TV Writers' Strike Update

Protestors, including Julia Louis-Dreyfuss shut down production on the set of "Desperate Housewives" by making so much noise they couldn't shoot any scenes outside.
They chanted: "Marcia's cross, and so are we!" "Unfair. Unjust. Marc Cherry is with us!" and "We write the story-a for Eva Longoria!"
During her lunch break, Longoria walked through the crowd and climbed onto a pizza delivery truck to hand out pizzas to the strikers.



DH finished shooting the last episode for which it already had a completed script and won't shoot any new episodes until the strike ends.
"The Office" also in trouble as its star Steve Carrell didn't show up for shooting. Rainn Wilson (Dwight) called in sick and BJ Novak (Ryan Howard) and Mindy Kalling (Kelly Kapur) are writers and producers of the show, so they are on strike.
"The Big Bang Theory" is one of several multicamera series that shut down this week because their production involves active involvement by writers; others include CBS' "Two and a Half Men," "Rules of Engagement" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and Fox's " 'Til Death" and "Back to You."
The other comedy and drama series are still filming, though all are expected to halt production within a week or two as they run out of scripts.
One show that will likely be called upon to fill the primetime void is "Big Brother." The show usually airs throughout the summer on CBS, but producers are now expecting a February start date if the strike drags on. Reality shows are not affected by the strike and Big Brother provides 3 hours of programming each week, making it a very attractive strike contingency plan.