A recent L.A. Times article details how many episodes each series has ready to air. Considering that five or six have already been shown for most shows, there's not many left.
Not mentioned in the article is the effect of the strike on Lost. According to TV Guide, the fourth season of Lost could be postponed until 2009!Only eight of the fourth season's episodes have been produced so far. People were furious when Lost aired a split third season, so ABC is considering holding the eight episodes and running them with the fifth season. That would mean 24 new episodes back-to-back, starting in January 2009.
Hopefully, all of this will mean nothing in a few days. The writers deserve the extra money for their shows being put on DVD and online. With luck, the Hollywood studio big shots will realize this soon and come to a compromise with the Writers Guild so the strike could end.
** "LOST" UPDATE ** - ABC must have been bombarded with complaints after this story got out earlier. According to Broadcasting & Cable, an ABC spokesperson says they now plan to air the eight episodes of Lost that have been produced. The fourth season was scheduled to start in early February, so we'll see in three months which story is true.
On a related note, Fox has decided NOT to run a partial season of "24". Read the article for a few more details on this.
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