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With just a few loose ends left to either tie up or snip away, the big bad writers strike of 2007–2008 is finally almost (but not quite) over.
Members of the Writers Guild of America East and West divisions will meet this afternoon and evening to vote on the terms of the temporary agreement reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers last weekend. And, if all goes well, they’ll ratify it.
In anticipation of a positive outcome by the end of today, networks, industry publications, and bloggers alike spent all weekend and Monday building up hype over which shows will and will not be returning to the tube after the three-month catastrophe officially comes to a definite close.
Here’s how comedy television series shape up thus far according to both the rumor mills and those in the know. I’ll update the following list as needed to keep interested readers accurately informed.
Post-Strike: Comedy TV Series
- 30 Rock: Spring return
- Aliens in America: Fall return [The CW]
- Boston Legal: Eight episodes for April
- Chuck: Late summer or early fall return
- Desperate Housewives: One-season renewal; seven more episodes for spring
- Dirty Sexy Money: 13-episode pickup for next season
- Everybody Hates Chris: Already completed filming 22-episode season; March return [The CW]
- Girlfriends: Won’t resume production — Over [The CW]
- How I Met Your Mother: Greenlit for mid-March return of up to eight episodes
- My Name Is Earl: Nine episodes for April
- Pushing Daisies: 13-episode pickup for next season
- Reaper: Five to six more episodes for April [The CW]
- Samantha Who?: 13-episode pickup for next season
- Scrubs: Spring return
- The Big Bang Theory: Greenlit for mid-March return of up to eight episodes
- The Game: Eight to nine more episodes for March [The CW]
- The Office: Spring return
- Two and a Half Men: Greenlit for mid-March return of up to eight episodes
- Ugly Betty: One-season renewal
