A Real Cliffhanger
With writers crafting picket signs instead of dialogue since they went on strike in November, most, if not all, of the eight daytime soaps currently on the air will have run out of WGA-member-written scripts by February. That prospect might not be devastating to a prime-time show like “Lost,” but it could mean lost audiences for daytime soaps. With their serialized plots and dependence on cliffhangers, soap operas don’t have much wiggle room....