You probably haven’t heard – there’s been so little written, posted, aired, blogged and Facebook’ed about it – but the writers are on strike down in the U.S. And after some three weeks, the fallout has quickly spread beyond the picket lines in L.A., with shoots in B.C., including The Bionic Woman and Men in Trees, shutting down for lack of scripts. So we ask:

How has the WGA strike affected you?

The short answer is not a lot. I’m keeping one eye on it, because however the American deal goes down will eventually spill over.
Paul Mather
Co-executive producer, Little Mosque on the Prairie

If there was ever going to be an opportunity for product to move in a southerly direction, this might be the impetus for it. And we’re probably more ready for it than we’ve ever been as a production community.
Barbara Williams
SVP of programming and production, CanWest MediaWorks

I’m missing my favorite newscasters – Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.
Siobhan Moore
Journalism professor, Humber College

I don’t work in English, I don’t watch TV in English, because my English is very posh, very bad.
François Avard
Writer, Les Boys, Les Bougon

If there are viewers out there whose regular shows are affected, we would encourage them to check out our terrific fall schedule. We suspect they’ll be delighted with what they find.
Jeff Keay
Head of media relations, CBC/Radio-Canada

Having all my favorite shows disappear sucks. Every Monday, my friends and I gather together to watch Prison Break, Heroes and Journeyman consecutively…I can only hope that once the strike ends, the studios give the showrunners the leeway needed to finish up their respective storylines properly.
Josh Stern
TV viewer