Hey Hey, Hey Ho, I Saw This Episode Two Years Ago!

Well it happened. At midnight yesterday the WGA went on strike. Starting yesterday morning writers picketed in shifts outside of studios in both NYC and LA.

The writers are going to have plenty of time on their hands now, maybe they should consider using that time creatively and coming up with something a little more clever than "On Strike" for their signs.

The first casualty of the strike are shows that depend on a team of writers to create material daily based on current events including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report. Networks have announced that new episodes for these shows will not air for at least a week; repeats will air in their place.

Some shows like Cashmere Mafia, that were meant to be mid-season replacements, may or have been shelved for the time being just in case they are needed down the road to replace existing shows that run out of new episodes. Other shows like Lost or Entourage may not have enough scripts to finish a full season; Lost in particular may shorten its season to 8 episodes. Some shows, the Heroes spin-off for instance, have been canceled altogether.

Stars have also hit the picket lines as a show of support. Julia Louise-Dreyfus was on a picket line in the shadow of a billboard for her show The New Adventure of Old Christine. Amy Poehler was outside of NBC supporting SNL writers and Tina Fey, who writes and stars in 30 Rock, joined the shows writers as well. The Office star Steve Carell, who has a writing background, refused to cross picket lines and go to work yesterday. Jay Leno pulled up to the protestors outside of his Burbank studio on a motorcycle and handed out boxes of Krispy Kreme Donuts.

As the strike goes on more shows will go into repeats and we will see an influx of news shows (whose writers are part of a different union) and reality shows. Eventually they are going to run out of ideas for shows so I have decided to take advantage of this and pitch the following reality shows to the networks:

The Pimp hosted by James Lipton - James Lipton takes 12 dorky guys and turns them into pimps. The winner will get a pimped out green and gold (green for the money, gold for the honey) Cadillac Coup de Ville and his very own Ho train.

My Kakamayme Bat Mitzvah - spin-off of My Super Sweet 16, we follow a jappy Jewish 12 year old as she plans her Bat Mitzvah. These girls drive their parents crazy trying to have like the biggest Bat Mitzvah like ever. The first episode we will watch Shira as she plans her "The Devil Wears Prada" themed party. Marvel as Shira throws a temper tantrum because daddy bought her a silver BMW and not the pink one she wanted (keep in mind she is only 13).

The Real Housewives of Camden NJ - You've seen the Real Housewives of Orange County, now see how the other side lives. We go inside the most dangerous city in the country and follow the housewives as they live their day to day lives. In the first episode we see the housewives sit around gettin their hair did and talking shit about their baby daddies.

White Noise hosted by Rosie O'Donnell - Rosie O'Donnell talks about whatever she wants...the show won't actually be called White Noise, that's just the sound you will hear as blood shoots out your eyes and ears as you watch Rosie.

Rape Island with David Copperfield - No explanation necessary. The show sells itself!