watch. It's like the calm before the storm that we get here in the Southeastern United States: The Weather Channel says a storm is coming, and while I can see the hint of clouds on the horizon, there's nothing really making me run for the hills.

The studios really aren't going to kick it into high gear until something very important happens: public outcry. Right now, there isn't much of one, except a very vocal minority who can see far enough ahead to know the ramifications of a continued strike. But I think it's safe to say that it won't be that way much longer.

Our friend Michael Ausiello over at TV Guide has been keeping a list of the number of episodes left for our favorite shows. If you have a chance to click on that link in the last sentence, please do so. But in terms of genre shows, here is the rundown:

"Bionic Woman" has no episodes left. "Chuck" has two episodes left. "Heroes" is done. "Jericho" has all seven episodes of its abbreviated run. "Lost" has all eight of its episodes. "Pushing Daisies" is all done. "Smallville" has seven episodes to go. "Supernatural" has between three and five left. Shows not on Ausiello's list includes a few more episodes of "Moonlight" on CBS, at least 10 episodes of "Battlestar Galactica," and an unaffected "Stargate: Atlantis," which is still being written and produced since it's almost completely produced out of Canada, which is not a part of this current strike.

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