Writer's Strike Could Kill TV

You know about the Writer's Strike, right?  If you didn't, well there's a Writer's Strike.  The writers want more royalties from alternative media like DVD's and media downloads, while the studios are fine with not giving out more money.  Its a classic story really.  (Maybe someone should write a movie about it.  Oh, the irony)

The writer's strike could sabotage the television season since very few new shows will be produced.  Well, shows that require writers, that is.  Cue the reality shows!  Bring in the game shows!  Seems like every network had a contingency plan for just this situation, since they had several reality and game shows at the ready.  Or it could be that those shows are much cheaper to make, so they crank them out on a regular basis in hopes that one of the cheap shows will become popular, thus highly profitable. 

This could spell the death of the sit com.  The end of the crime drama.  Television needs these types of shows.  Otherwise, we get nothing but news and American Idol.  Some news is fine.  Some reality shows are fine.  But give me the sitcoms and dramas to maintain a balance.