Writers’ Strike Over

The Writers’ Strike in America is now over! It’s taken around 3 months to resolve the situation which has left this year’s American TV shows all over the place, so where does that leave us?

It’s good news that this has been resolved for the writers, but the viewers have been left with scraps in terms of their favourite TV shows with many of them having cut-short their seasons. They’ve either just stopped mid-season in the case of many (hoping to see out the strike and get back to it), drawing a line on what was to be covered (Heroes stopping at the end of Volume 2 instead of the planned 3 this year) or having their story squashed into fewer episodes such as the case of Prison Break.

I’ve not seen the final episodes of Prison Break, but I’m sure that the last few episodes seem to be speeding along to their final destination pretty quickly - in some cases, perhaps some rather unconvincing things were happening, it’s a shame to think what they’ve had to leave out of the series.

Most of the shows I like to watch seem to have been affected, with only Stargate Atlantis to have come through unscathed, but then they do start filming earlier than many other shows.

Here’s what can be expected (or not) and when from some of my favourites according to Mercury News who have a comprehensive list. What do you think? Has it really bothered you?

“How I Met Your Mother” — March 17 (nine episodes).

“Jericho” — Will air six more episodes as planned.

“Heroes” — No new episodes; returns in fall.

“My Name Is Earl” — April 3 (nine episodes).

“The Office” — April 10 (six episodes).

“24″ — Postponed until January.

“Prison Break” — Two episodes unaired.

“Smallville” — Four episodes in the can. Five more planned.

“Lost” — Five episodes remain; five more planned for now