With the news today that the Studios have basically canceled TV for 2008 it is apparent they intend the writers strike to go on for a long time. So, unless we want to live in a world where Survivor gets its own channel we must find a way to get TV back on without writers. (I am on the side of the writers, but not their guild or the studios, and I what I am about to write should not be seen as anything more than an idea to keep shows like Big Brother from being the only option until the dispute is settled.)
To me the internet got us into this mess so the internet should get us out of it. In the sprit of the creative commons the viewer should step up, and become the creators. What we need is a ScriptWiki, actually ScriptForge would be the proper term. It would be a site that would allow people to work together to create scripts, within a set of defined parameters. Lets face it, there are formulas for how TV is written, so a Studio or Google could step up and create a site with a set of defined premises, that people could work to turn the idea into a script. They would get feed back from people who logged in to refine the dialog and story. Then the best ones could be filmed and shown on TV, then people would vote on which one was the best and the contributors rewarded with prize money. (That would have to get prize money because the WGA would ensure they would never ever work as professional writers.) This could also help the writers since this model could show the Studios the value of internet distribution, which is a serious sticking point in the contract negotiation.
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