Reality TV writers want to unionize

[twickster]

I'm shocked -- shocked! -- to discover that there are writers -- ununionized writers (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-writers21jun21,0,916342.story?coll=la-home-business) -- behind the scenes of my beloved reality TV shows.

[pinkfreud]

My goodness, this is dreadful.

Paris & Nicole's antics were dreamed up in some sweatshop in Burbank. Is nothing sacred?

[ultrafilter]

I'm shocked to discover that there are writers. Isn't the whole point of reality TV that there are no writers?

[rockle]

I say they shouldn't be allowed to join the union until they write a better ending for my Beloved Dolphin Boy from the last season of "Survivor." Harumph.

[Sean Factotum]

Irony, you are a cruel mistress. If I remember correctly, reality television got a big leg up when the TV writers went on strike. The networks then quickly shifted towards shows that didn't require "writing".

[HPL]

I'm suprised. I didn't think there were writers.

Now that I know this, I feel that they should be sent to Gitmo until they start writing better. Make them cry by telling them that Banana rats are higher on the food chain then them.