The Writer’s Guild of America strike, which is now dragging into its seventh week, could disrupt both the Golden Globe awards in January and the Oscars is February. The optimism that grew out of the negotiations re-start at the beginning of December has long faded and everyone seems to think this thing could go on for about 10 or 15 years. Maybe not that long, since there are Lexus payments to be made, but no end is in sight and the two sides aren’t even talking.

Variety says that both the Oscars and Golden Globe producers asked the WGA for waivers to allow them to hold their awards shows with some semblance of normalcy. The union told the shows to go pound sand. The Oscars wanted to use clips during the telecast and the Globes wanted writers to pen those annoying intros for each award. Since they have been turned down, it’s unclear what the shows will do if the strike is not ended prior to mid-January, which is very likely.

The WGA has granted some waivers for awards shows, including the SAG awards show, the Kennedy Center Honors, and an AIDS fundraiser, but the Globes may be a different story. Not only has the waiver to have a WGA writer pen the punch line been denied, but there is a real possibility the WGA will picket the telecast. If they do, many nominees have already said they won’t cross the picket line. This may backfire on the WGA. I rarely watch the Golden Globes, but with no lame scripted lines or horrible acceptance speeches, maybe I’ll tune in.