Desperate to fill slots as US strike goes on

WILL Desperate Housewives amalgamate with Prison Break? How about Grey’s Anatomy teaming up with Scrubs? Or could Ugly Betty end getting a facial on Nip/Tuck?

It’s all to play for in the “battle of the biros” as the Writers Guild of America take on their TV bosses.

The strike has affected a large number of television shows that were due to be broadcast in the US and elsewhere during the 2007-’08 television season.