Though talks are scheduled [1] between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the Hollywood writers' strike [2] has rolled into its third week. Those of you who watched the American Music Awards [3] on Sunday saw Jimmy Kimmel host the ceremony without a single prewritten joke [4], while fans of The Office [5] have already bid an indefinite farewell to their show. Here are some of the other strike-related developments:

• The Pencils 2 Media Moguls campaign [6], an effort to bombard top executives with unsharpened pencils all Jericho [7]-style, has already raised money for more than 150,000 pencils. Every $1 donation buys a box of 12 pencils, which the writers hope will be donated to organizations that teach kids to write once their symbolic purpose has been served.
• Actors on 30 Rock, The Office, and Bionic Woman have been suspended [8], and most of Saturday Night Live's production staff has been fired. [9]
• A recent survey says people will read more books or magazines [10] if the strike knocks their favorite shows off the air.
• The Office staff has spoken out about the strike: The writers wrote a letter to fans [11] last week, and Mindy Kaling (aka Kelly Kapoor) has blogged about her experiences. [12]
• CBS News writers are striking now, too. [13]

The writers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart already recorded their take on the strike [14], so it was only a matter of time before the good folks at The Colbert Report got in on the action. To watch their video (the closest we'll be getting to a Threatdown for a while), just

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