Here's just the latest sign that the Writers' strike could last for a long long time. Two works: "Big Brother."
As my colleague Diane Werts, notes below, the show will launch national casting calls this Saturday, which seems like an awful early casting call for a summer series. It is. "BB" does do casting calls throughout the year (I'm told) but this is still a solid indication that the pipeline is about to run dry for CBS. And when "CSI" or "Without a Trace" are into their third repeats? Who you gonna call?
Yes, sigh. "Big Brother." I'm also reliably told that CBS may - and likely will - set a February launch.