Writers Guild to Make Example of American Idol

The WGA is back in business after the long strike season, and one of its renewed goals is to push for jurisdiction over reality shows - beginning with the biggest one of them all: American Idol.

Over the past three years, the WGA has been trying to expand its hold over not just scripted shows, but reality, gameshow and animation programming as well. Since those items were taken off the table during the strike, the Guild's trying to gain support the old fashion way - by holding a press conference and then bussing supporters/protestors to San Francisco to stage their own version of American Idol outside the show's real auditions at the Cow Palace.

What does their "own version" of Idol mean? I'm guessing it's either hideous karaoke or their version of what the show would be like without any "writers" on board. I'm kind of hoping they have a Ryan Seacrest impersonator who just primps himself in a mirror during the whole show.

Do you think the WGA has any business interfering in reality TV shows like Idol? - Erin Fox

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