Earl Kress writes about the strike currently being staged by the writers of America's Next Top Model — one of many TV shows that employs writers but calls them something else in order to avoid paying them Writers Guild minimums. (There's actually a secondary, non-monetary reason. Some of these "reality" shows don't want to have a credit that says "Written by" because they don't want to call attention to how much of the show is carefully scripted.)
You can guess where my sentiments lie. I'm going to try to get time to go by and join the picket line. The Guild has allowed this kind of thing to go on for way too long.