Subscribe to Televisionista by Email

Friday, November 16, 2007

"Bionic Woman" Shut Down; Actors Suspended


Hollywood press reports the Vancouver-based production of NBC's "Bionic Woman" was quietly shut down last Friday, a month before the original wrap date due to the writers' strike. Meanwhile, NBC Universal is one of the first studios to unleash the "Force Majeure" contract clause suspending actors from "The Bionic Woman," "The Office" and "30 Rock."


Under the clause the studios can chose the following 3 options in the event of a "greater force" like the writers' strike:

A) Keep the actors at full salary

B) Suspend them for up to 5 weeks at half-salary and then chose A or C

C) Terminate the actors' contracts completely

That means NBC may have to make a decision about the fate of "The Bionic Woman" within the next 5 weeks.

The show which premiered to over 14 million viewers in September pulled in 6.3 million viewers in its most recent airing on Wednesday.

Next week "The Bionic Woman" is preempted by a 2-hour "Deal or No Deal" and may return on November 28 with episode #108.

TV Guide reports roughly 9 episodes have been filmed prior to production shutdown.

Next week, the studios may begin to exercise the "Force Majeure" option on writers, as well. Some of the writers who finally got their big break and only had their projects in the pipeline may be terminated completely.

This is
TELEVISIONISTA.Net
Entertainment Exposed

Labels: The Bionic Woman, Writers Strike

posted by Justin Van De Kamp at 7:00 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

terrible!

Friday, November 16, 2007 at 8:22:00 PM EST  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought actors got paid per episode, so if less are made they just dont get paid. Confused.

Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 3:30:00 PM EST  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home

Subscribe to Televisionista on your cell phone

Add to My AOL

Add to Google

Powered by Blogger

Subscribe to
Posts [Atom]

View mobile version

Statcounter

About Me

Name: Justin Van De Kamp
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

View my complete profile

Links

  • LBCOLBY's DYNASTY CHANNEL
  • MANIZER
  • Luke Macfarlane Online
  • AfterElton.com
  • TV Party!
  • Geno's World
  • Sirlinksalot

Previous Posts

  • TV Ratings: Wednesday (11/14/07)
  • Hayden & Heroes Celebrate Lamborghini
  • Lyle Lovett on "Brothers & Sisters"
  • VIDEO: Luke and Noah Get Physical
  • TV Ratings: Tuesday (11/13/07)
  • "Desperate Housewives" On Strike!
  • TV Salaries: How Much Money Writers Make?
  • Writers' Strike Fallout: ABC Schedule Update
  • Top-10 New TV Shows This Season
  • TV Ratings: "Heroes" Recover (11/12/07)