This just in via Scalzi's blog - Weekend Assignments.

Full scoop here: http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/2008/01/weekend-assignment-196-missing-words.html
(Yay, a Tucson author!)

Weekend Assignment #196:Now that the WGA strike has had lots of time to affect the prime time television schedules, how is it affecting you as a viewer? What show do you miss most, aside from reruns? Do you miss your weekly appointment with that ill-behaved doctor, or your visits to Wisteria Lane? Does it bother you not to laugh at fresh jokes on your favorite sitcom? Or are you just as happy watching reality shows, or new episodes of shows that have been held back until now? We want to know!

Extra Credit: how are you spending the time instead?

How is it affecting me? Not at all, other than a minor twinge of curiosity at how The Daily Show would cover the campaign trail. I've been almost entirely prime time free for years. If there's a show I'm dying to see, it'll go into my NetFlix queue. I don't mind being a year or two behind the times, and most blogs these days are good about posting spoiler warnings. I'd probably be on a much smaller NetFlix plan if they only carried movies and no TV series! About the only "live" TV I watch these days is the Food Network, and at least 50% of that is purely for the background noise factor.

Extra credit: Funny, you make it sound like I've got found time. Unfortunately, I'm still as busy as ever (even if busy = reading a book and being still so I can digest dinner in time to squeeze in a run before bed).

This Assignment's short and sweet. Can't wait to see what pops up next week :)