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The Strike Recap: Day 1

Tina Fey joined the protesters, ironically, outside of 30 Rockefeller Center (30 Rock).

Greg Daniels is trying to shut down production of The Office.

• And he's got both Rainn Wilson and Steve Carell in his corner. Also lending their support were Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Jay Leno.

• I met B.J. Novak at 'The Office' Convention last week. He was a funny, smart guy. Which is why I'm confident he won't think twice about crossing the picket line.

• Perhaps the funniest moment of the day comes in the form of a police officer's musings. "They're writers. Couldn't they come up with anything better than 'On strike'?"

• The LA Times has a list monitoring the status of all the prime-time scripted series.

• The first casualty of the strike is late night television, which has gone dark.

• Is Jon Stewart paying the staff of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report two weeks salary to help tide them over during the strike?

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