>>83125987It was that strike in 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_2007%E2%80%9308_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike_on_televisionIt backfired terribly because networks figured out that "unscripted scripted" shows like
>Deadliest Catch(a very good show btw) didn't really need seventeen staff writers to make a single episode, they could just give some fishermen some guidelines, tell a camera crew to follow them around and make a banger of a show.
Right then and there the era of "TV Series" went right out the window and the era of "reality shows" took root, firmly
