reality series to stay in production during  the 1980 actors strike and the 1981 writers strike, which delayed  both fall seasons. Michael Landon (qv), representing NBC rather  than a studio, negotiated deals with SAG and WGA to allow the show  to continue filming under a separate contract, while the actors and  writers continued to boycott the studios. (He did the same with the  Writers Guild of America, purchasing scripts from the new members of  the union, on the final season of _"Highway to Heaven" (1984)_ (qv),  which he owned. NBC didnt use his new episodes during the fall of  1988, though.)