As a writer myself (no, no, not my blog... lol), I wholeheartedly support the WGA in their efforts to be fairly compensated for what they do. And I'm sure the ones that choose to break ranks will be remembered by key people when the time comes.

Yay for LML! Since Les Moonves already said he's going to sue and stop paying MIA showrunners, I wonder if LML could return post-strike? I just worry about the fact that some writers are chosing to stay. LML's entire staff pretty much sucks, but wouldn't they stick with her? Maybe the pre-LML writers are the ones staying. It would be devastating if Scott Hamner took over in her absense. He's worse than her.

According to several people with knowledge of the situation, a high-ranking writer-producer on CBS's "The Young and the Restless" has informed the WGA that he plans to go "financial core" -- that is, give up full membership in the guild and withhold the dues spent on political activities in order to continue writing during the strike.

Josh Griffith?

Another source with knowledge of the situation added that two other scribes on "Y&R" have also opted for financial core status, and one other is considering it.

I couldn't begin to speculate on the identity of one considering it (though I'm pretty sure it isn't Scott Hamner, Bernie Lechowick or James Stanley), but I tend to suspect the two who have opted for fin-core are Jeff Gottesfield & Cherie Bennett. They have active writing careers outside the WGA (w/ books, plays, magazine articles, etc.), so not being full members probably wouldn't hurt them all that much.

A writer on NBC's "Days of Our Lives" may also be considering crossing the picket line.

Tom Casiello. I'd be willing to bet money on that, lol.

I know many want to find the silver lining here, but I think "going fin-core" hurts the writers and their cause(s) more than helps.

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Jeff Gottesfield is the Y&R writer who revealed the last script they worked on, so I don't think it'll be him or his wife.

Jeff Gottesfield is the Y&R writer who revealed the last script they worked on

True. But who's to say he and Bennett didn't opt for fin-core status until after the last pre-strike script was written, and the strike had begun?

^^^^The best possible thing to come from this strike....

How soon before GL sinks under 2 million viewers?

It would be devastating if Scott Hamner took over in her absense. He's worse than her.

Get ready for Victor Newman to have psychic visions and mind alterations if that ever happens.

Can you imagine Eric Braeden behind the scenes, trying to be the HW after that?

Eric(to Scott Hamner): That's my chair...I like it...I'm gonna sit in it!

i'm sure guza is in the shadows

ugh

LOL! at Latham's desk being cleaned out! What good news! I so hope her ass is fired when this strike is officially over. Sony and CBS have got to be pissed that she could continue at least her EP duties, but refuses too. I'm sure they'll be looking around for an replacement, I wouldn't bank on Scott Hammer and Josh Griffith.

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Josh Griffith?

He was my guess too. Other than LML, there's no other writer-producer on Y&R.

Tom Casiello. I'd be willing to bet money on that, lol.

I'd take your bet, then I'd win. LOL If you've been reading his blogs at the welovethesoaps blogspot, he's really behind the WGA. Plus, Tom's a pretty young guy (early 30's), so I'm sure he'd want to stay in the guild.

Here's his latest blog: http://welovesoaps.blogspot.com/2007/11/mo...ns-cleared.html

Our biggest demands in this strike are 1) That we get a SMALL (under 3 percent) residual of all Internet money the studios/networks get (right now, we get NOTHING... so every time a show is downloaded on iTunes or on nbc.com or wherever, they get advertising revenue, but the actors, writers and directors get ZERO) and 2) That they raise the FOUR CENTS we get from a $28.95 DVD sale to EIGHT CENTS.

I just got back from a strike captain's meeting, and one of the things they suggested we do was boycott buying DVD's for Christmas presents this year, should the strike continue into the holidays.

Now DVD's don't really affect soap writing. But I think it's a fantastic idea... so I'm asking that in support of the writers, actors and directors who are being robbed blind, if everyone could put a halt on buying DVD's (of TV shows or movies) not only as Christmas presents for their friends and families, but also for themselves, until this strike is over.

