Reply #15: First of all, if you're hooked up to cable, TIVO or satellite, [View All]

Odds are that your viewing habits are known and tracked. Remember, that little phone line plugged into the wall? TIVO announced last fall that it was distributing it's numbers, DirecTV and Dish have been doing so for awhile now. Nielson is mostly a facade these days to keep people thinking that their viewing habits really aren't being monitored:eyes:

Second, those may have been wonderful tributes, but really, the damage is done and all Stewart and Colbert are doing is salving the conscience of both themselves and their viewers while the writers are forgotten, ignored, and in the studios' eyes, hopefully disappear.

This is a strike breaking tactic that is decades old, get a few to cross the line, and gradually slip in more and more shows and scabs, placating the public with their video fix. Do you honestly think that either Colbert, Stewart or any of the others are going to go without writers for any significant amount of time? I imagine that once all the hubbub dies down they'll start slipping scab writers back in, and pretty soon the shows will be going full bore, full tilt, and a bunch of writers will be walking the line, except it will be the unemployment line.

And all of this over a TV show or two, geez. Way to stick up for the working stiff:eyes: