Glad to see the ever expanding social consciousness of VFTW in relation to all things media.

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If these are the guys responsible for writing Ryan Seacrest's "witty" monoluges, introductions, and segways, then they deserve to be paid less.

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Well, what do you think why they had Idol Gives Head? (Hint, hint)

I concur.

Not to nitpick man, but I think you mean segue. A Segway is a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment. (dictionary.com) Damn homophones. (damn O.C.D.)

"The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

The most profitable companies in the country squeeze profits out by squeezing everything they can out of their workforce. The Wal-marts of the world use cheap labor overseas, but also use managers on fixed salaries and hourly workers that work 39.99999 hours per week to get jobs done.

I would expect television shows that require so much behind-the-scenes work to have similar practices. The technical aspects, such as call-in voting and any graphics or video feautres probably are outsourced to India. However, the quick changes from contestant to contestant, the countless hours of rehearsals, the logistics behind these shows are a ton of work. Bad writing jokes aside, think of how quickly they need to turn around recap videos by the end of performance shows and think of how flawless the shows have been so far. We have never had a microphone shut down, or any lighting malfunction. The only problem logistically I can recall is when they had to shuffle David Cook around because of an amp malfunction, but even that was done in little time and without too many problems.

The last thing American Idol needs is their workers to go on strike - to let their cash cow that brings in 24-31 million viewers per episode and ad revenue to match - go down in flames because their production staff walks out on them. Pay up, Idol. You can replace tools like Ryan Seacrest and angry Brit judges are on every show now, so it would be easy to kick $40 million Cowell to the side (and don't get me started on how bland Randy and Paula are), but you have to admire how smoothly a live show like Idol has been for seven seasons and such consistency is irreplaceable. PAY UP!

This isn't surprising. I hope all those employees get everything they deserve.

Yes, all jokes aside, everything you say is 100% true. These people work hard and do a fabulous job; they deserve fair compensation and treatment.

"The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Be sure to watch tonight's episode of "30 Rock," which has a send-up of the reality show genre; Jack is producing a show called "MILF Island." It airs during Idol, so I have to tape one, and watch the other. I think 30 Rock gets the tape since I like to repeat to pick up the jokes I miss in the quick dialogue; but Idol is sooooo painful to watch without the fast-forward.
I'm not surprised that reality shows-which have no morals or scruples-treat their workers so badly. What did you do at work today daddy? Oh, I filmed girls in bikinis eating bugs to earn tampons, and then vomiting. Thats entertainment!

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

It's awesome and scary at the same time that Idol-related controversies are being press-released through us. It shouldn't be that we're the first and only ones who believe what people are saying, but it seems to be becoming that way.

"Whoever said that nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door."

All of the jobs you mentioned have nothing to with writing. Now if the techs, stage hands and handlers where issuing this press release I'd be more supportive.