In the three months that followed, the production of scripted television fare, including Desperate Housewives on Disney (nyse: DIS - news - people )-owned ABC and The Office on General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people )-owned NBC, has gone dark, with several film projects to follow.

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"And if that means eliciting the help of these people from the attorney general's office, then that's what we want to do in this case, " she said.

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Mr. PETER SCHIFF (Attorney, New York Attorney General's Office): It hasn't been historically just because two people love each other.

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For months, the General Services Administration has been working to set up office space in the building for 500 people.

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Among them: Emmy winner The Office on General Electric 's (nyse: GE - news - people ) NBC , a remake of a British sitcom by the same name, and Golden Globe winner Ugly Betty, a breakaway hit for the Walt Disney Co.

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On the studios and networks' side, the current stoppage has proved more immediately disruptive than initially anticipated, with some 50 television shows, including General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people )-owned NBC's The Office and Walt Disney (nyse: DIS - news - people )-owned ABC's Desperate Housewives, already dark.

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