Four major studios have canceled dozens of writers' contracts in a possible concession that the current television season cannot be saved, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The move means the 2-month old writers strike may also endanger next season's new shows, the Times said.

January is usually the beginning of pilot season, when networks order new scripted shows. But the strike leaves networks without a pool of comedy and drama scripts from which to choose.

20th Century Fox Television, CBS Paramount Network Television, NBC Universal and Warner Bros. Television told the Times they have terminated development and production agreements.

Studios typically pay $500,000 to $2 million a year per writer for them and their staffs to develop new show concepts.

"I didn't see it coming," Barbara Hall, a writer and producer whose credits include former CBS series "Joan of Arcadia" and "Judging Amy," told the Times, which said ABC executives gave her the news Friday. "I am not entirely sure what their strategy is, all I know was that I was a casualty of it."

The newspaper said more than 65 deals with writers have been eliminated since Friday.

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d***....This worries me a lot... Hope Heroes makes it out alive...

Man, I don't know what I will do if Heroes is done.

As much as I believe in justice for people, I find it completely selfish that these strikers would jeopardize other peoples' enjoyment just for money they can easily get elsewhere. Money, money, money. Proper society is dead, that's all there is to it. Money or nothing.

Naw, the writers do deserve to get the royalties that they were asking for. I think they should get it; I mean, without them, we wouldn't be clamoring for these shows in the first place, you know?

If we kept demanding that we should get what we want, they would end up not getting what they want and deserve. They could return and sabotage the scripts, and the show would suck, and we'd hate it...everything should get cleared up now or it might get really ugly in the future.

I think I need to go to California and go awol on some a$$es now...I think Heroes will be okay...I am more concerned about Private Practice,Women's murder Club,Gossip Girl,and Pushing daises all brand new shows they could die due to this than I will be really pissed...Instead of cancelling contracts they should of went to talk again instead of acting like little brats....I think the Nursery School Children I work with act more mature than these producers and writers....This is ridiculous and now it is just stupid annoying bull crap....

Is it true that US has released the season 3 episode?

I heard this on the radio today it is not good...I was listening to a radio station this morning and they were talking to Eva Longoria who plays Gabby on Desperate Housewives and she is saying that in June the actors and actresses will be going on strike too....Now this is all otterly stupid and ridiculous...It is PATHEIC! now I stopped supporting it because it got stupid now........I used to support the writers now I do not I stopped about two weeks ago...

I can understand writer's going on strike - they get little pay for substantial work. But aren't the actors very well paid already?
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