Surviving the American Writers Guild Strike

With the continuation of the American Writers Guild strike into 2008, earlier this month TVGuide.com launched a new channel called the Strike Survival Guide to help viewers discover new programming options.

The channel uses TVGuide.com’s Online Video Guide to provide previews of new and returning shows, as well as highlighting full episodes of returning shows such as Prison Break, Jericho and Kyle XY. The Online Video Guide pulls content from 55 broadcast, cable and websites.

The Strike Survival Guide covers:

• Returning scripted and reality shows
• New shows premiering in winter 2008
• Movies on TV and highlights of TV Shows on DVD
• Editor’s favorite undiscovered and underappreciated shows

TV Guide executives said that the idea is to present various options for TV fans, including original series or shows they’ve ignored in the past. Kirsten Rasanen, TV Guide Online’s director of video products said:

With TVGuide.com’s extensive Online Video Guide, you will be able to catch up on past episodes of series that are new to you while other scripted shows are off the air.

You can also survive the American Writers Guild strike by ordering DISH Network from DISH Deals Direct. DISH Network offers hundreds of channels, so you’ll never have to watch the same program twice again!

Are you tired of broadcast network re-runs?
Check out TVGuide’s Strike Survival Guide.

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Written by Jim Taylor on January 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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