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Writers Strike News Roundup: Monday, Dec. 17

Writers Want One-On-One Negotiations … The Writers Guild of America announced Saturday that it would be negotiating with production companies directly in an attempt to navigate around the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Daily Variety reports. David Letterman’s…

Syndication Roundtable: Warming Up to New Media

Despite Challenges, Insiders See Healthy Climate for Industry

ABC’s ‘Lost’ Lands

Show Gets Thursday Slot Opposite ‘CSI’

Fremantle Pitching Web ‘Wedgie’ to TV

Improv Comedy Show Could Bypass Strike

‘5th Grader,’ ‘10’ Mulled for Syndie

‘Deal’ Leads Game Show Resurgence

Ad Buyer: Time for Fall Season to Go

Strike-Induced Demise of Upfront Could Benefit All

Pol Ad Spending Hits $1 Mil a Day

Clinton Out Front With $275,000 Portion

IFC Goes Political With Docu-Makers

jlafayette@tvweek.comPlans to Cover Election Via Series, Specials

Good News for ‘Nightline’

As Strike-Shuttered Talk Shows Cool Their Heels, ABC Show Gets Hot

‘L&O’ Succeeds Via Varying Outlets

The great experiment of the 2007-08 off-net syndication season has proved successful. NBC Universal unleashed two series from its behemoth “Law & Order” franchise to stations during the fall, with “Law & Order: SVU” hitting weekend play and “Law &…