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All scripted shows are ending the season early, at least unless the strike is settled quickly. Most only had about 10 or 12 episodes filmed when the strike began and they're running out.

As for why they're on strike, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ55Ir2jCxk

In a nutshell...in 1988 the writers guild and teh studios agreed that for every VHS tape sold, the screenwriter would get four cents. That amount would be renegotiated later. It's been 20 years, and the writers still get four cents when you buy a DVD of a movie or TV show that they wrote. They want eight cents. Also, when you download a movie or TV show from iTunes or Amazon Unboxed or Netflicks, or when you watch a streaming show or movie supported by advertising, the actors get paid. So do the directors and producers and the studio. The writer doesn't get paid anything at all. They want to be paid a few cents per viewing or download.

The networks are airing the shows they have filmed, and hoping to resume the season in early '08 if the strike can be settled. If they don't come to an agreement soon, what we've seen may be the '07-'08 season. Most of the networks are preparing for this by prepping a new slate of reality and game show programming to fill in the remainder of this season.

The writers are asking for a better residual percentage for any work that contributes to podcasts, webisodes, and streaming internet video of episodes (to name a few things). The networks are saying that those things are not very profitable right now, and there is not a lot etra money to be had. The writers feel the networks have made millions on video and DVD sales that they were not adequately compensated for, and they don't want that to happen with these new internet mediums.

The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike is a strike by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) that started on November 5, 2007.[2] The WGAE and WGAW are two labor unions that represent film, television and radio writers working in the United States.

The strike is against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade organization that represents the interests of American film and television producers. Over 12,000 writers are affected by the strike.[3]

Every tv series has been affected due to the strike. Including CSI, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Gossip Girl.

the strike is because they want money from dvd sales and other things like that which they arent getting but probably do deserve i dont know which shows are done but gossip girl has an all new episode next week

The strike has countless negative consequences! Those shows are just the tip of the iceberg.

http://www.bofads.com/stories/strike.htm

What Writers Strike?

The shows are TV are just as bad as they were when the writers were not on strike.

The writers had to invent canned laughter because their jokes were so lame.

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