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[shadowkat]

wisteria has posted a YouTube bit from My Name Is Earl that is a touching and funny tribute to online interaction. Go here .

Now if I can just find a free download of last night's Scrubs episode, I attempted to watch it by flipping between it and Grey's but that did not do justice to either show, so eventually gave up and went with Grey's.

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[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I was trying to find it online but evidently NBC doesn't replay whole episodes...which is too bad.
However you know it'll be rerun several times...I'll keep an eye pealed and let you know if it is rerun sometime when Grey's is also a rerun!

I loved that My Name is Earl YouTube, very funny.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

It's frustrating - they replay full episodes of certain tv shows and not others. Friday Night Lights, Heroes, and Studio 60 even My Name is Earl - but not Scrubs. Wonder why?

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

It could be an effort to pimp new shows, it could be that the network is not really behind 'Scrubs' (although it must be making good money, I'm finding it syndicated all over the TV dial). Of course there could also be a production company vs network difference/problem (I don't know who produces 'Scrubs'). TV politics is mystifying to me.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agreed. It could be for a whole host of reasons. Sometimes it has to do with actors contracts. What a lot of people don't understand about the film and television industry is how unionized it it. You can't do anything in Hollywood without getting a Union's okay. Amber Benson's film "Chase" couldn't be distribute or sold out-right because she had actors who belonged to SAG working on it and they aren't allowed to work for no fee or no percentage of the royalties under the union's rules except under certain situations - ie. non-for profit, an class assignment, personal use, or say a theatrical presentation which doesn't charge much and is only to a small audience. This is why LA is not much of a theater town - because of these weird rules.

While unions can be great - like all organizations run by human beings they have their draw-backs. It's not the same as being an "at-will" employee, under a union - you are protected. An employer cannot just "fire" an employee represented by a union unless they can prove "just" cause. My grandfather hated unions for this reason - you could end up with an employee who came in late every day, was abusive, did shoddy work but because of the union you were more or less stuck with them. Saw the same deal at an old publishing company I worked for which was to an extent hampered by the union - every three years they'd have these lengthy labor negotiations renewing the contract - our paid holidays, the hours, even wages were dictated by union. You couldn't give someone a raise, put them on report, fire them, or raise them off the clock without the union's say.

And in the film and tv industry - everyone has a union. Director's Guild, Screen Actors Guild (I interviewed for a contract negotiations job with them once - which is how I know some of this), Grips, Lights, FX, Makeup, Set design, Costumes, Stunts - the list goes on. And if you have a complaint?
Often you go to your union to provide you with representation if you can't get your own. There really are no "at-will" employees in Hollywood - they are all under contract, course the contracts are often open-ended. And there are a couple who don't have contracts or are not contract players - these are what we'd call "at will" - examples - Julie Benze, Christian Kane, and Juliet Landau on ATS and BTVS - they weren't under contract and were only paid by episode. In other words - freelance. They pop in and pop out, and can turn down appearances sort of like temp work actually.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

It could be that they're being put up by amateurs and some channels are being more aggressive about copyright infringement than others.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Not in this instance - the shows available are on NBC.com - you can get Heroes, Medium, Friday Night Lights, My Name Is Earl - full episodes, but only 2 minute replays of Scrubs on the network's website.