Marti Noxon on the Writer's Strike

[Buffy Summers]

Here's an interview on NPR with Marti:

Writer and producer extraordinaire Marti Noxon briefs NPR listeners on some of the many ripple effects of the ongoing strike.

NPR says, "While TV networks traditionally commission dozens of scripts for pilot episodes, only some are actually produced and far fewer turn into series. Now several studios say they will cut back on pilots. Marti Noxon, an executive for ABC's Private Practice, talks about how a reduced pilot-production schedule might affect audiences, TV writers and the studios."

Source: NPR: TV Pilots: An Endangered Species?

Courtesy of Whedonesque.com

 

[GATEGOD]

If Tv Pilots become what they say endangered species than that means the good t.v. which I think has been good t.v. for the past year or two, could revert back to crappy t.v.? Well that sucks. Or will it make the better pilots go through and leave all the crappy ones that get through, left in the dumpster for once?

 

[ckg927]

CBS has already cut back on the number of pilot scripts they're going to be ordering for the 2008-09 season...by about 20,if memory serves right. And they're going to fast-track the scripts they do have.

However,I don't think this is going to be a long-term trend.