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Working for reality TV? Sorry

07:05 PM PT, Dec 16 2007

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Predictions often come back to haunt the predictor, but Scott Collins goes out on a limb in his Channel Island column. He writes:

Chances are slim to none that the Writers Guild of America will make good on its vow to organize large numbers of reality-show workers as a result of its current strike.

Unless you're one of the harried wage slaves helping to crack story arcs on, say, "America's Most Smartest Model," that forecast may not sound so earth-shattering. But it has important implications for the 6-week-old strike that's paralyzing large swaths of the entertainment industry.  Read more

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