Supernatural Scoop

Firefox News had an email chat with Supernatural’s writer extraordinaire, Sera Gamble. She talks freely about being on strike, and having the chance to write without staying in the bounds of wide marketability.
Gamble also spills some spoilers for the rest of the season, as well as her thoughts on the potential for Season Four. That nagging question about Ruby and Bela, and the fans’ strong feelings about them. There’s even talk about an old semi-hunter friend showing up again, as well as a brand new hunter who shows up toward the end of this season. [I’ll spoil a bit more …read more

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The youth-oriented network may stay in flux, but The CW has announced planned return dates and episode counts for its series.

Supernatural: 4 episodes begin April 24. (1 more pre-strike episode airs February 21.)
Reaper: 5 episodes begin April 22. (3 more pre-strike episodes begin February 28.)
The Game: 9 episodes begin March 23.
Smallville: 6 episodes begin April 17.
Gossip Girl: 5 episodes begin April 21.
Everybody Hates Chris: Already had 22 completed episodes. Remaining 12 completed episodes begin March 2.
Aliens in America: 18 already completed. Remaining episodes will air March 2 to March 23, then April 27 to May 18.
One Tree Hill: …read more

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Last night, at 6PM PST, 92.5% of the 3,775 writers voting, voted ‘YES’ to ending the 100 day old strike. We all knew this was coming. The CW had just issued its plans for the rest of 2008, and the industry seemed to have already breathed a giant corporate sigh of relief. The governing board for the Writers’ Guild of America had unanimously approved the agreement on Sunday.
While everyone is going back to work, today, there is still one last piece to fall into place. The union must still ratify the contract. This should happen any day now. Currently, though, …read more

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The CW has confirmed that the network will air four to five new episodes of Supernatural, this season, in addition to the two new episodes that will air this week and next.
Eric Kripke, as late as last week, said that they were considering whether to air new episodes in April/May, or to hold them for the summer, or even until next Autumn. We fans, though, are dying to see what happens next!
As for other CW shows:
Everybody Hates Chris: Can finish out the season but its future – and the futures of most of the CW’s comedies – are still being …read more

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According to leaks to the Associated Press by two anonymous insiders, the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing the studios, made significant progress, in talks Friday.
Until now, the sticking points included insistence by the studios to limit writers’ residuals for online content to a flat $1,200 fee. The WGA wants a percentage of the distributor’s revenue.
Initial reports of agreements on important issues is certainly good news. I hope that we hear some credible verification from the parties involved, in the next few days.
Read more at Yahoo! News.

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Just 27 seconds ago –more or less- the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers tentatively agreed to a three year contract. The agreement, covering the same sorts of issues that have caused the Writers Guild of America strike, including royalties for internet revenues, is groundbreaking. Also, as contracts go in Hollywood, this should herald a similar agreement between the AMPTP and the WGA.
La-La Land generally practices “pattern bargaining”, meaning that, once one class of creative types signs a contract with moguls, it sets a precedent to aid in negotiations between other creative …read more

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With the end of new Supernatural episodes drawing near, The CW has already announced that they will put the show on hiatus to help Reaper, and other new fare.
Supernatural fans want NONE of that! While Erik Kripke and his team of daredevil promoters may be doing what they can to keep Supernatural on the air, the show’s fans, like Team Winchester.com, have taken it up a notch with online petitions to air Supernatural reruns.
Team Winchester holds the same concern that many of us do, that, The CW’s actions may prevent the show from gaining new viewers. As Supernatural is easily …read more

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The writers’ strike may be a kick in the TV groin for those of us who don’t enjoy every inane new “reality” show that the networks find stuck to their shoes. It has, however, meant a few evenings spent reading a book, or enjoying a nice family dinner, not rushed to finish before the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy.
In the end, however, those of us who have mourned the loss of some of the best shows –at the whims of the CW and Fox’s strange notions of profitability over substance- may have reason to rejoice.
This morning, our cohorts at BuddyTV …read more

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With Parliament looking at banning –again- strikes by personnel essential to the public, and incarcerated good, Zoe Williams compares –a little- and contrasts –a lot- last Summers’ U.K. Prison Officers’ strike to the current Writers’ Strike.
She makes some interesting points, definitely worth discussing, as can be seen by those who commented about the piece.

How does a Hollywood Writers’ Strike stand up against a Prison Officers’ Strike?
Do the writers lack the sympathy factor of under-paid public servants?
Do the writers lose out a bit, since their $500 million impact on the entertainment industry pales in contrast to a prison full of …read more

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Joss Whedon. Believe it or not, there may be Americans who don’t have any idea who this man is. When the man calls for support for any cause, however, he has many friends, who are ready, and more than willing to help.
Supernatural, and erstwhile Angel and Firefly, producer/writer, Ben Edlund, was one of Joss’ friends who came to stand up for the WGA writers’ strike, recently. Mr. Edlund and many others spoke to iF Magazine’s T.K. Dehn, that day, about the strike, and about the important issues at stake for television, movies, and all new media.
From the article, Joss Whedon’s …read more

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