Hollywood is again bracing for a writers' strike. Here's what's different

At the Television Critics Association gathering in Pasadena, Calif., earlier this month, NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy reflected on a subject many of his peers wished to avoid: the prospect of reliving another writers' strike.

"So far we've been told that we should be cautious, as always, but that a strike is something we will always be prepared for," Telegdy told journalists at the Langham Huntingon hotel. "It's a different world ... I just need to make sure there are things people want to watch and we've got plans that could sustain us."

More than a decade after writers shut down Hollywood, studios and networks are once again preparing for another potential walkout that could disrupt Southern California's highest profile industry. But the circumstances have radically changed since the last strike, which began in fall of 2007 and lasted