It's a small thing, but if enough people stop buying DVD's for just a couple of months, it'll definitely be a blow to the studios' pockets. (Plus, you can save some money and then splurge when the strike is over! It's not like the DVD's won't be there...)

Apparently there are some misconceptions out there, which I totally understand. But I need to clear some things up.

1) We are NOT all millionaires. In fact, we're mostly middle-class.

2) We're not raking in the dough. Before the strike, 48% of the guild was UNEMPLOYED, and ONLY able to live off of residuals... residuals they are getting from basic cable re-runs (which is something we had to fight for in a previous strike). And NOT residuals they're getting when people download old episodes of shows they wrote on the internet.

3) There seems to be a general opinion that the writers are being "greedy". Sure, I can see that. Especially if you think we're all cashing in six-figure checks. But let me ask you this - Would you steal a book from a bookstore because the author has already "been paid for it"? Would you think the author of a book has a right to a percentage, no matter how small, if you were to buy the book on tape, or as a PodCast? Of course you would.

What we're fighting for is new media. New media that hasn't been policed, and that EVERYONE (the directors and actors and producers as well) deserves a percentage of, the way they got a percentage of syndication and basic cable.

Phew... thanks for letting me get that off my chest. The Internet is here, and it's time the people writing both original content for the Internet got their due. As the creators of the Office said in their brilliant video "We won an Emmy... for original Webisodes we never got paid for in the first place."

I think those who will choose to go on financial core are people who are about to retire or people who will get out of the soap business soon and do something else.

He was my guess too. Other than LML, there's no other writer-producer on Y&R.

I'd take your bet, then I'd win. LOL If you've been reading his blogs at the welovethesoaps blogspot, he's really behind the WGA. Plus, Tom's a pretty young guy (early 30's), so I'm sure he'd want to stay in the guild.

Here's his latest blog: http://welovesoaps.blogspot.com/2007/11/mo...ns-cleared.html

I think those who will choose to go on financial core are people who are about to retire or people who will get out of the soap business soon and do something else.

Thanks for the link.

FYI...Tom has become a strike captain. He most definitely is NOT a scab.

Toupsy, or anyone who knows, can CBS/Sony legally fire Latham now that she's breached her contract as an Executive Producer? Since it was stated that she could indeed continue her duties as EP, but refuses too.

My bet is Josh Griffith for the writer/producer going financial core.

I'm also thinking Jim Gottesfeld and Cherie Bennett. However, if 77 year old Eric Freiwald and his partner Linda Schreiber are still at the show, I'd put my money on him because he's 77, what does he care if he makes the WGA angry.

Hopefully Scott Hamner, Bernard Lechowick and James Stanley are all standing in solidarity with LML. Really, this is the sort of news that makes my day. Note to Sony, CBS and Bell Dramatic: Fire her ass and the collective asses of her team!

And like I've said in regards to Brad Bell: he's got double the shows done and double the scripts written of any soap, he can walk the picket lines, he'll be fine, B&B will go on.

Toupsy, or anyone who knows, can CBS/Sony legally fire Latham now that she's breached her contract as an Executive Producer? Since it was stated that she could indeed continue her duties as EP, but refuses too.

It depends on the kind of contract. If both jobs are based on different contracts, which is highly unlikely, Sony had no grounds to oust her as producer except that for being unreliable in one field it could also serve a valid reason to terminate the employment at once because she showed bad character.

However, if Lethal Lynn has an employment contract making her both headwriter and executive producer it is a a balance issue whether her producer work weighs higher than that of her being producer meaning she is in major breach because her strike right as a writer remains untouched. Basically Sony is definitely entitled to damages from LML for not working as a producer (Bless us! ) but everything else is up in the air which the best attorney winning the fight. My advise to Sony and us poor viewers is to get an mandatory injunction ASAP which the hack hopefully ignores so that a future firing will be facilitated enormously...

A writer on NBC's "Days of Our Lives" may also be considering crossing the picket line.

Dena Higley?