Final Episodes of Scrubs May Never Air

If the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) can not come to an agreement soon with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), writers for NBC's hit show Scrubs may never finish out its final season.

"If the strike goes on too much longer there is a good chance they will never be written or shot and the series finale will remain in the mind of our show's creator, Bill Lawrence," said Scrubs star Zach Braff in a recent MySpace bulletin to his fans.

Braff recently gave the WGA an extra voice and a bit of humor by filming a short that can be seen here on YouTube, in hopes of attracting more people to the WGA cause.

Scrubs isn't the only show in limbo. Shows such as 24, Heroes: Origins (a working title of the Hero spinoff), and Lost, are also affected. 24 and Lost will air a partial season, and it looks like Hero's spinoff will be on hold indefinitely.

Late night shows are back on the air without writers, except for Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, both of which have a full writing staff thanks to David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, ability to come to an agreement with the shows' writers.

What the members of the WGA are fighting for is reimbursement for shows that are sold on DVDs or downloaded from the Internet. As of right now they do not get compensated for downloads and are fighting a similar fight that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been fighting for years, ever since Napster met its demise.

In a statement given before the strike began, the AMPTP said, "We will not ignore the challenges of today's economic realities, the shifts in audience taste and viewing habits and the unpredictability of still-evolving technology."