TV execs stash away for a strike filled day

When a huge snow storm is headed your way, you rush out to Costco to stock up on goods to feed you and your family should the storm shut everything down. When you get paid you stash some away in a shoe box or under your mattress in case of a cash emergency. Well TV execs are doing the same thing. But instead of stashing away things like the above mentioned, they are stashing away scripts to keep their TV shows rolling in case writers storm out on a strike. The fledgling plan represents what a key management insider described as "phase one" of studio strike preparations. It's considered more important for TV execs than those in film to get a jump on planning for a possible writers walkout -- the current Writers Guild of America contract expires October 31 -- so thus far it's mostly the TV divisions at major studios taking the most aggressive steps toward content stockpiling. TV biz making early plans for writers strike [Reuters]