Members Sylph Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 How far in advance is AMC written? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 AMC is usually 4-6 weeks ahead. OLTL is usually 6-8 weeks ahead. GH ranges in 3-6 weeks ahead on a regular basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 I would have to guess more than 4 weeks. LOL If B&E did go back to work in December, then that means the scabs only wrote for two weeks from November 5th to late December. That makes no sense. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Do you think B&E scabbed, then decided to go Fi-Core, Toups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 Going by last airdates for breakdowns: AMC: November 5 - January 14 = about 10 weeks in advance ATWT: November 5 - January 24 = about 12 weeks in advance B&B: November 5 - January 21 = about 11 weeks in advance DAYS: November 5 - January 24 = about 12 weeks in advance GH: November 5 - January 3 = about 9 weeks in advance Y&R: November 5 - December 24 = about 7 weeks in advance I think GL and OLTL will go into late February, so that's about 17 weeks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 I don't know. But why would writers want to be credited if they scabbed before going Fi-Core? If you're a writer and you're scabbing, you DO NOT want to be credited. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thank you, Ryan and Toups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 We also have to take into consideration that the writers knew a strike was coming. I bet they had basic outlines and scripts done, the EP's finished them up. The last episode Tom Casiello worked on in November was the DAYS Christmas episode....yet Hogan's material didn't stop airing until last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kubla Khan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 The stuff that is airing now on AMC was only taped about two and a half weeks ago (tape date & air date are always very close this year because of the two weeks they lose during Christmas break). I could see B&E returning to work in late December, and being credited NOW because they did some quick, extensive rewrites on scab material before it was taped in early-mid January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think you mis-read Casiello's comments. He didn't say anywhere that the Christmas episode was his last. He just said that he didn't know how his Christmas episode would turn out because writers can't have any contact with the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hmm...okay that makes sense. Don't know why I didn't think of that. LOL So say you're right, this means that B&E went back and rewrote a ton of stuff from November 5 and on, while continuing to write new material........damn, that's a lot of work. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 How would he not know how the Christmas episode would turn out if he wrote more than that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2008 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2008 Because the episode didn't tape yet. The Christmas episode was probably taped sometime in December, weeks after the strike began - all writers didn't know exactly for sure how their episodes would up end because of possible re-writes, changes during taping, etc. They can't call the studio or the studio can't call them (for fear of scabbing suspicions) to tell them things were changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Oh....thank you Toupsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Not sure if this has been on the credits before. But today's show had assistants to the writers. I wonder if they are writing ATWT?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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