Network shows that have exhausted their supply of scripts

Aya Reiko · Post by **Aya Reiko** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:32 am

..or is close to due to the writers strike.

Current known list as of Nov. 30:
(not listing anything that has either more than three scripts left, finished airing and completed its season, or has been canceled)

-ABC-
Pushing Daisies (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 12)
Desperate Housewives (may have one show left)
Dirty Sexy Money (one show left)
Grey's Anatomy (one show left)
Private Practice (one show left)
Women's Murder Club (one show left)
Samantha Who? (two shows left)
Brothers & Sisters (three shows left)
Ugly Betty (three shows left)

-CBS-
Big Bang Theory (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired)
How I Met Your Mother (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 10)
NCIS (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 18)
Rules of Engagement (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired)
Two and a Half Men (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired)
Shark (may have one show left)
Cane (one show left)
CSI: Miami (one show left)
Moonlight (one show left)
The Unit (one show left)
Criminal Minds (one or two shows left)
CSI (one or two shows left)
Cold Case (two shows left)
Numb3rs (two shows left)
Without a Trace (two shows left)
CSI: NY (two or three shows left)

-CW-
The Game (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 10)
Girlfriends (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 10)
Gossip Girl (two or three shows left)
Life is Wild (three shows left)
Reaper (at most, three shows left)

-FOX-
King of the Hill (one show left)
K-ville (one show left)
Back to You (two shows left)
Bones (three shows left)
'til Death (three shows left)

-NBC-
Bionic Woman (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired)
Heroes (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 3)
Life (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 5)
My Name is Earl (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode airs Dec. 13)
The Office (Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired)
30 Rock (one show left)
Chuck (two shows left)
ER (three shows left)

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The more shows get listed as "Scripts Exhausted, last new episode aired", the more we'll be seeing re-runs, game shows, and reality programming.

Cardcaptor Takato · Post by **Cardcaptor Takato** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:54 am

And the more I'm glad I have anime to back myself up with during this time.

Post by **Tiff** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:01 pm

eh, good thing I don't watch any of these shows. =P

Gamer8585 · Post by **Gamer8585** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:22 pm

The only show on that list that I watch is King of the Hill, and I don't really care that much about it.

I can't wait until this writers strike gets resolved though. I needs me my Daily Show and Colbert Report!

Queen Of Hearts · Post by **Queen Of Hearts** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:11 pm

;__; Nuuuu Heroes!! -whine- That is like, my favorite show ;_;

DreamEmpress · Post by **DreamEmpress** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:07 am

Only one I watch is Pushing Daisies and I was really looking forward to the whole season.

I just want this strike to be resolved. More people are out of work all the time and there just needs to be some compromise soon.

Parallax · Post by **Parallax** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:40 pm

I don't watch those shows. Too busy at work. Glad I have Anime to see me through this.

Sailormars Obsessed fan · Post by **Sailormars Obsessed fan** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:47 pm

this strike is seriously getting old.

what exactly are their complaints anyway? The grocery story ran out of corn flakes?

Jusenkyo no Pikachu · Post by **Jusenkyo no Pikachu** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:16 am

Sailormars Obsessed fan wrote:this strike is seriously getting old.

what exactly are their complaints anyway? The grocery story ran out of corn flakes?

1) No revenue from DVDs. The networks were able to argue that VHS was an untested market in its infancy, but by now DVD sales are booming like never before.

2) No residuals are being gathered from new media (streaming, VoD, iTunes). This is apparently because streaming is usually for promotional purposes and doesn't incur residuals.