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Originally Posted by T*

wasnt there one of these during like 2007 that destroyed tv shows

UGH, yes, it pretty much killed Heroes (took it off in a direction that killed it) and also, even shows that did survive, that year had some of the worst written episodes I've ever witnessed (I reckon they were just drafting in amateurs to write eps), and big gaps between episodes. IIRC both Smallville and Supernatural were particularly bad the year of the writer's strike . And there were others.