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Isn't Jon Stewart the host again this year? I'd say that 4 hours of Jon Stewart ad-libbing in favor of the writers strike is going to be a nightmare for the studios.

Good. You don't win a strike by giving waivers. And I hope they throw rocks at Jay Leno when he starts doing his show again, without writers.

in a trainwreck way, I'm curious to see what Leno will pull off. he used to be a comedian himself, and i remember he wrote material himself that was funnier than his writers, as far as i recall.

maybe he'll go all bob saget on everybody.

possibly, he'll just make a lot of writers' strike jokes he wrote, then have a boring show as usual.

more likely, the latter but using scabs as writers.

You mean there'll be no god-awful pre-award patter recited in a near-monotone by glassy-eyed actors on their fifth glass on Cristal? Oh yeah. That's gonna suck. That's always been the highlight of the Oscars for me: people reading off of a teleprompter.

if leno's "banter" with guests is indicative of his wit (as opposed to his writer's), nothing save a train wreck is possible.

is anyone else really enjoying the writer's strike?

The Oscars are still 10 weeks away. Strike may be over by then.

These award shows, like the electoral college, should be abandoned. A more pointless exercise I have never witnessed.

@6: I don't even *notice* the strike. There was nothing on I wanted to see that was new. I usually watch re-runs anyway, when I watch TV at all. :P

why should this award show season be any different from the past? Four hours of tedium occasionally interrupted by brief moments of entertainment.

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Leno's situation is going to be even more precarious when he discovers a lot of A-List Hollywood celebs (who are members of SAG) will refuse to cross a picket line to appear on his show.

Get ready for Z-List, "Who The Fuck Are They?" week!

i hope the writer's strike continues. i love the idea of people slowly turning away from their tv s because it's nothing but lame reality shows and re-runs, and starting to pay attention to the things which really matter, like their lives, their children's lives, and the state of the world. it's great timing.

Wait--where's the logic in that assumption? If we eliminate the banter, the jokes, the clips, etc--wouldn't the Oscars be mercifully SHORTER than a FOUR-HOUR trainwreck, and might just be a 2 hour series of silly, extemporaneous thank-you speeches?

I'm enjoying the strike also. There's too much to say about that bullshit industry, it's nice to see it's foundation get a little wobbly now and again.

Fuck 'em. Pay the writers or go fuck yourselves, I say. Have fun turning your networks into clones of the Game Show Channel.

Can't we just outsource late night comedy shows to Britain - they're way funnier than what we get here anyway ...

Damn, the Oscars are going to be a four-hour train wreck this year.

As opposed to what?

I'll posit that the Oscars will be a one hour trainwreck this year. Without the pointless scripted bits and clip montages, there's no reason to have it run any longer than that.

Besides, most of those actors won't cross the picket lines anyway, thus no acceptance speeches.