Strike.TV
Encyclopedia
Strike.TV is an internet television
website
that was created during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike
. It is an online network of original programming produced by well-known Hollywood names. Its launch on October 28, 2008 featured several shows of various genres:
("Childs Play")
"The Challenge": written by Lloyd Garver http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0308745/ ("Newhart
")
"Confessional": written by Ken LaZebnik http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0493855/ ("Prairie Home Companion")
"Dangerous Women (web series)": written by David O'Malley http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641714/ ("Fatal Instinct
")
"Daryl from OnCar": Ron Corcillo ("Malcolm in the Middle
") and Russ Carney
"Faux Baby": directed by Charlie Stratton written by Laura Brennan http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0107341/, Jennifer Maisel, Rachel Leventhal
"Global Warming": written by Rob Kutner
("Daily Show") and Sheryl Zorn ("Penn & Teller: Bullshit!")
"Greenville General": written by Karen Harris
("General Hospital
")
"House Poor": written by Mindy Kaling
& Lester Lewis
("The Office")
"Joe & Kate": written by and starring Joe Kelly
("How I Met Your Mother
") and Kate Purdy ("Cold Case")
"John's Hand": written by Catherine Butterfield
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0125278/ ("Ghost Whisperer
")
"Life in General": written by Karen Harris
("General Hospital
")
"Lose Yourself"
"Me First": written by Peter Hyoguchi, Krista Tucker
"Side Effects": written by Chuck Rose
"Sketch Toons": written by Charles Horn ("Robot Chicken
")
"Speedie Date
": written by Lorin Wertheimer http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2373457/ ("Girlfriends
")
"The Smartest Guy in the World": written by Rick Rosner ("Jimmy Kimmel Live
")
"Tender Morsels": written by Giuseppe Graziano ("The King of Queens
")
"Unknown Sender
": written and directed by Steven E. de Souza
("Die Hard
")
"With the Angels": written by Mary Feuer ("LonelyGirl15
")
"Katana (web series)
": written by Yuji Okumoto
and Richard Cranor
The first three months' of profits will be contributed to the Actors' Fund
Entertainment Assistance Program. The EAP has been offering financial relief and other services to entertainment industry professionals negatively impacted by the strike.
Internet television
Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
website
Website
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that was created during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike
The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, more commonly referred to as simply the Writers' Strike, was a strike by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West ....
. It is an online network of original programming produced by well-known Hollywood names. Its launch on October 28, 2008 featured several shows of various genres:
Web Series
"5 or Die": written and directed by Tom HollandTom Holland
Tom Holland may refer to:*Tom Holland , American film director*Tom Holland , British author*Tom Holland , British actor*Tom Holland , English footballer...
("Childs Play")
"The Challenge": written by Lloyd Garver http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0308745/ ("Newhart
Newhart
Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...
")
"Confessional": written by Ken LaZebnik http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0493855/ ("Prairie Home Companion")
"Dangerous Women (web series)": written by David O'Malley http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641714/ ("Fatal Instinct
Fatal Instinct
Fatal Instinct is a 1993 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner. It parodies the erotic thriller movie genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak. The film stars Armand Assante as a lawyer and cop named Ned Ravine who has an affair with a woman named Lola Cain played by Sean Young...
")
"Daryl from OnCar": Ron Corcillo ("Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
") and Russ Carney
"Faux Baby": directed by Charlie Stratton written by Laura Brennan http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0107341/, Jennifer Maisel, Rachel Leventhal
"Global Warming": written by Rob Kutner
Rob Kutner
-Career:As a writer for Dennis Miller Live, he was nominated for a 2003 Writers' Guild of America Award. After Dennis Miller Live left the air, Kutner went on to write for The Daily Show, where he has won five Emmies to date. Additionally, he has won a Peabody Award and an award from the...
("Daily Show") and Sheryl Zorn ("Penn & Teller: Bullshit!")
"Greenville General": written by Karen Harris
Karen Harris (writer)
Karen Harris is an American television writer for the ABC Daytime serial General Hospital.-Career:During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, she chose not to accept Financial Core Status....
("General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
")
"House Poor": written by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam , better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes.-Early life:Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in...
& Lester Lewis
Lester Lewis
Lester Lewis is an American television writer and producer, whose credits include sitcoms such as Flight of the Conchords, Caroline in the City and The Larry Sanders Show. He is currently a supervising producer and writer on The Office and is developing a musical series for Disney Channel...
("The Office")
"Joe & Kate": written by and starring Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly may refer to:*Joe Kelly *Joe Kelly , comic book and animation writer*Joe Kelly , Formula One driver*Joe Kelly , jazz musician...
("How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
") and Kate Purdy ("Cold Case")
"John's Hand": written by Catherine Butterfield
Catherine Butterfield
Catherine Butterfield is an American playwright, TV/film writer and actress. Her play Joined at the Head was performed at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1992 and won the Robert L. Stevens/Kennedy Center award for excellence, as well as being published in Best Plays of 1992-93...
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0125278/ ("Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
")
"Life in General": written by Karen Harris
Karen Harris (writer)
Karen Harris is an American television writer for the ABC Daytime serial General Hospital.-Career:During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, she chose not to accept Financial Core Status....
("General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
")
"Lose Yourself"
"Me First": written by Peter Hyoguchi, Krista Tucker
"Side Effects": written by Chuck Rose
Chuck Rose
Charles Alfred "Chuck" Rose was a professional baseball pitcher, outfielder, and first baseman. He played three games in Major League Baseball for St. Louis Browns. Rose was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 158 pounds....
"Sketch Toons": written by Charles Horn ("Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken is an American stop motion animated television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green provides many voices for the show...
")
"Speedie Date
Speedie Date
Speedie Date is a web series which debuted on December 1, 2008 on Strike.TV, an internet portal created by Hollywood writers during the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Each of the ten scripted episodes in the series is a different two-person speed date...
": written by Lorin Wertheimer http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2373457/ ("Girlfriends
Girlfriends
Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...
")
"The Smartest Guy in the World": written by Rick Rosner ("Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
")
"Tender Morsels": written by Giuseppe Graziano ("The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
")
"Unknown Sender
Unknown Sender
UNKNOWN SENDER is an internet television series created in the United States, which debuted in August 2008 on Strike.TV, a website created by Hollywood writers during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike...
": written and directed by Steven E. de Souza
Steven E. de Souza
Steven E. de Souza is an American producer, director and screenwriter. He is among a handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over two billion dollars at the worldwide box office.-Life and career:...
("Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
")
"With the Angels": written by Mary Feuer ("LonelyGirl15
Lonelygirl15
lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006 and ran through to August 1, 2008. Developed under the working title The Children of Anchor Cove, the show gained worldwide media attention when it was outed as fictional in September 2006.-Overview:lonelygirl15...
")
"Katana (web series)
Katana (web series)
Katana is a martial arts web series that premiered on January 7, 2009, on Strike.TV, an internet network created by Hollywood writers during the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike...
": written by Yuji Okumoto
Yuji Okumoto
is an Japanese-American actor best known for his intimidating movie roles, such as Chozen in The Karate Kid, Part II.-Early life:...
and Richard Cranor
The first three months' of profits will be contributed to the Actors' Fund
Actors' Fund
The Actors Fund of America is a nonprofit umbrella charitable organization that assists American entertainment and performing arts professionals through a broad spectrum of programs, including comprehensive social services, health services, supportive and affordable housing, employment and training...
Entertainment Assistance Program. The EAP has been offering financial relief and other services to entertainment industry professionals negatively impacted by the strike.