So far the writers strike hasn't really affected ratings at all. January is the first month when the networks were supposed to feel it or whatever, but people like reality TV and football, so people are over how everyone ended up on that island in Lost.

Writers Guild, we're all mixed up about this. On the one hand, you effectively canceled the Golden Globes and might do the same for the Oscars, which is awesome. We'd rather stab ourselves in the eye than watch those shows. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but we'd definitely rather get something caught in our eye, like an eyelash or something, than sit through them.

But now people are having conversations about American Gladiators like it's the second coming of 24. 24 was populist and a bit racist, but compared with Aggro Crag or The Eliminator or whatever it is, it's like Flaubert. So just figure out your shit with the producers so we can stop thinking about ratings and go back to just judging people for watching TV at all.