From KCRW in Santa Monica, I'm Matt Holzman, sitting in for Claudebredessa Ackner, and this is The Business.

So you still want to do the show business, and you think that you got what it takes.

I mean, you really got a rap and be all at.

If you hear yourself for the brakes, check it out.

This week on The Business, the closely contested presidential races brought Americans back into the political process,

not to mention doing wonders for TV ratings. Plus, and the winner is, not the press covering the

Emmys. And finally, the daughter of a blacklisted writer comes to Hollywood. But first,

it's the Hollywood News Caravan, go nowhere. It's the business from KCRW.

Outside of Hollywood, the big news is that our economy is falling apart, but here in Tinsletown, everyone is talking about a possible actor strike.

Late last Wednesday, the negotiating committee of the Screen Actors Guild, trying desperately to find some sort of leverage over the producers, recommended that SAG's membership be asked to authorize a strike.

You'll recall that SAG's contract ended on June 30th,

and there hasn't been any substantial progress since then. The recent election of some new,

less militant board members doesn't seem to have changed all that, mostly because producers

are sticking to what they called their, quote, last best offer. But a strike seems unlikely since, as previously mentioned,

the economy is gone all to hell, and everyone's got bigger fish to fry. However, even a strike

authorization, which would require 75% of SAG's 120,000 members, could scare the producers

into budging a bit. Elsewhere, Rosie O'Donnell is set to host a live

hour-long variety special for NBC the night before Thanksgiving. If it does well, there are

reportedly plans to turn it into a regular series, and commit other networks will follow suit. After

all, live TV might be one way to cut into the amount of shows being tevoed

and ads being skipped. And we do expect Rosie's show to do well. Given her antics on the last

few weeks of The View, friends and detractors alike are expected to tune in to see what could

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