The noxious drivel spewing from the large flat eye in your "living" room got a bit of attention on Morning Edition today. If we do the math:

Writers Guild Strike Hits Scripted Programming

by Kim Masters

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Morning Edition, November 7, 2007 · A number of scripted programs are halting production as the strike by the Writers Guild of America plows into its third day. Late-night talk shows were the first to go off the air.

Hollywood Producer Reflects on Last Writers' Strike

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Morning Edition, November 7, 2007 · Hollywood producer Robert Morton, who was executive producer of Late Night with David Letterman during the last writers' strike in 1988, talks about what it was like when the Letterman show resumed production without writers and why they made that decision.

Union Rule Raises Questions for Hollywood Writer

by John Ridley

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Read and comment on John Ridley's thoughts at his "Visible Man" blog.

Morning Edition, November 7, 2007 · NPR blogger and commentator John Ridley says the Hollywood writers' strike has already had quite an effect on life in Los Angeles — even on what can be talked about over lunch.

4 min. 52 sec.
4 min. 03 sec.
3 min. 19 sec.
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Total Morning Edition Minutes spent on TV strike: 12 min. 14 sec.

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Morning Edition devoted somewhat less time to the unpleasantness surrounding Musharraf in Pakistan: