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If you had a chance to check out NBC's Saturday Night Live this past weekend, then you know that first-time host/stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze and SNL cast members Ego Nwodim & Sarah Sherman had some fun twisting the satirical knife on SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and the recent Halloween costume guidelines that the union posted[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Matthew Perry, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Max's Young Justice, Les Ghouls, South Park/Elon Musk, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, The Marvels/X-Men, Wondery's The Lesser Dead, BBC's Doctor Who, Disney+'s Loki, Hulu/The Orville, WWE/AEW, Prime Video's Invincible, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Prime Video's Gen V, The X-Files, Hulu's American Horror Stories, Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Peacock's John Carpenter's Suburban[...]

A day after the union messaged members that the two sides are still "far apart on key issues," SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP wrapped talks for the day but plan to continue negotiations on Wednesday, November 1st (with the remainder of the week set aside for additional talks, if necessary) With positive buzz building over how things[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Friends/Matthew Perry, SAG-AFTRA, BBC's Doctor Who, AMC's Nautilus, Amazon's Poltergeist, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, WWE, "Star Trek"/Sir Patrick Stewart, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks, Warner Bros[...]

Though SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP spent Monday working independently, the union and studios & streamers confirmed that the two sides are set to meet on Tuesday And despite the positive buzz that's been rumbling over the past few days, SAG-AFTRA's TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee made it clear that there are still some key issues that need to[...]

Although SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP won't be formally meeting today to finalize a new three-year deal to end the 109-day-long strike, work on both sides continues on Monday, with communication lines still active between the union and the studios & streamers (and an update on the negotiation schedule expected later today) Speaking with Deadline Hollywood (video[...]

We have an update to pass along regarding the negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP on a new three-year contract to end the 109-day-long strike After working over the weekend, the union confirmed in a message to its members that both parties discussed "all open proposals, including AI" over the course of the past two days[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Crunchyroll's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, BBC's Ghosts, AEW, BBC's Doctor Who, Barry Manilow/NBC, Disney+'s Loki, HBO's Game of Thrones, and more! Images/Screencaps: Adult Swim, AMC Networks, Disney+, SAG-AFTRA, Crunchyroll, BBC, NBCUniversal BCTV Daily Dispatch:[...]

With the strike now at its 108th day, communications between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP continued on Sunday regarding their efforts to reach a new three-year deal While there has been a growing optimistic buzz over the past few days, both the studios & streamers and actors union have kept their on-the-record public comments on lockdown –[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, RIP Matthew Perry, Crunchyroll's Spy x Family, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, WWE/AEW, Max's Our Flag Means Death, BBC's Doctor Who, Paramount+'s South Park/Gina Carano, Netflix's Bodies, Peacock's Community, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Hulu's Moving, Bruce Lee, HBO's Game of Thrones, and more! Images/Screencaps: Max, HBO, SNL, AMC Networks,[...]

While our full SNL review will hit on Sunday morning, we didn't want to wait to pass along one of the best sketches of the night as Sarah Sherman took on the role of SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher for a sketch that twisted the knife on the union's posted Halloween costume guidelines that saw some[...]

Though negotiations between the actors' union and the studios & streamers have wrapped for the day, reports are that talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP on a new three-year deal will continue on Sunday In attendance for today's virtual meeting were AMPTP president Carol Lombardini & their negotiating team and union president Fran Drescher, chief negotiator Duncan[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, WWE/AEW, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, Prime Video's Gen V, Prime Video's Rick and Morty, Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, Paramount's South Park, Stephen Colbert/Harvey Guillén's George Santos, BBC's Doctor Who, Prime Video's Good Omens 3, HBO's The Sopranos, and more! Images/Screencaps: Adult Swim, Marvel Studios, Prime Video, SNL, The Late Show with[...]

After taking Wednesday to further respond to the proposals that the studios & streamers presented on Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA offered a response on Thursday that left some folks feeling "cautiously optimistic," with plans put into place for talks to resume on Friday And that brought us to today, with reports that discussions to end the 106-day[...]

After the month that October has been, the fact that some folks have a sense of "cautious optimism" heading into today's next round of talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP is something we're tagging as a "little victory." Today's negotiations come after several weeks that saw the studios & streamers throwing a pissy fit and walking[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SYFY & USA Network's Chucky, SAG-AFTRA, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Amazon's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, AEW/WWE, Jack Black/Taylor Swift, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Prime Video's Gen V, Disney+'s LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red, Paramount+'s Fatal Attraction/Rabbit Hole, The CW's Superman & Lois, Netflix's The Crown, Prime[...]

Earlier today, SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland was on the picket line at Paramount when he was asked about the state of talks between the union and the AMPTP While reaffirming that the union is "100% focused on making a fair deal at the table," Crabtree-Ireland also added that he was feeling "cautiously optimistic" heading[...]

When he's not getting honored for guest-starring in Lucasfilm's The Mandalorian Season 3 or shopping his Superman audition tape to DC Studios co-head & Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn, all-around multi-talent & pop culture icon Jack Black is doing his part to help those crew members hurting financially due to the SAG-AFTRA and other recent[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA, NBC's Saturday Night Live, AEW/WWE, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, Paramount+'s Frasier, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix's The Crown, Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, FX's Fargo, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, Star Trek: The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine, and more! Images/Screencaps: FX Networks, Netflix, BBC, Paramount Global, SNL, Adult[...]

Looks like there won't be talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP today after all, with negotiations reportedly rescheduled for Thursday after the actors' union took additional time to craft a response to the most recent proposals from the studios & streamers (never a bad thing) During Tuesday's meeting, the AMPTP presented a revised take on its[...]

Nearly two weeks after the studios & streamers "suspended" negotiations with the actors' union over a new three-year deal, the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA resumed talks on Tuesday Included in the discussions on the AMPTP side were Disney's Bob Iger, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav, Netflix's Ted Sarandos, and AMPTP President Carol Lombardini[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Disney+'s Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, SAG-AFTRA, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, Freevee's Bosch: Legacy, AEW/WWE, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Hulu's American Horror Stories, Prime Video's Gen V, Crunchyroll's Spy x Family, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Disney+'s Loki, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Amazon Freevee, Marvel Studios,[...]

Not long after the actors' union and AMPTP announced in a joint statement that negotiations on a new three-year contract would resume on Tuesday, October 24th, at the union's headquarters, SAG-AFTRA released a statement to its membership, making it clear that it was the studios & streamers who "asked us to return to the table."[...]

After a rollercoaster week for the actors' union leading into this weekend's national convention, SAG-AFTRA released a joint statement with the AMPTP to announce that negotiations on a new three-year deal will resume at SAG-AFTRA Plaza on Tuesday, October 24th The statement also notes that "several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance."[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA, Howard Stern/Post Malone, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Wytches, WWE/AEW, Prime Video's Gen V, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Hulu's American Horror Stories, BBC's Doctor Who, BBC's Lot No 249, Disney+'s Loki, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, Image Comics, SAG-AFTRA, SiriusXM, Prime Video, Adult Swim, BBC BCTV Daily Dispatch: SAG-AFTRA/Halloween, Howard Stern/Post Malone, Star[...]

Remember how we said earlier that we're pretty sure SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland have had better weeks? After receiving some less-than-stellar reactions from union members (including from Ex-SAG-AFTRA President Melissa Gilbert, see below) regarding the Halloween costume rules sent out to members to keep them in compliance with strike rules[...]

In a post earlier today, we discussed how SAG-AFTRA had been having a very "interesting" week on a number of fronts – including the actors' union posting Halloween costume guidelines to guarantee that members keep in compliance with strike deadlines by not dressing up as popular characters from any of the struck companies comprising the AMPTP[...]

From fielding proposals from big names like George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry & Scarlett Johansson to offering guidelines as to which Elvis union members can dress up for Halloween to union members calling for more picket line support/calling out folks for lack of picket line support, yesterday was a very odd day for[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, SAG-AFTRA, Disney+'s Loki, FX's Fargo, BBC's Doctor Who, Prime Video's Gen V, Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Ryan Murphy/American Horror Story, Peacock's Psych, Crunchyroll/Che Lingo, Watpad's Webtoons: Hawk, Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Daredevil/Bluey, and more. Images/Screencaps: SNL, FX Networks, BBC, Peacock, Ryan Murphy Productions,[...]

When it comes to being a SAG-AFTRA member or someone looking to support the actors' union, Halloween is coming with some special rules this year Earlier today, SAG-AFTRA posted holiday guidelines to guarantee that members keep in compliance with strike deadlines by not dressing up as popular characters from any of the struck companies comprising[...]