Good news if you like TV: The networks have 100 new episodes waiting to air, despite the ongoing writers strike. The bad news: One of them is a “CSI: Miami.”
But who needs writers, anyway? The studios could find plots just by looking at newspaper stories. A few ideas:
“Numb3rs”: Boeing outscores Airbus in orders for 2007, but needs mathematical genius Charlie Eppes to calculate how long it will take to fill its order backlog at its current rate of zero 787s per year.
“Law &Order”: After the Sonics lose again in New Orleans, newly promoted D.A. Jack McCoy sees if he can convict team owner Clay Bennett for conspiring to kill their season.
“Friday Night Lights”: Former Everett Mayor Ed Hansen is really just an overexuberant fan, as a letter today says. When the Everett High School football team loses to Dillon on a last-second touchdown, he reacts like any fan — by putting a $100,000 bounty on the head of the Seagulls’ coach.
“Criminal Minds”: Community Transit leaves cars out as bait for thieves, but nobody takes them (Page B3). The FBI investigates and finds that’s what you get for using Ford Escorts as bait.
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