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Originally posted by andViolins
Aren't the studios deathly afraid of what you just wrote? That either people a) will discover other forms of entertainment (such as the internet (perhaps discover is not the right word. Maybe use more?) and/or b) simply not watch as many t.v. shows or movies? The last big writers strike pushed viewing audiences towards cable and pushed the networks towards reality t.v. shows. I don't know where the audiences may end up after this strike. And if the studios (in their polling/tracking) believe that negative press or negative attitudes could affect these numbers, then that will change the strategy.
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I think the networks' move to reality TV from scripted TV hurt the writers much more than it hurt the networks, but that may just be propaganda. Reality TV is cheap as hell to produce, and at least at the moment, very popular. American Idol, anyone?
I don't think it's really a networks vs. cable issue at all. I think most or even nearly all of the scripted content on cable is governed by the agreements -- it's not just network scripted shows that are ending, it's Comedy Central etc. Plus, a lot of the cable channels are actually owned by the same conglomerates that own the networks. It's all producers, not just network producers.
I'm not seeing that people would somehow become readers or start watching mainly non-produced content (like youtube) -- but I'm not a trend predictor at all.
