HOLMES: What I remember about that strike is we were still on more of a regular fall to spring schedule, so it was easier to understand what the effects of it were going to be. What do you remember about that strike, and how did it change TV and movies and the way we watch them? You started doing pop culture criticism and TV analysis full-time right around the time of the last big WGA strike in 2007, 2008. So we're going to talk about the potential writers strike coming up, but I want to take us back to the last one. LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: Thank you so much, Brittany. Linda, welcome back to IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. We talked about what this strike might bring and why its effects should matter to us viewers. I caught up with NPR pop culture correspondent and TV aficionado Linda Holmes to break it all down. But if it isn't reached, we might see a lot of change in what we watch. If a new bargain is reached by May 1, business will go on as usual. That doesn't mean the strike will happen. The Writers Guild of America, or the WGA, is the union that represents writers all across the television and film industries, and they voted last week to authorize a strike, with over 97% in favor. And as you may have heard by now, a big strike might be coming to Hollywood. You're listening to IT'S BEEN A MINUTE from NPR.
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