Question: In all the recent articles I've read about the current Writers Guild strike, most of the discussions seem to revolve around the fact that, if the strike continues for a prolonged time, reruns and reality shows will be what the networks will fall back on in prime time once all the existing scripts are used up and produced. I have trouble understanding why the networks don't show movies instead of reruns or reality shows (which I can't stand, but I realize are somewhat popular). Several years ago, almost every night the prime-time slots had a movie scheduled on one major network or another. With the possibility of a protracted strike and of reruns probably coming in January or February, and for who knows how long, and then more reruns next summer, wouldn't you think that the viewers would be fed up with reruns and long for something different? There must be a huge library of movies, and not necessarily the top box-office draws, either, that many viewers would prefer to watch. ...
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